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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 2 - UK & Beyond
DESCRIPTION:A.V. Van\nWriter: Morayo Akandé\nDirected by: Morayo Akandé\nProducer: Helen Gladders\, Moyo Akandé \nNarrartive\, 12:17 min. \nTwo film-fanatic sisters try to reconnect with their estranged deceased father by selling his vintage porn collection. \n  \nDaddy’s Girl\nWriter: Jessica Magaye\nDirected by: Jessica Magaye\nProducer: Koby Adom\, Dola Araoye\, Domenique Fragale\, Danielle Goff \nNarrative\, 12:55 min. \nAfter facing eviction\, Sade\, a young desperate carer enters the Influencer Olympics – a game that allows players around the world a chance at a large cash prize and internet stardom. However\, the game soon takes a dark and twisted turn. \n  \nYellow Fever\nWriter: Shan Gao\nDirected by: Shan Gao\nProducer: Shan Gao \nDocumentary\, 18:32 min. \nYellow Fever is an investigative documentary that uses participants’ first-hand tales of emotional abuse and pain in their interactions with racial obsessions to show viewers how the phenomena of Yellow Fever/Asian Fetish occur in contemporary culture. The setting is real life.   This is the first investigative documentary that explores the specific forms of sexual and emotional abuse experienced by a large number of young Asian women and is worth the time and funding invested in its production. \n  \nTeju’s Tale\nWriter: Teniola Zara King\nDirected by: Teniola Zara King\nProducer: Danielle Goff \nNarrative\, 14:49 min. \nSet in the 1950s\, Teju relocates to London from Lagos to study nursing but faces challenges when her colleagues demand to see her tail. \n  \nImpurrfection\nWriter: Yen-Chiao Huang\, Chiang Yao\nDirected by: Chiang Yao\nProducer: Yiju Chiang \nAnimation\, 13:10 min. \nMr. Cat has aquaphobia\, and he was too terrified to swim in the zodiac race to fulfill his dream of becoming the Guardian God of the Year. He has since lived regretfully by the sea\, overlooking the race’s destination every day for countless years\, until an accident brings him closer and closer to the water…
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-2-uk-beyond/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231111
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SUMMARY:Virtual Program 1 - Chaos & Magic
DESCRIPTION:Daughter of the Sea\nWriter: Alexis C Garcia\nDirected by: Alexis C Garcia\nProducer: Debora Perez \nNarrative\, 19:03 \nAfter the death of her grandfather\, a young woman experiences a spiritual awakening when she is called by Yemaya\, the orisha Goddess of the Sea. \n  \nSupa Hair\nDirector/Writer: Glenís Hunter\nProducer: Ricky Rosario\, Sara Seligman \nAnimation\, 14:20 min. \nAfter the death of her mother\, Luna and her sister\, Carmen move from Dominican Republic to Arizona to live with their estranged grandmother. There\, Luna is confronted with bullying and her sister’s cold shoulder. At this point\, Luna has neglected her hair as a manifestation of her grief. One night\, Luna decides to comb her hair with an old comb she found in the river in the Dominican Republic prior to her exit. Unbeknownst to her\, the comb is actually part of her family lineage that activates a magic power that had been lost for decades. \n  \nGrandma’s Magic Pills\nDirector/Writer: Jing-Yu Xiao \nNarrative\, 14:09 min. \nA young girl discovers her grandmother’s mysterious magic pills. A beautiful story on a strong bond between a granddaughter and grandmother who loves dancing. \n  \nThe Silence of the Seeds (INVITED)\nWriter: Miguel Ángel López Hernández\nDirected by: Elizabeth Pirela\nProducer: Elizabeth Pirela \nDocumentary\, 9:11 min. \nThe pandemic forces a Wayuu woman to return to her maternal territory in Alta Guajira-Colombia. This exile becomes a journey where she meets her own knowledge\, and with her dead and close spirits.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/virtual-program-1-chaos-magic/
LOCATION:Virtual Program
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SUMMARY:Section C
DESCRIPTION:Dancing identities\nWriter: Julia Martinez Heimann\, Josefina Itoiz\nDirected by:  Julia Martinez Heimann\nProducer: Natalia Laclau\, Mariana Miño \nNarrative\, 13 min. \nThis short films series reflects on the construction of identity in terms of cultural diversity\, and explores different social expressions based on dance and migrant experiences. With each dancer\, it is investigated how dance is part of the historical-cultural heritage of people and their affective memory. In the experiences of the interpreters of this short film\, these heritages are resignified and mixed\, opening up new identity possibilities. Thus\, with their words and movements they shape the multicultural identity of society. \n \nEsperanza\nWriter: Shruti Parekh\nDirected by: Shruti Parekh\nProducer: Laura Scarano\,Shruti Parekh \nNarrative\, 18 min. \nWhen an immigrant taxi driver in upstate New York takes an undocumented couple to the Canadian border\, they find themselves at odds in the shared pursuit of a better life. \n \nSpeak Up Brotha!\nWriter: James J. Johnson\, Obbie West\, Roderick Lawrence\nProducers: Salma Qarnain\, Roderick Lawrence\, Ron Gillyard\, Will Campbell\, Cameron Carr\, Ike Mbanefo\, Obbie West\, Dario Harris \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nGrad student Ahmad Jones drives for a rideshare company. He receives a request from a mysterious woman — a poet. They connect over music\, but she seems to ignore him. When the opportunity arises to see her again\, Ahmad must learn how to communicate in ways beyond his understanding to win her heart.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:Section B
