| SELECT FILMMAKERS SCHEDULED TO ATTEND |
2023–24, USA, Bermuda, Jamaica, Canada, 100 min.
In English, Igbo, Jamaican Patois, French, and Kinyarwanda with English subtitles | Format: Digital
November 13 & 19 | A showcase of Black filmmakers who break form and give cinema new meaning. ABEFELE (dir. Amir George, 3 min.) meditates on the spiritual and physical through fencing. ABSOLVE AT THE WATER (dir. Maia Elise Helvy, 2 min.) celebrates the beauty of Black lesbian life. WEDDING (dir. Kenechi Ugochukwu Ekekezie, 11 min.) recalls Nigerian tradition. MON AFRIQUE (dir. Michael Solomon, 4 min.) explores diaspora longing via a traditional mask. TO BUILD A MONUMENT (dir. Laissa Alexis, 12 min.) connects Black queer individuals to their ancestors. FOR THOSE THAT LIVED THERE (dir. Shawn Antoine II, 7 min.) examines gentrification and displacement. CAGE (dir. Josh Brainin, 3 min.) questions the journey from boyhood to manhood. THOUGHTS BECOME THINGS (dir. Marquedelle Philip Rodriguez, 6 min.) follows a Gombeys mystical journey. LIBERTY CHAIN (dir. Hunter Whitaker-Morrow, 5 min.) critiques the education system through edited media. GILDED CAVITIES (dir. Mikayla Brown, 2 min.) captures a grandmother’s birthday party. SOME SWEET DAY (dir. Rasheed Peters, 20 min.) explores love that transcends grief. And in IBUKA, JUSTICE (dir. Justice Rutikara, 23 min.), a young couple strives to survive.
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, 8:30 p.m.
Tue. Nov. 19, 8:30 p.m.
