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Sacred Rites & Rituals
October 25, 2020 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
$12
Sunday, October 25, 2020 – 1-2pm
Black
Director/Writer: Tamika R. Guishard
Producer: Randall Sawyer, Ania Trzebiatowska, Debbie Goodstein, Birgit “Bitz” Gernböck
Experimental, 10:50 min.
When a reformed drummer cannot get his caffeine fix on the anniversary of his brother’s death, ancestral rhythms guide him to the truth buried deep below his city streets.
My Father The Mover
Director/Writer: Julia Jansch
Producer: Mandilakhe Yengo Sheila Nevins
Documentary, 12:33 min.
African electronic “Gqom beats” motivate kids in the township of Khayelitsha, South Africa to jive through their hardship and find their superpowers. Alatha’s father says he’s more than a dancer — he’s a Mover. Using a unique type of African electronic Gqom dance, The Mover is helping kids in the township of Khayelitsha, South Africa, to transcend the grips of poverty and abuse and “find their superpowers.”
Sundays at The Triple Nickel
Directed by: Jessica Colquhoun Producer: Cordielle Street
Documentary, 13 min.
On Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill, Harlem, Marjorie Eliot is making sure her apartment building’s iconic Jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son have been hosting Jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past 26 years, in a pursuit of overcoming grief through music. This film tells the story of the women behind the piano.
Sankofa
Director/Writer: Vivian Vivas Producer: San Francisco Art Institute
Experimental, 3:24 min.
Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates to “go back and get it.” This 16mm film interprets an exorcism of social repression. Humanity’s passion, pain, and love are revealed through movement, light, and nature. The song “Tonada de Luna” was performed synchronously with the improvisational dance.