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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.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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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.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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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.
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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.
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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