Isha Blaaker as Allison Davis and Jasmine Cephas Jones as Elizabeth Davis in Ava DuVernay’s Origin (2023).
This dynamic couple laid the academic foundation for many of the ideas explored in the film around the notion of caste in America. Their journey took them from the segregated south of the United States to Berlin, Germany during the rise of Nazism.
Isha and Jasmine beautifully embody these trailblazers as they endeavor on a landmark - and often dangerous - journey.
7 Year Bitch (with founding member guitarist Stefanie Sargent in pic 1 )photographed in Seattle in 1992 by Chris Cuffaro for an Entertainment Weekly story on the Seattle Music scene.
7 Year Bitch performing “The Scratch” at Trees, Dallas TX October 1, 1994
FYI:
“Inspired by Seattle punk band the Gits and their fiery vocalist Mia Zapata, 7 Year Bitch is one of the most aggressive punk bands on the American indie scene. Vocalist Selene Vigil, guitarist Stefanie Sargent and drummer Valerie Agnew were playing in the Seattle group Barbie’s Dream Car when their bassist left for Europe. They recruited Elizabeth Davis and played their first shows with the Gits. After a self-titled debut single in 1990, 7 Year Bitch signed with C/Z Records. The first album Sick ‘Em appeared in 1992, but was overshadowed by Sargent’s death just before it was released; Roisin Dunne became the guitarist’s replacement the following year. In July 1993, Mia Zapata was brutally killed in Seattle, and 7 Year Bitch recorded ¡Viva Zapata! as a tribute. The group then signed with Atlantic and in 1996 released Gato Negro, their major-label debut.”