DESCRIPTION:Brownsville Bred\nWriter: Elaine Del Valle\nDirected by: Elaine Del Valle\nProducer: Leslie Cohen\,Adrienne Lovette\,Debbie Esko-Gold\,Elaine Del Valle \nNarrative\, 20:00 min. \nSet in 1980’s Brownsville\, Brooklyn\, NY– At the height of the crack and crime epidemics–A spunky Latina must find her own path as she comes of age to face the grim realities of the deteriorating neighborhood she calls home and the musician father she once idolized. \n \nNEGRITA\nWriter: Magdalena Albizu\nDirected by: Magdalena Albizu\nProducer: Ingrid Matias\, Eddie Savoy Bailey \nDocumentary\, 50 min. \nNEGRITA is a feature documentary about diverse Afro Latinas who explore and confront culture and racism while defining their own identity in the United States. NEGRITA explores the ideology of Blackness\, and how both American and Latino cultures perpetuate the belief that Blackness is to be destroyed. Through personal accounts\, family pictures\, old videos\, and interactions with family and friends\, NEGRITA will follow the director’s own struggle with identity.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231022T150000
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SUMMARY:Section A
DESCRIPTION:A Loving Tribute to Esther Duran\nFriends and family honor the life of award-winning documentary filmmaker Esther Duran\, the director of A Chocolate Conquest. The web series took viewers into the world of cocoa farming as seen through the eyes of fifteen rural communities in 30 videos about Cacao in Venezula. A Chocolate Conquest won Reel Sisters 2018 Best Web Series Award.  \nReel Sisters will share clips of Esther’s short films and other works as a filmmaker\, researcher\, curator\, activist\, philanthropist and champion of artists and filmmakers.  
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a-2/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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SUMMARY:Section E
DESCRIPTION:To the End\nWriter/Producers: Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick\nDirector: Rachel Lears\nProducer: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon \nDocumentary\, 95 minutes \nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cv2jtKboDi0&t=5s \nFilmed over four years of hope and crisis\, To the End captures the emergence of a new generation of leaders and the movement behind the most sweeping climate change legislation in U.S. history. The award-winning team behind Knock Down the House follows four exceptional young women— Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\, activist Varshini Prakash\, climate policy writer Rhiana Gunn-Wright\, and political strategist Alexandra Rojas— as they grapple with new challenges of leadership and power and work together to defend their generation’s right to a future.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-e/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20231021T174000
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SUMMARY:Section D
DESCRIPTION:Mind Yours\nWriter: Rachel Hughes\, Tiffaney Robinson\nDirected by: Rachel Hughes\, Tiffaney Robinson\, Brittany Simone Daniels\nProducer: Rachel Hughes\, Tiffaney Robinson\, Brittany Simone Daniels \nNarrative\, 5:14 min. \nA short film initially created for the Collaboration Filmmakers Challenge based on the following quote: “Our lives begin to end the moment we stay silent about the things that matter.” \n \nFunny Face (Invited)\nWriter: Jude Hope Harris\, Krista Fatka\nDirected by: Jude Hope Harris\nProducer: Genevieve Jones\, Nick Vitale \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nWhen country singer\, Randy travels to take care of his sister Sophie as she recovers from facial feminization surgery\, he meets her girlfriend\, Morgan\, for the first time. The three bond over family history\, love\, and an extremely chaotic home nurse. \n  \nRumi\nDirector/Writer: Aisha Amin\nProducers: Annie Ning\, Meetra Javed\, Cameron Morton\, Underhill Films \nNarrative\, 13 min. \nWhen Rumi\, a budding actress\, is scouted by an agent and invited to an open casting call for models\, she comes face to face with a troubling industry. \n  \nFake It Til You Make It\nDirector/Writer: Kimrie Lewis\nProducer: Sonja Perryman \nNarrative\, 8:46 min. \nBased on a true story\, Fake It Til You Make It is a comedy that tells the story of a hustler-at-heart finally deciding to play by her own rules. In order to succeed as a black actress in 2005 Hollywood\, Kira Lawson has to first take on the role of a white man.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-d/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20231021T173000
