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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 1
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \n \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 1 \n \nMelanie & Kyles \nProducer: Robiii World\, Tiara West\, Marlena Robinson Director: Tiara West \nWriters: Tiara West\, Ashani Roberts \nnarrative\, 7 min. \nAmidst the captivating world of poetry\, Melanie and Kyle’s love flourishes. They explore the depth of their emotions through verses that intertwine their souls\, revealing a timeless bond of passion\, trust\, and poetic beauty that transcends their mortal existence. \n \nA Dios \nProducers: Christine Rodriguez\, Jen Viens Director/Writer: Christine Rodriguez \nnarrative\, 17 min. \nA former jazz diva\, forgotten by time\, is spending the last years of her life in a seniors’ residence with an orderly as her only friend. Unfortunately\, she fails to keep her diva ways in check and risks losing the only person she cares about\, with time running out to make amends… A short film in English and Kreyol\, set in Montreal (Tio’tia:ke)\, Canada. Available with English or French subtitles. \n \nHedgehog \nExec. Producers: Rakie Ayola\, Adam Smethurst \nDirector/Writer: Adam Smethurst \nnarrative\, 17 min. \nPoised between adolescence and adulthood and living with the challenges of NF1\, Josie’s only connection with the world is a love of Shakespeare. When new girl Ash shows up at drama class\, Josie seizes the chance to change her story. \n \nBreathe \nProducers: Jamie Burton-Oare\, Shannon E Riggs \nDirector/Writer: Jamie Burton-Oare \nnarrative\, 16 min. \nFor Eric\, it is a normal day in his life/neighborhood. For the world\, it’s the day Eric faces the reality of taking his last breath.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-showcase-program-1/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Virtual Program - Oct. 25 to Nov. 10, 2025
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 2
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \n \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 2 \n \nHogtown \nProducer: Ania Jamila Director/Writer: Josiane Blanc \nnarrative\, 21 min. \nForced to leave her hometown temporarily\, Manuela finds it difficult to adapt to her new surroundings. She has only one thing on her mind: moving back to Toronto. However\, an unexpected encounter turns Manuela’s life upside down\, calling into question everything she’s known up to now. \n \nGods of the Universe \nProducers: Cathy SitaRam\, Charles Mawungwa \nDirector/Writer: Cathy SitaRam \nnarrative\, 20 min. \nAdvanced beings must train star children to guide humanity to the next stage of evolution before a catastrophic event destroys Earth\, but their methods differ and time is running out. \n \nMelikhaya \nProducers: Palesa Shangase\, Katie Taylor Directors: Liziwe Damba\, Mallory Myers \nWriter: Liziwe Damba \nnarrative\, 15 min. \nBorn into a culture that values male leadership above all\, Melikhaya finds it difficult to find her place as a strong African woman. When her brother makes choices that impact the entire community\, she is forced to make a tough decision. \n 
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-showcase-program-2/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 3
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 3 \n \nThe Narrows \nProducer/Director/Writer: Stephanie Allison Daye \ndocumentary\, 87 min. \nA harrowing account of Canada’s worst case of environmental racism- the displacement and destruction of the people of Africville. In this account\, the people of Africville tell their own stories while the producers record the fall-out from a 30 year old case that has reached the ears of not only the present Mayor but all the way up to certain VIPs of the Canadian Parliament.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-showcase-program-3/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
CATEGORIES:Virtual Program - Oct. 25 to Nov. 10, 2025
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 4
DESCRIPTION: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! \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \n \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 4 – Pregnancy & Birth \n \nYa Hanouni \nDirectors: Lyna Tadount\, Sofian Chouaib \nWriters: Lyna Tadount\, Sofian Chouaib \nnarrative\, 2:38 min. \nWhile the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep\, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word? \n \nAwait \nProducers: Raúl Abner Samrah\, Samara Pérez Santiago \nDirector/Writer: Samara Pérez Santiago \nnarrative\, 14 min. \nLili was convinced by her doctor\, boyfriend and parents to have a baby she did not plan or want. As she awaits in her birthing pool (her parent’s bathtub)\, Lili calls her loved ones and figures out that they will all be absent for absurd reasons. \n \nRenacer \nProducers: Kelsey McGee\, Bobbie Green\, Ximena Davis \nDirector/Writer: Jenniffer J Gonzalez Martinez \nnarrative\, 19 min. \nRenacer ignites a fiery exploration of women’s raw truths\, casting a spotlight on the electrifying journey of Valeria\, a Puerto Rican migrant who boldly embraces her right to choose with an abortion\, only to collide head-on with the searing stigma society thrusts upon women who dare to own their bodies.
