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SUMMARY:Section D – 5:15-6:55 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Joy’s Garden \nDirector/Writer: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo \nProducers: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo\, Mungai Kiroga\, Hawa Essuman\, Firul Maithya \n13 min.\, Narrative Short \nEdwin is no one’s ideal Dad. Can he step up when his estranged daughter Joy needs a home? \nBlurring the Color Line \nWriter: Crystal Lee Kwok \nDirector: Crystal Lee Kwok Producer: Daniel Wu\, Lisa Ling\, W. Kamau Bell \n77 min.\, documentary \nDigging into her Grandmother’s past growing up Chinese in Augusta\, Georgia’s Black neighborhood during Jim Crow\, director Crystal Kwok complicates the black and white narrative while exposing uncomfortable truths behind today’s Afro-Asian tensions.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-d-515-655-pm-est/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 6, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section C – 4-5:05 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Maternity \nWriter: Maria Warith Wade \nDirector: Maria Warith Wade \nProducer: Maria Warith Wade\, Rebecca Malaret\, Kendra Mitchell\, Kim Coleman\, CSA \n15 min.\, narrative \nWhen a second-time mother gets an unexpected complication postpartum\, she must fight to save her life in the fractured American health care system. \nNails \nDirector/Writer: Eliana Pipes Producers: Revel Rosa and Eliana Pipes \n5 min.\, animation \nWhen Catalina develops a crush on another girl in her Quinceañera court\, her fingernails grow at a superhuman pace — a blessing in Black and Latina beauty culture\, but a curse for a lesbian (at first glance). A whimsical\, intersectional\, uplifting coming-of-age story. \nEmpire of My Melodious Mind \nWriter: Jeannette Louie \nDirector: Jeannette Louie Producer: Jeannette Louie \n8 min.\, Experimental \nIn the space of a moment\, inside a cabinet\, perception embarks on an epic journey through the terrain of memories that form the identity of an American born Asian. \nHave a Good Night \nWriter: Shengluo Zhang \nDirector: Shengluo Zhang\, Xiaojia Lisa Li \nProducer: Shengluo Zhang\, Ella Rouwen Chen \n4 min.\, Animation \nA young Asian female tourist finds a scary person behind her while walking back to her motel late at night on the romantic streets of France. Having read similar stories on the news\, she imagines different dangerous circumstances and tries to run away from the stalker. \nAn Island Drifts \nDirector/Writer: Vivian Ip \nProducer: Jasmine Tay\, Kim Mariel \n18 min.\, Narrative \nSet in Singapore\, a young teacher presses for the truth from a maladjusted student\, the act leads to devastating results and they suffer the ignominy of losing everything that matters to them. The story holds a mirror up to society\, where a mistake can derail a life in an overly pressurized world.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-6-section-c/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 6, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section B – 2:30-3:45 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Luka \nProducer/Director/Writer: Shiyue Xu \n3 min.\, narrative \nOn a hot summer afternoon\, as various people come and go at the central market\, a young boy starts noticing his own shadow. \nPocha \nWriter: Carly Oscar \nDirector: Carly Oscar Producers: Carly Oscar\, Rachel Brown\, Maite Elias-Nava\,Remi Renlib 13 min.\, Narrative \nAs she nears her fifteenth birthday\, Vic struggles to solidify her personal and cultural identity\, caught between family tradition and the desire to fit in with her peers. \nThe Funnel \nDirector/Writer: Charlene A. Carruthers \nProducer: Elizah Turner Duration: \n16 min.\, narrative \nTrina lives on the South Side of Chicago with her mother amidst an escalating housing crisis. After falling into an intimate recollection of her family’s history\, she awakes in a world with people\, sounds\, and possibilities she’s never known. An encounter with a familiar spirit opens Trina’s eyes and heart to a new gift. \nCATCHING SPIRITS \nDirector/Writer: Vanessa Beletic \nProducer: Natalie Mattozzi \n12 min.\, Narrative \nDestiny has been told since childhood she has seizures when she dances. An unexplained phenomena that’s resulted in deep fear and her refusal to dance- despite being drawn to it. What she doesn’t know\, is that she has an ancient ability – a birthright of the Haitian women in her lineage going back for ages. \nZafar \nDirectors/Writers: Aqsa Altaf\, John X Carey \nProducer: Amina Nada \n15 min.\, Narrative \nA Pakistani immigrant juggles demanding ride share customers while talking on the phone to his mother in Pakistan.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-6-section-b/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 6, 2022
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SUMMARY:Section A – 1-2:20 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:More Than Cute \nWriter: Joshinder K Chaggar \nDirector: Joshinder K Chaggar Producer: Joshinder K Chaggar \n15 min.\, Documentary \nA seniors Bollywood dance class in Melbourne city\, is the perfect intercultural setting\, to discover new friendships and to unpack misconceptions about ageing. Through the lens of the traditional costume\, stories are uncovered and shared. Simultaneously\, underneath all the fun\, colour and laughter\, a miraculous healing is taking place on many different levels. \nALL I EVER WANTED \nWriter: Van B. Nguyen Director: Erin Lau Producer: Selena Leoni\, Fiona Hardingham \n14 min.Narrative Short \nRom-com obsessed teen Christine has always longed for the picture-perfect romance – but she’s soon confronted with the fact that her ideal prince charming might actually be a princess charming instead. \nAlbion Rose \nDirector/Writer: Tiffany Tenille Producers: Tiffany Tenille\, Dr. Trevor Grand \n15 min.\, Narrative \nFollowing the arrival of an unwanted guest\, a tightly-knit bond between two sisters is put to the test when their idyllic playdate takes a dark turn. \nPillow Fight \nWriters: Evey Yu\, Preston Francis Director: Evey Yu Producer: Risanta Li \n8 min.\, Narrative Short \nA heterosexual couple has an argument about sex after the guy came prematurely. \nAleeya \nDirector/Writer: Nina Mahesh Producers: Elizabeth Grupp\, Kavita Hari \n12 min.\, Narrative Short \nAleeya follows a transgender woman as she embarks on a day long journey to buy a gift for her lover\, while attempting to persevere through India’s societal inequities and prejudice\, as well as the growing rape culture of male youth.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-nov-6-section-a/
LOCATION:Maysles Documentary Center\, 343 Lenox Ave.\, Malcolm X Blvd.\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Nov. 6, 2022
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