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SUMMARY:Section E – 7-8:30 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Journey – Cuba \nProducer: LisaMcFadden Director: Sean Kim \nexperimental\, 3:29 min. \nDestination deferred is found in imagination as the COVID-19 Pandemic begins to take a downward turn during the Summer of 2021. Millinery collection concept by Lisa McFadden comes to life in this first of many far away daydream destinations that become reality in the mind of a stifled traveler. \n\n\n\n\nWhen We Arrive As Flowers \nProducers: Susan O’Brien\, Elizabeth Raia\, Giselle Byrd and Margaret Montavon. \nDirector: Susan O’Brien Exec. Producers: Alexandra Billings and Chrisanne Blankenship-Billings. \nDiovanna\, a dancer realizes her transfemme identity through a choreographic journey of self-discovery\, celebration\, and the poetic metaphor of a flower coming to bloom. \nThe Sound She Saw \nProducers: Crystal Whaley and Caralene Robinson Director/Writer: Crystal Whaley \nDocumentary\, 51 min. \nThe Sound She Saw is a documentary film featuring contemporary\, ground-breaking Black women photographers. The film reveals the history & struggle of Black women photographers while showcasing and celebrating their work and answering the question: What happens when a Black woman photographer has the agency and the control to reverse the gaze and see the world through her unique lens?
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-5-section-e/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Section D – 5:15-6:45 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:he Blue Drum \nProducer: Alicia Herder Director/Writer: Angelita Mendoza \nnarrative\, 17 min. \nA woman mourning her father’s passing is tormented by memories of a mother she never knew. A presence reveals secrets hidden within her family home. \n\n\n\n\nYae: Blind Samurai Woman \nProducer: Akiko Izumitani Director: Akiko Izumitani \nWriters: James Doc Mason and Akiko Izumitani \nnarrative\, 19 min. \nIn the mountains of the Edo Period Japan\, when a blind woman’s samurai father is killed by a young samurai avenging his own father’s death\, she agrees to be escorted to the nearest village\, but she’s not as helpless as she appears. \n  \nJordan \nProducer: Pheobe Brown and Brandon Puncho Williams \nDirector/Writer: Ebony Blanding \nnarrative\, 19 min. \nWhen a tween mermaid enthusiast discovers an ailing water creature\, she uses a magical wish to change the fate of their existence…and her own. JORDAN engages the genre of fantasy and cli-fi (climate fiction) to shape a fairytale where everyone has agency and representation. \nCranberry Chorus \nProducers: Queen Kim and Christopher Ma \nDirector/Writer: Lina Yuchen Guan Li \nnarrative\, 19 min. \nAn autistic boy becomes a new member of Cranberry Chorus\, which made of deaf kids. He makes friend with the member Ken and finds out a secret about Cranberry Chorus.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-5-section-d/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Section CD – Theater 2 – 5-6:30 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Mary \nProducers: Mark Herzog and Canyon Prince Director/Writer: Michelle Renee Jackson \nnarrative\, 15 min. \nWhile 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 and her company dancers’ rehearsals until his true identity is revealed. \n\n\n\n\nFearless 11 \nProducer/Director: Ashley E. Gibson \ndocumentary\, 62 min. \nIn the fall of 1965\, eleven courageous Black students volunteered to integrate John W. Provine High School in Jackson\, Mississippi. Amidst a sea of raging students\, parents and teachers\, these 11 seniors endured unimaginable hostility with their heads held high. Now\, 50 years later\, the students share the impact it has had on their lives\, reflecting on their feelings as unsung integration pioneers.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-5-section-cd/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section C – 4:00-5:05 pm EST – World & Harlem Film Premiers
