GRIOTS, GHOSTS, AND GUARDIANS

2023–24, USA, UK, Nigeria, Brazil, Senegal, 100 min.
In English, Igbo, Portuguese, and Wolof with English subtitles | Format: Digital

November 13 & 15 | What’s done in the dark comes to the light on the big screen with these short stories of Black horror and haunting: PLANT(HER) (dir. DeShawn White, 10 min.)—a woman’s apartment transforms into a little shop of horrors. CLAUDIA (dir. Benjamin Kuffuor, 14 min.)—a twisted romance with a desperate man. KULTUR (dir. Asari Aibangbee, 20 min.)—a therapy app’s dark manipulation. THE MINERS (dir. Morgen A. Whiteman, 16 min.)—a miner’s search for truth. NO ONE HEARS US (dir. Esther Kemi Gbadamosi, 7 min.)—a widow’s plea for help from beyond the grave. BRA ZIL (dir. Helder Fruteira, Carol Aó, 15 min.)—a revolutionary’s quest for reunification. THE PROPHECY (dir. Rehanna Ngom, 21 min.)—a survivor’s journey through mysticism.

Select filmmakers scheduled to attend.

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

Wed. Nov. 13, 6:00 p.m.
Fri. Nov. 15, 5:45 p.m.