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SUMMARY:Section B - 2:25 pm-3:45 pm
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\, 651 Arts \nIn celebration of Reel Sisters 28th Anniversary Season\, we present an afternoon of films by women of color from across the globe. \n \nSECTION B – Transitions | Oct. 25 – 2:25 pm-3:45 pm \n\n\nIn Transit (Invited) \nDirector: Jean Paulo Lasmar \nWriters: Jean Paulo Lasmar\, Thiago Fernandes \nDoc.\, 4 min. \nBernie Wagenblast\, a well-known voice to anyone who’s been on a NYC subway\, has undergone a transition. On the Transgender Day of Visibility\, the MTA revealed Bernie’s true voice as a transgender woman for the first time in its history. \nPlenum \nDirector/Writer: Charlene A. Carruthers \nProducers: Ahsha Davis\, Charlene A. Carruthers \nNarrative\, 26 min. \nAn experimental reconstruction of the 1995 Black Nations/Queer Nations Conference\, PLENUM follows the experience of siblings Ajani and Tracy\, as they make their way from Chicago to New York City. While Tracy is worried that Ajani’s recent HIV positive diagnosis will drive him into isolation\, Ajani fears the consequences of telling their father as he enters a new community and phase of life. \nCuming Out \nDirector/Writer: Jasmine J Johnson \nProducers: Mary Ross Bonney\, Whitney Fuller \nNarrative\, 19 min. \nKennedy’s desire for a heteronormative experience sees her embark on a one-night-stand. What could possibly go wrong? \nBlackberry Winter \nDirector: Jason Hightower Writer: Amber Iman \nProducers: Jason Hightower\, Arizona Newsum\, Amber Iman \nNarrative\, 16 min. \nA fairytale Valentine’s Day takes a turn when Amber\, our Georgia Peach living in the Big Apple\, sees an unexpected text message in her boyfriend’s phone. Launched into a journey of self-discovery\, with a future that is uncertain\, Amber questions whether to follow her head or her heart to find her way forward.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/oct-25-section-b/
LOCATION:651 Arts\, 10 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:Section C – 3:50 pm-5:05 pm
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\, 651 Arts \nIn celebration of Reel Sisters 28th Anniversary Season\, we present an afternoon of films by women of color from across the globe. \n \nSECTION C – Ancestral Rhythms | Oct. 25 – 3:50 pm-5:05 pm @651 Arts \nShe Island \nDirector: Raven Irabor\, SIRA Marissa Lewis \nWriters: Kadia Blagrove\, Dylan Braud\, Olivia Jade Khoury\, Andrea Knowles \nProducers: Raven Irabor\, D’Andre Wilson\, Miesha Miller\, Ashley Laird \nExperimental\, 16 min. \nShe Island is an enchanting and experimental film that weaves together folklore\, history\, and mysticism to tell a powerful story of resilience and cultural reclamation. Set on the fictional Caribbean island of She Island\, where women reign supreme and cultural syncretism flourishes\, the narrative is inspired by the folkloric character LaDiabless and navigates themes of hybridity\, sisterhood\, tradition\, ritual\, preservation\, wisdom\, and mysticism. \nBoil the Cabbage \nDirector: Candace Mae Williamson Producers: Kaylee Hayes\, Jemina Garcia \nDoc.\, 24 min. \nCandace is a documentary filmmaker and novice banjo player. As she learns her first tune\, “Boil That Cabbage Down\,” she reaches out to historians\, activists\, and storytellers to uncover the complex history of the banjo. Through her journey\, we are transported to the past\, where the painting “The Old Plantation” is reimagined\, revealing the instrument’s origins. \nCamille A. Brown: Giant Steps \nDirectors: Shellée M. Haynesworth\, Michelle Parkerson \nProducer: Shellée M. Haynesworth \nDoc.\, 15 min. \nCamille A. Brown: Giant Steps follows 4-time Tony-nominated choreographer\, director\, and educator Camille A. Brown (Hell’s Kitchen\, GYPSY) as she elevates the possible with bold explorations of everyday movement and African Diasporic dance.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/oct-25-section-c/
LOCATION:651 Arts\, 10 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