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SUMMARY:Section C
DESCRIPTION:Jelly\nWriter: Anndi Jinelle Liggett\nDirected by: Anndi Jinelle Liggett \nNarrative\, 10 min. \nJelly is a magical-realist coming-of-age about Jelly Johnson\, a young\, Black girl with a peculiar fascination with death. While trying to solve the mysterious case of a missing neighbor\, she comes to terms with a more personal disappearance in the process. Narrated by André Holland. \n \nChampion\nWriter: Kim J.Y. Han\nDirected by: Kim J.Y. Han\nProducer: D.J. Jiang and Diana Ward \nNarrative\, 13:09 \nIt’s 1997\, and 9-year-old Jimin just moved to California. Jimin refuses to speak to her father who stayed behind in Korea\, but when a major financial crisis devastates their home country\, all hopes that he can join them in America dissipates. Now\, Jimin must gather the courage to take the next steps alone. \n \nSlick Talk\nWriter: Courtney Zhi-Xian Loo\nDirected by: Courtney Zhi-Xian Loo and David Karp\nProducer: Thrice Cooked Media \nNarrative\, 9:03 min. \nFeeling the pressure of an important meeting with a potential music manager\, Kiki struggles with her identity as an outsider in the Chinese-American community\, a culture vulture in the hip-hop world\, and a potential sellout for mainstream success. Slick Talk follows Kiki through a single day in her life\, where we watch her battle an inverse conflict: the thing she tries to hide/avoid is the thing the music industry tries exploit. \n  \nOver the Causeway\nWriter: Pablo Mejia\nDirected by: Pablo Mejia\nProducer: Pablo Mejia \nNarrative\, 15:51 min. \nOver the Causeway is the coming-of-age story of Victoria\, a twenty-year-old jazz musician born and raised in Galveston TX. As she ties up loose ends around town\, she is confronted by doubtful neighbors\, childhood friends\, and dependant family members who question her decision to leave. Saying goodbye to the island that raised her\, Victoria must reckon with complicated feelings about her community\, career\, and the sacrifices she must make to seek new opportunities over the causeway.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231021T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231021T160000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211046
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SUMMARY:Section B
DESCRIPTION:Hard\nWriter:  Eboni Price\nDirected by: Eboni Price\nProducer: Lauren E. Banks\, Kristofer Cross\, Dot McDonald\, Musau Onwubiko \nNarrative\, 28 min. \n12-year-old Javonte is currently struggling with the woes of puberty. She’s being bullied\, she doesn’t think she fits in\, her home life’s a mess and on top of that\, she’s still grappling with the loss of her brother. We open on her fighting her bully\, Imani and losing in front of her entire neighborhood. Her sister Renesha watches and takes Javonte home. Javonte’s mother sees her bruises and punishes her for losing and being “weak”. Meanwhile\, we see Renesha is currently working to break the family cycle and get her GED. However\, she can’t help but notice Javonte struggling and decides to toughen Javonte up\, teaching her how to be hard in order to survive. In this process\, Javonte and Renesha develop a close bond\, providing Javonte with a sense of security she’s been missing since her brother’s death. In the midst of this\, Renesha secures a job contingent on her GED\, affording her the opportunity to move her and her kids out of the neighborhood and start a better life. This new life is threatened\, however\, when Renesha’s boyfriend\, Jordan asks her to take the fall for a crime as he’s on his 3rd strike\, stating it will be Renesha’s first and she’ll get off easy. Choosing for her kids to have their father in their life\, Renesha agrees and gets arrested just as Javonte wins a brutal fight against her bully. Javonte is once again left alone\, and we see a broken family cycle continue. \nWonders\nDirector/Writer: Huriyyah Muhammad\nProducer: Okema Moore \nNarrative\, 15 minutes  \nHardworking moms\, Teeni and Cherice don’t ask for much. Like everyone else\, they are on the grind\, just trying to make a better life for themselves and their toddler. Struggling financially\, things get worse when they come home to find an eviction notice plastered on their door. The solution however surprises even them when their cranky\, constipated toddler poops three golden nuggets. While WONDERS is a response to the eviction crisis across the country\, at its heart is a celebration of the wisdom of our elders and the magic of our babies.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231021T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231021T144900
DTSTAMP:20260425T211046
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SUMMARY:Section A
