Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary Retrospective Weekend - Oct. 22-23, 2022

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  • reststop

    Section A – 1-2:50 pm EST

    St. Joseph's University 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Rest Stop Producers: Jalena Keane-Lee and Brit Fryer Director/Writer: Crystal Kayiza On a bus ride from New York to Oklahoma, Meyi, a young Ugandan American girl, realizes her place in the world through […]

  • Fashion Film: A Rising Genre

    Section B – Lecture Series – 3-4:30 pm EST

    St. Joseph's University 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Fashion Film: A Rising Genre Presenter: Sewra Kidane (Retrospective) Sewra G Kidane joins Reel Sisters to host an intimate talk and presentation about the burgeoning Fashion Film genre. Usually shared with her Film + Fashion class she teaches at Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, NY, Ms. Kidane will show a collection of her favorite fashion films […]

  • Maternity

    Section C – 4:35-6pm EST

    St. Joseph's University 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Maternity Director/Writer: Maria Warith Wade Producer:  Maria Warith Wade, Rebecca Malaret, Kendra Mitchell, Kim Coleman, CSA 15 min., narrative When a second-time mother gets an unexpected complication postpartum, she must fight to save her life in the fractured American health care system. Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 Writer: Damien D. Smith    Director: Damien. D. Smith Producers: Emma […]

  • Mary

    Section D – The Sun Rises In The East – 6:05-7:40 pm EST

    St. Joseph's University 245 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Mary Writer: Michelle Renee Jackson Director: Michelle Renee Jackson Producer: Mark Herzog,  Canyon Prince 15 min., Narrative While speaking the actual words transcribed from Mary Armstrong’s 1930s U.S. Federal Writer’s Project interview about her experience with slavery as an African-American enslaved woman who loved to dance, a modern-day and taciturn Custodian trails a Ballet Mistress […]

  • Boxes

    Section A – 2-3 pm EST

    Kumble Theater One University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Boxes Director: Tyler Eaton Writer: Aisha Alfa narrative, 3 min. A comedy short about a multi-racial woman who refuses to choose just one box for her ethnicity. Afro Director/Writer: Jenn Shaw Producers: Jenn Shaw and YJ Meira narrative, 11 min. After multiple encounters with her bully and a little academic inspiration, an African-American teen girl finally stands up for herself against […]

  • Red Pill

    Section B – Red Pill – 3-5 pm EST

    Kumble Theater One University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    *Red Pill Producers: Katie Rosin, Tonya Pinkins and Paul Hsu Director/Writer: Tonya Pinkins 90 min., narrative Halloween weekend of the 2020 election, six old friends ride into red country armed with humor […]

  • The Black Church

    Section C – The Black Church – 5:30-7 pm EST

    Kumble Theater One University Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United States

    Clairesa Clay, founder of Blerd City Con, will host a Q & A with Stacey L. Holman The Black Church: This Our Story, This Is Our Song Series Producer & Director: Stacey L. Holman Documentary, 60 min. The Black Church, a four hour PBS special, chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart […]

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