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 5
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 5 \n \nHair \nProducer: Amy E. Powell Directors: Wendy Mateo\, Lorena Diaz \nWriters: Wendy Mateo\, Lorena Diaz \ncomedy\, 6 min. \nIn Mari’s salon\, it’s just another day where they spill the tea about life. But today Christina comes in late and through her hair mishaps they rally around her when the truth is revealed. \n \nPetting Zoo \nProducer: Alexus L. Addison Director: Malcolm Lott \nWriter: Sherryle Kiser- Jackson \nnarrative\, 15 min. \nPetting Zoo is about a young African-American professional named Rochelle\, who is adjusting to her new role as Assistant Director while navigating a manager who creates a hostile work environment through micromanagement and microaggressions regarding the appearance of her natural hair. \n \nHave I Swallowed Your Dreams \nProducer/Director/Writer: Clara Chan \nnarrative\, 6 min. \nA poetic conversation between an immigrant daughter and her mother about sacrifices and dreams. \n \nDragonfly \nProducers: Julia Morizawa\, James Babbin\, Brian Sturges \nDirector/Writer: Julia Morizawa \nanimation\, 13 min. \nA young girl learns of her mother’s survival of the Tokyo Firebombing on March 9-10\, 1945 through the eyes of her brother’s spirit. \n \nKULTUR \nProducers: Yety Akinola\, Maya Gwynn\, Alia Bennett \nDirector: Asari Aibangbee Writers: Asari Aibangbee\, Natalie Miles \nnarrative\, 19 min. \nA well respected white therapist suggests a social media therapy app\, called KULTUR\, for two of her patients\, both young and Black. One Trans/non-binary\, the other Cisgender femme.
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Virtual Showcase 2024 - Program 6
DESCRIPTION: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! \n \nThe collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31\, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! \nInvite friends over and have a watch party! \nVIRTUAL PROGRAM 6 \n \n\n\nWELL \nProducers: Toni Cunningham\, Eden Sabolboro\, Paige Wood \nDirectors: Toni Cunningham\, Eden Sabolboro \nWriter: Toni Cunningham \nnarrative\, 12 min. \nWELL 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. \n \nFIR \nProducers: Adéla Konečná\, Barbora Smotlachová \nDirector/Writer: Xueni Yang \nnarrative\, 21 min. \nIn 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. \n \nThe Golden Boy \nProducer: Earleatha Oppon \nDirector/Writer: Elizabeth Peace \nnarrative\, 15 min. \nA 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. \n \nFrom Yard – “Same School” \nProducers: Phaedra Benford\, Norman Hamilton\, Andrea Hamilton\, Patrick A. Aitcheson\, David Heron\, David Walcott \nDirector: Leland Benford \nWriters: Noel E. Dunn\, Maya Hall\, David G. Heron \nnarrative\, 11:45 min. \nA 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. \n\n\n \nSkate \nProducer: Remi R.M Moses Director: Kasey-Anais Blondell \nWriter: Kasey-Anais Blondell \nnarrative\, 11 min. \nThea\, 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.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-showcase-program-6/
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SUMMARY:Oct. 29 - Reel Sisters + BRIC Present An Evening of Staged Script Readings 2024
DESCRIPTION:RSVP HERE to get your FREE tickets! \nOn Tuesday\, Oct. 29\, 2024\, from 6 pm-8 pm\, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series and BRIC Media Education will present an exciting staged reading of scripts by filmmakers from our Summer Screenwriting Lab. Join us for an intimate conversation with the writers on their work-in-progress. Featured writers include Freida Jones\, Stephanie Rodriguez\, Jordan T. Simon and Mari Valdivia. \nCome early for a special networking reception! Light refreshments will be served. Details will be announced closer to the date. \nThe event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Please RSVP in advance and arrive early. A ticket does not guarantee entry. \nWRITERS BIOS \n \nMari Valdivia is a writer\, aspiring filmmaker and most recently was on the Emmy-award winning season of The Kelly Clarkson Show’s producing team. Currently\, Mari is developing a short documentary about Gen Alpha’s early access to smartphones and social media. \n \nIn pursuit of their dream to make a film\, Stephanie Rodriguez is developing a coming-of-age story set in 90s Queens\, NY. This is the writer’s first screenplay\, made possible thanks to Reel Sisters. Stephanie has a background in fundraising for cultural institutions around the City\, including BRIC Arts Media. Most recently\, she contributed to an investigation into disinformation on Spanish-language radio featured on WNYC and a cookbook about island cuisine. Favorite movie\,The Birdcage. Current obsession\, the West Wing. \n \nFreida Jones was raised in Englewood\, New Jersey. This tight-knit small town has caused her to bring together writers\, artists and photography in the hopes of creating community. As a storyteller she is currently interviewing actors and photographers for The Black Eye Collective. A background in visual arts has fueled her interest in film and video\, where she feels narrative storytelling can be enhanced by the visual lens. A BFA in art from Cornell University and an MFA from the University of Massachusetts in creative writing provides the academic context for her critical lens. Workshops at New Federal Theater and the Center for Media Arts (Manhattan Neighborhood Network) are giving Ms. Jones new insights on how to bring her storytelling to light. \n \nJordan T. Simon is a writer/filmmaker who exalts and examines the history\, profundity\, excellence\, beauty and wonder of Black people to the world through the lens of science fiction and the speculative. Heavily influenced by Octavia Butler\, Rod Serling and Steven Spielberg\, Jordan uses the transformative power of the written word and the commonality of the human condition to engender empathy and enrich one’s inner child. Jordan was a second round finalist of the Black Boy Writes & Black Girl Writes Mentorship Initiative and serves as a juror for the Oscar-qualifying African Voices/Reel Sisters of the Diaspora 2024 Film Festival.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/oct-29-free-event/
LOCATION:BRIC\, 647 Fulton St\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11217\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Film Screenings
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