Retrospective: Camille Billops & James V. Hatch

We are introduced to the retrospective of Billops and Hatch films by the title of one of Camille Billops' artworks, the etching "Mondo Negro." There are reasons for this: Billops entered the art world as a sculptor, ceramicist, costume and jewelry designer, only reaching for the camera in her mature age. In tandem with James V. Hatch, her life and professional partner, she was a creative force, a drive, a challenge, which he – a researcher of Black theater – took up, supported and developed with all his knowledge and passion.