Oct. 20 – Section B – Faith & Fate
October 20 @ 3:05 pm - 4:25 pm
Sunday, October 20, 2024, Center for Fiction
In celebration of Reel Sisters 27th Anniversary Season, we’re thrilled to host our Sunday afternoon screenings at the Center For Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave. in Brooklyn (across the street from the Brooklyn Academy of Music).
Snacks, baked goods, tea, coffee and other treats will be available in the cafe!
SECTION B – Faith & Fate – 3:05 pm-4:25 pm
Ya Hanouni
Directors/Writers: Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib
narrative, 2:38 min.
While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word?
Exit
Director/Writer: Oriana Ng
Producers: Oriana Ng, Lana Bolycheva
narrative, 5 min.
A dangerous elevator ride tests a couple’s bond.
The Flacalta Effect
Director/Writer: Rochée Jeffrey
Producers: Ebony Elaine Hardin, Takara Joseph
comedy, 8 min.
After a drug with anti-aging properties has apocalyptic consequences, two Black sisters fight for their lives—and looks—in this satirical take on toxic beauty culture.
Ayat (Verses)
Director/Writer: Samina Saifee
Producers: Shubhangi Shekhar, Krishna Trivedi, Alyssa Schroeter, Laith Nakli
narrative, 15 min.
A grieving Islamic Sunday school teacher begins to question his reality when the stories he teaches follow him home.
Unplugging From Amazon
Producer/Director: Raquel “Rocky” Nguyen
documentary, 12 min.
The fight for local economics and fair labor by small publishers and independent bookstores with the world’s largest book market: Amazon.
Black Love Manifesto (Invited)
Director/Writer: Liza Jesse Peterson
experimental, 20 min.
Black Love Manifesto uses photography, video, poetry and music to illuminate and celebrate the beauty and power of Blackness. It is a poetic mosaic of Black history, Black resilience, resistance and revolution, Black excellence, Black Joy and Black Love. It’s a medicinal balm for a weary and wounded people during these horrifying times. It is a battery for perseverance, remembering and hope.