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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231028
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 1 - Chaos & Magic
DESCRIPTION:Daughter of the Sea\nWriter: Alexis C Garcia\nDirected by: Alexis C Garcia\nProducer: Debora Perez \nNarrative\, 19:03 \nAfter the death of her grandfather\, a young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya\, the orisha Goddess of the Sea. \n  \nSupa Hair\nDirector/Writer: Glenís Hunter\nProducer: Ricky Rosario\, Sara Seligman \nAnimation\, 14:20 min. \nAfter the death of her mother\, Luna and her sister\, Carmen move from Dominican Republic to Arizona to live with their estranged grandmother. There\, Luna is confronted with bullying and her sister’s cold shoulder. At this point\, Luna has neglected her hair as a manifestation of her grief. One night\, Luna decides to comb her hair with an old comb she found in the river in the Dominican Republic prior to her exit. Unbeknownst to her\, the comb is actually part of her family lineage that activates a magic power that had been lost for decades. \n  \nGrandma’s Magic Pills\nDirector/Writer: Jing-Yu Xiao \nNarrative\, 14:09 min. \nA young girl discovers her grandmother’s mysterious magic pills. A beautiful story on a strong bond between a granddaughter and grandmother who loves dancing. \n  \nThe Silence of the Seeds (INVITED)\nWriter: Miguel Ángel López Hernández\nDirected by: Elizabeth Pirela\nProducer: Elizabeth Pirela \nDocumentary\, 9:11 min. \nThe pandemic forces a Wayuu woman to return to her maternal territory in Alta Guajira-Colombia. This exile becomes a journey where she meets her own knowledge\, and with her dead and close spirits.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-1-chaos-magic/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231111
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 2 - UK & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:A.V. Van\nWriter: Morayo Akandé\nDirected by: Morayo Akandé\nProducer: Helen Gladders\, Moyo Akandé \nNarrartive\, 12:17 min. \nTwo film-fanatic sisters try to reconnect with their estranged deceased father by selling his vintage porn collection. \n  \nDaddy’s Girl\nWriter: Jessica Magaye\nDirected by: Jessica Magaye\nProducer: Koby Adom\, Dola Araoye\, Domenique Fragale\, Danielle Goff \nNarrative\, 12:55 min. \nAfter facing eviction\, Sade\, a young desperate carer enters the Influencer Olympics – a game that allows players around the world a chance at a large cash prize and internet stardom. However\, the game soon takes a dark and twisted turn. \n  \nYellow Fever\nWriter: Shan Gao\nDirected by: Shan Gao\nProducer: Shan Gao \nDocumentary\, 18:32 min. \nYellow Fever is an investigative documentary that uses participants’ first-hand tales of emotional abuse and pain in their interactions with racial obsessions to show viewers how the phenomena of Yellow Fever/Asian Fetish occur in contemporary culture. The setting is real life.   This is the first investigative documentary that explores the specific forms of sexual and emotional abuse experienced by a large number of young Asian women and is worth the time and funding invested in its production. \n  \nTeju’s Tale\nWriter: Teniola Zara King\nDirected by: Teniola Zara King\nProducer: Danielle Goff \nNarrative\, 14:49 min. \nSet in the 1950s\, Teju relocates to London from Lagos to study nursing but faces challenges when her colleagues demand to see her tail. \n  \nImpurrfection\nWriter: Yen-Chiao Huang\, Chiang Yao\nDirected by: Chiang Yao\nProducer: Yiju Chiang \nAnimation\, 13:10 min. \nMr. Cat has aquaphobia\, and he was too terrified to swim in the zodiac race to fulfill his dream of becoming the Guardian God of the Year. He has since lived regretfully by the sea\, overlooking the race’s destination every day for countless years\, until an accident brings him closer and closer to the water…