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SUMMARY:Section D – 5:15 pm-6:47 pm
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\, 651 Arts \nIn celebration of Reel Sisters 28th Anniversary Season\, we present an afternoon of films by women of color from across the globe. \n \nSECTION D – Rooted In Resistence | Oct. 25\, 2025 – 5:15 pm-6:47 pm @651 Arts \n\n\nOn A Sunday at Eleven \nDirector/Writer: Alicia K. Harris \nProducers: Jeff Chiu\, Hayley Brown \nnarrative\, 9 min. \nA young Black ballerina performs her Sunday rituals\, while facing the pressures to conform to Eurocentric beauty standards. \nYáamay: An Ode to Blooming \nDirectors: Casse Kihúut\, Camaray Davalos Producers: Casse Kihúut\, Camaray Davalos \nWriters: Emily Clarke\, Alexis Munoa-Dyer\, Meadow Fuller\, Avelaka Macarro\, Marlene’ Dusek \nnarrative\, 12 min. \nUsing original poetry as the foundation\, we are taken through a journey examining what it means to be a contemporary California Indigenous woman. With a montage of modern\, archival\, and animatic visuals\, this film becomes as dynamic and alive as the women telling their stories. \nHeadbang \nDirector/Writer: Anna Khaja \nProducers: Raelle Tucker\, Cameron Fife \nnarrative\, 24 min. \nAn American perspective on the hijab and female empowerment that resonates with universal questions of selfhood and freedom. Through the lens of two different young women\, Leila\, from secular background\, and Amara\, from a religious one\, HEADBANG explores the complex power of the hijab\, and how a seemingly simple piece of cloth embodies both what the wearer imbues it with and what society project onto to it. \nA Beauty Supply In Queens \nDirectors: Oluseyi Olatujoye\, Princess Adenike \nWriter: Princess AdenikeProducers: Princess Adenike\, Caroline Chikezie\, Shalom Obiago \nnarrative\, 17 min. \nAn HBO Short Film Finalist\, A Beauty Supply in Queens follows Ms. Aji\, a Nigerian mother\, and her daughter Tobi as they navigate the challenges of running a beauty supply store in Queens. Amidst fierce competition and underhanded tactics from rivals\, the film celebrates their resilience and the strength of their community. \nNannies of New York (Invited) \nDirector: April Guscott \nDoc.\, 10 min. \nNannies of New York provides uncensored\, first-hand accounts of three Afro-Caribbean women’s perspectives working as nannies to wealthy white families in NYC\, the stigma associated with the work\, and the fight for their rights as domestic workers. \nKiss My Grass \nDirectors: Mary Pryor\, Mara Whitehead \nProducers: Justin Benoliel\, Luke Anderson\, Saki Fenderson \nDoc.\, 15 min. \nKiss My Grass exposes the persistent inequities faced by Black women entrepreneurs in the booming cannabis industry. Executive produced by trailblazers Colin Kaepernick\, Rosario Dawson\, Mary Pryor\, Luke Anderson\, and Justin Benoliel\, the film takes viewers on an emotional journey through the struggles\, corruption\, and lack of support these women encounter as they fight for their place in a landscape fraught with obstacles. \n 
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/oct-25-section-d/
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SUMMARY:A Mess of Memories – 7 pm-9 pm
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 25\, 2025\, 651 Arts \nIn celebration of Reel Sisters 28th Anniversary Season\, we present a feature screening of A Mess of Memories. \n \nA Mess of Memories – Oct. 25\, 2025 – 7 pm-9 pm \nDirector/Writer: Ebony Blanding \nProducers: Mandy McCowan\, Hunter Barcroft\, Brandon Williams \nWhen their childhood home is threatened by their mother Jovita’s hoarding\, estranged siblings Deja\, Riley\, Mylo\, and Brooke are forced to reunite. As they sift through years of clutter\, buried memories resurface\, tensions ignite\, and long-held secrets unravel.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/oct-25-a-mess-of-memories/
LOCATION:651 Arts\, 10 Lafayette Ave\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person Film Screenings
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