CARVING DEFIANCE unravels the mystery of how mixed-race artist Nancy Elizabeth Prophet defies American racism to rise up and dazzle the Paris art-world in the 1920s Jazz Age and forge her own destiny as the sculptor she was born to be. Prophet fought to define her life on her own terms —no matter the cost, no matter how politically incorrect —especially given her most passionate supporter, W.E.B. Du Bois.

CARVING DEFIANCE explores the hidden history of a visionary artist of the Harlem Renaissance —that no one dared to remember.