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-2-uk-beyond/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231111
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 3 - Phoenix: David's Dream
DESCRIPTION:Phoenix: David’s Dream\nWriter: Vinicius Donola\, Roberta Salomone\, João Rocha\nDirected by: Vinicius Donola\, Roberta Salomone\, João Rocha\nProducer: Roberta Salomone \nDocumentary\, 74 min. \nAfter helping to fight the fire that destroyed the National Museum\, in Brazil\, a firefighter decides to look for wreckage to transform them into art. The musical instruments are made with the help of artists such as Gilberto Gil\, Paulinho da Viola and Hamilton de Holanda.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231111
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 4 - Pregnancies & Circumstances
DESCRIPTION:Good Egg – USA (CA)\nWriter: Mitra Shahidi\nDirected by: Mitra Shahidi\nProducer: Samara Al-Jumaily \nNarrative\, 8:29 min. \nWhen a self-reliant woman is thrust into fertility treatments\, she goes to painstaking lengths to become a mother. \n Sitting the Month  – USA (CA)\nWriter: Rebecca Chu\nDirected by: Felicity LuHill\nProducer: Rebecca Chu\, Felicity LuHill \nNarrative\, 18:20 min. \nA new mother struggles with Chinese postpartum traditions.  SITTING THE MONTH is a carefully considered story about the emotional and cultural complexities of postpartum motherhood\, particularly in the absence of one’s own mother. Through Iris\, we pivot between cultural experiences and attitudes; a Western perspective lauds new mothers for “bouncing back” while a Chinese belief system encourages rest and recuperation\, and it’s between these two cultural points of view that Iris is torn. \n  \nThe Best Time\nWriter: Shaunic Stanford\nDirected by: Shaunic Stanford\nProducer: Shaunic Stanford\, Edrei Hutson \nNarrative\, 18:29 min. \nSydney is doing everything she can to meet the demands of being a new mom. She feels the pressure to bounce back\, care for the baby\, and be the best wife. Exhausted from a lack of uninterrupted sleep\, a never-ending stream of dirty laundry\, and pumping. Sydney decides to return to the office as a means to feel “normal” again. However\, unable to secure childcare\, she remains tied to the house. Turning to her husband Derrick for comfort\, who is  blind to her unhappiness\, a depressed and seemingly alone Sydney loses the battle within herself. \n  \nThe Bond – USA (CA)\nDirector/Writer: Jahmil Eady\nProducer: Jahmil Eady\, Selena Leoni\, Reina Higashitani \nNarrative\, 15:50 min. \nPregnant and incarcerated\, Aria fights for her most precious connection against a system designed to isolate her.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-4/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 5 - King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones
DESCRIPTION:King of Kings: Chasing Edward Jones\nDirector/Writer: Harriet Marin Jones\nWriters: Michel Fessler\, Giles Gardner\nProducers: Harriet Marin Jones\, Quincy Jones\, Debbie Allen \nDocumentary\, 98 min. \nA filmmaker searches for the truth about her grandfather Edward Jones\, a charismatic African American who rose to the heights of financial and political prominence in Depression-era Chicago.
