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SUMMARY:Section A
DESCRIPTION:A Loving Tribute to Esther Duran\nFriends and family honor the life of award-winning documentary filmmaker Esther Duran\, the director of A Chocolate Conquest. The web series took viewers into the world of cocoa farming as seen through the eyes of fifteen rural communities in 30 videos about Cacao in Venezula. A Chocolate Conquest won Reel Sisters 2018 Best Web Series Award.  \nReel Sisters will share clips of Esther’s short films and other works as a filmmaker\, researcher\, curator\, activist\, philanthropist and champion of artists and filmmakers.  
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:Section B
DESCRIPTION:Brownsville Bred\nWriter: Elaine Del Valle\nDirected by: Elaine Del Valle\nProducer: Leslie Cohen\,Adrienne Lovette\,Debbie Esko-Gold\,Elaine Del Valle \nNarrative\, 20:00 min. \nSet in 1980’s Brownsville\, Brooklyn\, NY– At the height of the crack and crime epidemics–A spunky Latina must find her own path as she comes of age to face the grim realities of the deteriorating neighborhood she calls home and the musician father she once idolized. \n \nNEGRITA\nWriter: Magdalena Albizu\nDirected by: Magdalena Albizu\nProducer: Ingrid Matias\, Eddie Savoy Bailey \nDocumentary\, 50 min. \nNEGRITA is a feature documentary about diverse Afro Latinas who explore and confront culture and racism while defining their own identity in the United States. NEGRITA explores the ideology of Blackness\, and how both American and Latino cultures perpetuate the belief that Blackness is to be destroyed. Through personal accounts\, family pictures\, old videos\, and interactions with family and friends\, NEGRITA will follow the director’s own struggle with identity.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:Section C
DESCRIPTION:Dancing identities\nWriter: Julia Martinez Heimann\, Josefina Itoiz\nDirected by:  Julia Martinez Heimann\nProducer: Natalia Laclau\, Mariana Miño \nNarrative\, 13 min. \nThis short films series reflects on the construction of identity in terms of cultural diversity\, and explores different social expressions based on dance and migrant experiences. With each dancer\, it is investigated how dance is part of the historical-cultural heritage of people and their affective memory. In the experiences of the interpreters of this short film\, these heritages are resignified and mixed\, opening up new identity possibilities. Thus\, with their words and movements they shape the multicultural identity of society. \n \nEsperanza\nWriter: Shruti Parekh\nDirected by: Shruti Parekh\nProducer: Laura Scarano\,Shruti Parekh \nNarrative\, 18 min. \nWhen an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes an undocumented couple to the Canadian border\, they find themselves at odds in the shared pursuit of a better life. \n \nSpeak Up Brotha!\nWriter: James J. Johnson\, Obbie West\, Roderick Lawrence\nProducers: Salma Qarnain\, Roderick Lawrence\, Ron Gillyard\, Will Campbell\, Cameron Carr\, Ike Mbanefo\, Obbie West\, Dario Harris \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nGrad student Ahmad Jones drives for a rideshare company. He receives a request from a mysterious woman — a poet. They connect over music\, but she seems to ignore him. When the opportunity arises to see her again\, Ahmad must learn how to communicate in ways beyond his understanding to win her heart.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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