Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 – Program 6
October 5 - October 31
Reel Sisters is proud to present our selection of fine virtual films that you can enjoy from your living room or couch! Each section is $5 and no extra charge for film lovers who purchased All Access Passes!
The collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)!
Invite friends over and have a watch party!
VIRTUAL PROGRAM 6
WELL
Producers: Toni Cunningham, Eden Sabolboro, Paige Wood
Directors: Toni Cunningham, Eden Sabolboro
Writer: Toni Cunningham
narrative, 12 min.
WELL depicts the story of one Black American family through 50 years as they fight to stay healthy through three different crises. Through the Tuskegee Experiment, the Flint Water Crisis, and now Covid-19, the family has survived amidst endless obstacles to their health. After losing a loved one to Covid-19, they must reckon with the harm and distrust that has permeated their family for decades.
FIR
Producers: Adéla Konečná, Barbora Smotlachová
Director/Writer: Xueni Yang
narrative, 21 min.
In a suburb of Prague, a lonely girl encounters a lost foreign young man. Despite the age difference, she finds a missing sense of belonging through their shared doubts about home.
The Golden Boy
Producer: Earleatha Oppon
Director/Writer: Elizabeth Peace
narrative, 15 min.
A family drama, about a non-verbal autistic six-year-old boy who with the help of his older sister, proves that his high support needs can’t stop his potential.
From Yard – “Same School”
Producers: Phaedra Benford, Norman Hamilton, Andrea Hamilton, Patrick A. Aitcheson, David Heron, David Walcott
Director: Leland Benford
Writers: Noel E. Dunn, Maya Hall, David G. Heron
narrative, 11:45 min.
A Jamaican immigrant now working in New York as a parole officer is forced to make the tough decision to take in one of his parolees despite them both growing up in the same city of Kingston.
Skate
Producer: Remi R.M Moses Director: Kasey-Anais Blondell
Writer: Kasey-Anais Blondell
narrative, 11 min.
Thea, a lonely 19-year-old girl, struggles to learn how to skateboard on her own. When Thea meets a welcoming community of skater girls at a house party, she is empowered to deal with her social anxiety through skateboarding.