Skin & Bones

At 40, Lena Baker is at a steady and stable moment in life-between wine nights with her two best friends and her wedding just weeks away, she´s happy in love and in friendship until a confession on her wedding day shifts her world. Unmoored and grieving a major loss, Lena finds herself trying to teach her daughter self-love while struggling to do so herself. Lena questions everything she´s learned about dating, friendship, and motherhood, and through it all, she works tirelessly to bring the oft-forgotten Black history of Oregon to the masses, sidestepping her well-meaning co-workers that don´t understand that their good intentions are often offensive and hurtful. Through Watson´s poetic voice, skin & bones is a stirring exploration of who society makes space for and is ultimately a story of heartbreak and healing.