ALL ABOUT LOVE

2024–25, Various directors, USA, UK, Nigeria, 96 min.
In English, Fante, and Twi | Format: Digital

November 13 & 15 | A meditation on Black love and its many languages. BLACK BALLERINA YOU SHOULD BE A MODEL (dir. Zaire Love, 14 min.) celebrates beauty as birthright. STATELINE (dir. Chuck Browne, 10 min.) maps a couple at a crossroads. I HATE MY LOVE LIFE (dir. Tiffany Jackman, 15 min.) wrestles with romance and self-worth. THE INCREDIBLE SENSATIONAL FIANCÉE OF SÈYÍ ÀJÀYÍ (dir. Abbesi Akhamie, 16 min.) twirls between proposal and destiny. REVERIE (dir. Ashley Tyler, 4 min.) drifts through desire. SUNSET AND THE MOCKINGBIRD (dir. Jyllian Gunther, 29 min.) hears healing in music. FEBRUARY LIGHT (dir. Anniwaa Buachie, 4 min.) glows with tenderness, and HEARTBREAKS AND OCEAN WAVES (dir. Eseoghene Obrimah, 4 min.) finds closure in the tide.

Dialogue: select filmmakers in attendance.

Join us from 7:00–8:15 p.m. on Thursday, November 13 for the Big Picture Reception, hosted by the Black Harvest Community Council! Admission free with your ticket to ALL ABOUT LOVE.

The Film Center is ADA accessible. This presentation will be projected without open captions. The theater is hearing-loop equipped. For accessibility requests, please email filmcenter@saic.edu

SHOWTIMES

Thurs. Nov. 13, 5:30 p.m.
Sat. Nov. 15, 3:00 p.m.