DESCRIPTION:Sin Raices\nDirector/Writer: Gabriella Athena Moses\nProducers: Lissette Feliciano\, Charlie Schmidlin\, Annalie Gernert\, Shruti Rya Ganguly\, Polina Buchak \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nALMA\, a recently adopted 8-year-old refugee from El Salvador\, spends a day preparing for her first red carpet appearance at an awards show with her new pop star mother\, YAHAIRA. She learns from example and mirrors a series of routines as she absorbs that perhaps to cement her place in this new like she must be “liked” in more ways than one. As she takes in her new environment\, she finds herself haunted by whispers of the life she left behind and awakened to the fragility of her new one after an innocent series of actions and encounters with her newfound fans on social media doesn’t go as planned. \n\nA Homecoming I’ll Remember\nDirector: Jasmine Rene’ McCaskill\nProducesr: Jasmine Rene’ McCaskill\, Ciara Franklin \nDocumentary\, 17 min. \nThere’s no telling what can happen when you meet with your memory. In this experimental documentary\, Zoe Hinds and Pamela McKelvy remember their groundbreaking crownings that span nearly 30 years apart and tell of their journeys through the institutions at which they paved the way. \n \nSundown Road\nDirector/Writer: M. Asli Dukan\nProducers: M. Asli Dukan\, Nikki Harmon\, Trevite Willis \nNarrative\, 20 min. \nThree students get stuck on an isolated road after their car breaks down while driving back to college. With no phone reception\, they argue with each other over what to do before separating to find help. In an unfamiliar area\, they each experience a terrifying discovery that makes them feel like their lives may be in danger. Forced to take refuge in the car\, the students resolve their personal conflicts just in time to face a new frightening reality when help finally reaches them. \n \nProximity Study (Sight Lines)\nDirector: Elizabeth M. Webb \nExperimental\, 5:40 min. \nProximity Study (Sight Lines) is an attempt to measure closeness despite temporal distance. My grandfather (whom I never met) worked as a longshoreman on the Brooklyn waterfront for 37 years. From Governors Island\, I am able to look directly at his place of work; many years ago\, he would have returned my gaze from the other side. I filmed the Red Hook docks on 16mm film from my perspective on Governors Island\, and rowed in the Buttermilk Channel between these two locations. The physical film print trailed behind the boat\, tracing our route\, recording our sight lines\, and reaching to bridge the distance across the channel. Yet\, the longer we rowed\, the more the water erased the image. \n \nReality Is Not Good Enough\nDirector/Writer: Rashayla Marie Brown \nProducer: Jennifer Reeder \nExperimental\, 21 min. \nReality Is Not Good Enough is a moving tribute to Black women who dream of being reality TV stars\, no matter how exploited they might become. This comedy-drama experimental short remixes never-before-seen documentary footage of a failed WeTV pilot featuring the director’s mother\, a biracial adoptee from a Trumpmaniac family. The director’s sisters and nieces humorously flip stereotypes and tragic devices of unscripted TV with surprising dexterity\, citing Josephine Baker to Oprah Winfrey. Set to a masterful jazz score by MacArthur Genius musician Tomeka Reid\, RINGE shows Black women with power behind the camera as much as they are in front of it. \n \nHow Hair You\nProducer/Director/Writer: Kennedy Marie Dunning \nDocumentary\, 8 min. \nBudding feminist comically criticizes the shame of body hair through an educational expedition of razor advertisements and femininity.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a/
LOCATION:City Tech Theater\, 285 Jay Street\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Oct. 21 & 22, 2023 Film Screenings
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T170500
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221106T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T154500
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T164609Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T164610Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221106T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T142000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T164057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T164059Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T203000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T163409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T163410Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T171500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T184500
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T162457Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T162525Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T162132Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T162133Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T170500