 In shaping the destiny of a city\, Ed Jones could not however escape discrimination. In conflict with both the mob and the Feds\, he was forced into a life on the run.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-5/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Section A
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\nDirector/Writer: Shandrea Evans\nProducer: Lexx Truss\, Kendra Mitchell \nNarrative\, 8:35 \nFeeling homesick after moving to Los Angeles\, a young woman begrudgingly visits her great-aunt where she discovers friendship\, communal history\, and her new city through a fresh lens. \n\nCrown\nWriter: Nofisat Almaroof\, Karisma Jay\nDirected by: Nofisat Almaroof\, Karisma Jay\nProducers: Nofisat Almaroof\, Karisma Jay\, Nirine S. Brown \nNarrative\, 20 min. \nConsumed by ballet\, Afro-PUNK \, and futuristic style- the last thing on Nia’s mind is her hair. her ex 90s prom queen mother Robyn however\, is a different story. After learning Nia’s mane needs to be slayed for a dance audition that could change their \nlives\, Robyn initiates Nia into the tense world of black hair. It’s giving Pandora’s box at the beauty supply store and rollercoaster ride on wash day\, all towards the glory of the perfect stage bun. On audition day an unexpected malfunction pushes Nia to fight for her life on the dance floor. This struggle helps Nia and Robyn finally uncover who really wears the crown. \n \nHow I Got Over\nDirector/Writer: Valerie Udeozor\nProducers: University Of Louisville and Valerie Udeozor \nDocumentary\, 22 min. \nDelores Gordon Alleyne now Age 90 is the first black woman to graduate from University of Louisville Medical School in 1957. In the short documentary narrated with rap music\, her story is used to promote health professions in the black community. \n \nHearsay\nDirector/Writer: Banban Cheng\nProducer: Sheena Alexis Suarez \nNarrative\, 17 min. \nSet in a Chinatown beauty salon\, “Hearsay” follows Lili\, an outgoing and talkative hairdresser who gets herself in trouble when she gossips about a customer. \n \nHeather’s Voice\nDirector/Writer: Shicong Zhu\nProducers: Robin Wang\, Kara Fein\, Lameng Bei\, Ihsanul Huq \nNarrative\, 17 min. \nTasked with promoting a tech company’s VR innovations\, a young scientist risks her job when she decides to use her creations to faithfully serve a grief-stricken family – rather than follow the company’s wish to stage a publicity stunt.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a-4/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 28 & 29, 2023 Film Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231029T145000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231029T161200
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SUMMARY:Section B
DESCRIPTION:Blueberry\nWriter: Stephanie Glover\nDirected by: Stephanie Glover\nProducer: Stephanie Glover \nAnimation\, Short; 5 min. \nA determined\, practical boy has a change of heart when his favorite food comes to life. \n  \nPassenger Seat\nWriter: Neha Gautam\, Angbeen Saleem\nDirected by: Neha Gauam\nProducer: Saleem Gondal \nNarrative Short\, 18:13 min. \nA young Pakistani girl from Queens\, New York finds her relationship to her father shifting as his taxi business starts to decline with the rise of ride-share apps. \n \nLook Like You\nDirector/Writer: Snigdha Kapoor\nProducer: Pulkit Datta\, Lauren Sowa \nNarrative\, 12:40 min. \nWhile visiting the adoptive family of her eight-year-old biological son\, Tara overcomes the hesitation of his parents to relay advice she gathered from growing up as a queer outcast. \n \nEverything Goes Dark\nWriter: Mackenzie Chang Russell\, Alex Casimir\nDirected by: Alex Casimir\nProducer: Lexi Notrica \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nA Black high school student prepares to take her senior yearbook photo when insecurities and a tense friendship push her towards a breaking point. \n \nBlue Hour\nWriter: J.D Shields\nDirected by: J.D Shields\nProducer: Diana Ward\, Maya Korn\, Lauren Avinoam \nDuration: 15 min. \nTwo personal journeys intersect when a struggling young photographer is hired for a cheap last minute portrait gig. The unfolding photo session\, while transient\, leaves an indelible mark on both women.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b-4/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 28 & 29, 2023 Film Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231029T162000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231029T175500
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SUMMARY:Section C
