Enjoy An Evening of Films in Celebration
of Women's History Month
Reel Sisters & BAM Presents An Evening of Shorts Honoring Women’s History Month
TICKETS: $17 ($12 for BAM & AV members)
Join BAM and Reel Sisters for an evening of family centered films in honor of Women’s History Month on March 25, 2026 from 7 pm-9 pm. Enjoy a powerful selection of award-winning and notable shorts from Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series including our 2025 Oscar qualifying short Shallow Endand the highly acclaimed Superman Doesn’t Steal directed by Tamika Lamison. Jennica Carmona, director of Millie and the Lords, will lead our filmmakers Q & A.
film showcase
Superman Doesn’t Steal
Producers: Tamika Lamison, Chris Beal, Dominique DeLeon, Carol Shine, Ben Epraim
Producer/Director/Writer: Tamika Lamison
narrative, 19 min.
Based on true events, Superman Doesn’t Steal is a coming-of-age story, set during the 1970’s Atlanta child murders — as seen through the eyes of nine-year-old Harriet and her brother, who are fascinated with superheroes.
Laundry
Producers: Alterik Miller, Danielle Moné Truitt, Samuel Calvin Morrison, Jr., Tobias Truvillion, Wink Woodall
Director: Okema T. Moore Writer: Alterik Miller
narrative, 18:50 min.
Laundry follows Darius and Bree Williams, a couple whose lives are shattered when their six-year-old son Hunter suffers a severe oxygen-depriving accident. The short stars Tobias Truvillion (Empire, First Wives Club) and Danielle Moné Truitt (Law and Order Organized Crime).
Shallow End
Director/Writer: Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
Producer: Maria de la Cruz Rudloff, Janet Valentina Manina, Anne Leigh Cooper
narrative, 11 min.
Twenty-something year old Agatha comes home after a lengthy stay in rehab, a shattered person. In her small town, everything seems to remind her of the life she once had and the people she held dear before it all went wrong.
Gloria
Producers: Xin Liu, Caitlyn Durkin, Kim Blanck, Caitlin Machak
Director/Writer: Kim Blanck
narrative, 9:39 min.
Gloria, a Chinese woman in her 70s living alone and struggling with her memory, finds new purpose in teaching herself Spanish.
Musica Quarantena
Producers: Lilian T. Mehrel, Danielle Rhoda
Director: Lilian T. Mehrel Animator: Danielle Rhoda
Animated, 3:46 min.
A little girl’s love for her bedridden Papa inspires a town in lockdown to make music out of their windows. The animated short stars Elisa del Genio (HBO’s My Brilliant Friend).
The Knife
Producer: Grace Odumosu Director/Writer: Joy Nesbitt
narrative, 15 min.
In The Knife, Ife, a young Black Irish woman, is anxiously awaiting her 20-week pregnancy scan, hoping for good news about her baby’s health. But when the scan reveals unexpected complications, she and her husband, Darragh, are forced to confront a ridiculous reality that will test their trust in the healthcare system