DESCRIPTION:In honor of Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary\, we proudly present a world premiere for Gro Up (Micro Budget Film Fellow) and a Harlem premiere for Take Me Home (Micro Budget Film Fellow) with our season official selections Chico Virtual and Bria. \nTickets: $12 ($8 – seniors/students with valid I.D.) \nChico Virtual \nProducers: Tom Sidi and Ori Chevio Director/Writer: Olivia De Camps \nnarrative\, 14:22 min. \nA boy must come to terms with the harsh reality of his immigrant status when his brother alarmingly doesn’t come home. \nGro Up \nProducer: Camille Simone Thomas Director: Nina Lucia Rodriguez \nWriters: Camille Simone Thomas\, Nina Lucia Rodriguez\, Jasmine Sharma \nnarrative\, 13 min. \nOllie\, BK\, and Carmichael are three girls who are NOT going back to juvie. When given the opportunity to stay locked up or to “gro up” they decide to spend the summer sifting through soil and their own personal shit. \nTake Me Home \nProducer: Minos Papas Director/Writer: Liz Sargent \nnarrative\, 16 min. \nWhen her mother becomes unresponsive\, Anna\, a young Asian-American woman with an Intellectual Disability\, must turn to her sister in New York for help. The two sisters navigate their grief and miscommunication\, the dysfunctional Florida health system\, and a difficult move away from the only home Anna has ever known. Amidst this uncertainty\, Anna has to hold her own and make her voice heard. \nBria \nProducer/Director/Writer: Ophilia Davis \nnarrative\, 7 min. \nWhile going for a routine walk\, a non-verbal autistic woman living with Asperger’s syndrome named BRIA\, comes across a yellow object seen in an unknown garden. Peeked by curiosity\, Bria steps out of her comfort zone to explore the unknown\, where she is given a chance to experience the authenticity of nature in her own autistic world.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-400-505-pm-est-world-harlem-film-premiers/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section B – 2:25-3:50 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Ro & the Stardust \nProducers: Rachel K. Ofori and Elvis Nolasco Director/Writer: Eunice Levis \nnarrative\,17:39 min. \nA free-spirited teen fulfills her terminally ill grandmother’s dying wish of building a rocket ship to launch her into outer space. \n\n\nAmina \nProducer: Taryn Nagle Director/Writer: Shanrica Evans \nExe. Producers: Lena Waithe\, Rishi Rajani. Doménica Castro and Constanza Castro \nnarrative\, 13 min. \nHaunted by the loss of her partner\, a former astronaut struggles to connect with her unborn child. \nContraban \nExe.Producers: Chelsea Hicks and Sherri G. Sneed Director/Writer: Chelsea \nnarrative\, 31 min. \nDesperate to maintain Whiteness in a dystopian future\, the American government bans BIPOC (Black\, Indigenous\, and People of Color) citizens from reproducing after they become the majority of the population. CONTRABAN follows the heart-wrenching story of Essence and Elijah as they go about their everyday lives while navigating the danger of illegally conceiving a child in this society. \n\n\n\n\nTrue Freedom \nProducers: Issac Ingram\,Michael DiLeonardo and Bob Hercules Director: Issac Ingram Writers: Issac Ingram and Naz Pankey \nnarrative\, 28:39 min. \nAfter his father leaves the family\, a black kid grows up to build a time machine to save his mom\, but when he ends up in the year 1860\, the real insight begins when brings a slave to the year 2014.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-5-section-b/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section A – 1-2:15 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Section A – Saturday\, November 5 – 1-2:15 pm EST \nDear Diary \nProducer/Director: Ringling College of Art & Design Writer: Yulong Christina and Yang Jones \nanimation\, 2 min. \nA woman cleaning out her childhood room is uncomfortable with facing her past self. The old diary that she disregards magically finds its way back to her\, echoing the voice of her childhood self. \nThe Lifted \nProducer: TJ Ali\, Jayce Baron and Tre Wesley Director: Shayla Racquel Writer: TJ Ali narrative\, 24 min. \nnarrative\, 24 min. \nInspired by the cultural awakening to dismantle assault against women and conquer their own past trauma\, two best friends of over thirty years attempt to rescue a young woman they believe to be in danger in a car share ride. When things take a bad turn\, the aunties take matters into their own hands in this short\, thrilling adventure. \nAre you still there?  \nProducer: Reef Oldberg Directors: Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis Writers: Rayka Zehtabchi and Sam Davis \nnarrative\, 16 min. \nTBA \nSilk\nWriters: David Caudle and Marissa Ghavami \nProducers: David Caudle\, Marissa Ghavami\, Carlos Ibarra\, and Lauren Sowa \nDirector: John Magaro \nnarrative\, 14:42 min. \nIn this short narrative nod to the classic film Gaslight\, gifted aerialist Cara falls hard for Sol\, the lighting designer on her upcoming high-stakes solo show. When safety and communication issues plague rehearsals\, Cara begins to doubt her perceptions and grows more and more dependent on Sol.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-5-section-a/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 5, 2022
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