DESCRIPTION:Reunion\nDirectors/Writers: Timothy S Naylor\, Zainab Jah\nProducers: Djaka Souaré\, Timothy S Naylor\, Zainab Jah \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nIsata\, a West African immigrant living in the Bronx\, while watching a morning talk show recognizes the guest\, bestselling author\, Mamadou Kargbo. He triggers in her deep memories of surviving a civil war. She wonders\, was he once the child soldier who destroyed her family? Setting out to find him\, if she is right – will she seek vengeance or grant forgiveness? \n  \nIncomplete\nDirector/Writer: Zoey Martinson\nProducer: Korey Jackson\, Anne Troupe \nNarrative\, 10 min. \nEvan is on house arrest in a haunted house. Or so he thinks?  Evan’s sister went out of her way to rent him a house off the DOC database\, in a boughie-ass suburban neighborhood so he could serve the remainder of his sentence in the Jail Diversion Program on house arrest. When his breathalyzer Machine starts to act strange\, the Polaroid pictures it routinely prints suggest that Evan is not alone. A faceless figure is also occupying this suburban home. Evan must make a decision to either stay and face his fears or end up serving his remaining time in Jail. \n  \nGhosted\nWriter: Charles Lane\, Eric Ables\, Marquette Jones\, Ariel Davis\nDirected by: Marquette Kayleen Jones\nProducer: Marquette Jones\, Bailey Smith\, Safiya Songhai\, Marques Koranteng \nDuration: 9:40 min. \nIt’s always hard to get your crush to notice you… especially when they have a thing for the un-dead. \n \nDistance\nDirector/Writer: Jung-Hsin Hu \nAnimation\, 4 min. \nCategory: Animation\, Short\, Student \n Distance portrays our shared memories – social distancing. It reveals what medical staff undertook during the early Covid-19 time\, and how they sacrificed their family time for a better world. \n  \nPandemic Bread\nDIRECTOR: Zeinabu Irene Davis\nWriters: Marc Arthur Chery and Marivi Soliven\nProducers: Nicoletta Vangelisti\, Christina Ree and Wayne Yang \nNarrative\, 20 min. \nA short drama about a Filipino interpreter taking an end-of-life call with a doctor and an elderly woman with COVID-19. A story of resilience and hope told through the eyes of the interpreter who bakes bread during the call. \n  \nThe Love Machine\nDirector/Writer: Jasmine Lynea\nProducer: Jackie Payton \nNarrative\, 10 min. \nInside of a sleeping ancestor’s memory or dream…  Present-day\, Philadelphia. Nasir Smith\, a teenage scientist\, and influencer\, desperately wants to challenge intergenerational trauma\, by healing his family’s past to welcome back love and compassion in their home. In his family’s basement\, Nasir goes Live! presenting his new invention to the world\, called The Love Machine.   The Love Machine’s intentions resemble a time machine\, but here\, participants specifically go back to the past to reframe moments of their childhood that caused them trauma.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-3/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 28 & 29, 2023 Film Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231029T190000
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SUMMARY:Section D
DESCRIPTION:In remembrance of our beloved friend and mentor Pearl Bowser\, we will offer a special dedication and screening of Midnight Ramble and chat about her impact on our professional and personal lives. Film historian\, curator\, author and archivist\, Pearl’s love for preserving the history of  independent Black filmmaking and uncovering Oscar Micheaux’s legacy is unparalleled. Pearl’s Archives are at the Smithsonian National Museum of History and Culture. \nOur dedication to Pearl will wrap up Reel Sisters season on Sunday\, Oct. 29 at 6 pm. The screening and chat will be held at Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave. Please RSVP as space is limited. \nMidnight Ramble\nDirectors: Pearl Bowser and Bestor Cram\nWriter: Clyde Taylor \nDocumentary\, 60 min. \nA documentary about the history of African American race films during the Golden age of Hollywood. Featured artists include Toni Cade Bambara\, Robert Hall and Elton Fax. \nAbout Pearl \nFilmmaker\, scholar\, preservationist\, and collector Pearl Bowser was among the earliest proponents of reviving critical interest in the “race movies” of Oscar Micheaux and other early African American filmmakers\, linking them to more contemporary work. This unique compilation inspired by Bowser’s collection (donated to the Smithsonian in 2012) includes short films by Julie Dash (Illusions)\, John W. Fletcher Jr. & Hortense “Tee” Beveridge (The Hands of Inge)\, Cheryl Dunye (She Don’t Fade\, Untitled Portrait)\, Harry Gant (By Right of Birth (fragments)\, American Negro Theater (A People’s Playhouse)\, Charles Hobson (Soul Food for Christmas from Like It Is (outtakes))\, and Bowser herself (The Guest). \nInformation courtesy of Film Forum and National Museum of African American History and Culture.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-d-2/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 28 & 29, 2023 Film Screenings
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