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T161517Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T161519Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T142500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T155000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T160227Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T160703Z
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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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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T141500
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221023T155530Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221030T032702Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221028T155249Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T155250Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 7 - Environmental Justice
DESCRIPTION:For Tigray \nDirector: Gabrielle Tesfaye \n4:08 min.\, Animation \nOn November 4th\, 2020\, Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed declared a genocidal war on Tigray\, the northernmost regional state of Ethiopia. His administration has limited and blocked access to electricity\, aid\, food\, and water for millions of Tigrayan civilians. Through a conflict so saturated in political debates\, For Tigray looks through the lenses of the people. From life before the war\, and the collective future on the horizon.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-7-environmental-justice/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221109
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221028T153635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T155521Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 6 - Otiti
DESCRIPTION:OTITI \nWriter: Chijioke Ononiwu \nDirector: Ema Edosio Deelen \nProducers: Ema Edosio Deelen\, Jeff Jacobson\, Nunu Deng \n90 min.\, Narrative \nA seamstress with commitment issues faces strong opposition from her half-brothers when she decides to take care of the ailing father who had abandoned her as a child.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-6-otiti/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221028T153354Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221028T153355Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 5 - Marriage Life Styles
DESCRIPTION:Play House \nDirector/Writer: Xinyi Cao \nDirector: Xinyi Cao Producer: Lianlian Shen\, Brielle Yuke Li\, Hanrui Zhang \n26:24 min.\, narrative \nXiao Lin and Chuan Yu are lesbian lovers who work in the soft porn industry. One day\, a man hires them to play as his wife and daughter. However\, the relationship among the three gradually grows tense. \nSECOND BIRTH \nDirector/Writer: SHIHAN TAN \nProducer: ZHE JIN \n29:38 min.\, Narrative \nAfter scratching by a wild cat\, full-time housewife LIU discovers recent pregnancy with her second-child\, when the two-child policy was just released.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-5-marriage-life-styles/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221026T023007Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T023144Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 4 - Friends & Unfriendly Worlds
DESCRIPTION:Luazul \nWriter: Letícia Batista\, Vitória Liz \nDirector: Letícia Batista\, Vitória Liz \nProducer: Lais Reis\,Patricia Lima\, Victor Laet \n20 min.\, Narrative \nRiva returns to Brazil and finds herself lonelier than ever. Flavia there’s no time to feel alone. Their lives meet up as well as dream on around football fields. \nSina and Tuna \nWriter: Tusiata Avia \nDirector: Miki Magasiva\, Anapela Polataivao \nProducer: Lisa Taouma \n15 min.\, Narrative \nAfter she swipes right on a Tinder date with a hot Samoan rugby star\, Sina is forced to fight for her life when confronted by an other-worldy predator. \nAbdullah \nWriter: ianhui Huang \nDirector: Tianhui Huang Producer: Yayu Zheng \n17:42 min.\, Narrative \nAbdullah\, a 11-year-old Pakistani youth\, relocates to Yiwu\, China to live with his father Hussein. Hussein is too busy with his business to spend much time with his adolescent son\, who misses his mother still in Pakistan and hopes to find a way to return home. \n\n\n\n\nThe Moor \nDirector/Writer: Daphne Di Cinto \nProducer: Yasmine Holness-Dove\, Greenlight Project\, Onda Film \n20 min.\, Narrative \nThe son of an enslaved African woman turns out to be the legitimate heir to the Medici dynasty and becomes the first Duke of Florence\, despite his own family having trouble accepting him.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-4-friends-unfriendly-worlds/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221026T022510Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T022511Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 3 - Family Roots
DESCRIPTION:Kitchen Tales \nWriter: Anupama Chandrasekhar \nDirector: Jane Moriarty \nProducer: Sheena Bhattessa\, Daliya Habib\, Charlotte Howley\, Cristina Sarnoff\, Tania Sarra\, Dorthe Tate\, Kerem Durdag \n22:17 min.\, Narrative Short \nNewlywed Indian immigrants to the UK navigate 40 years of marriage through the food they make and the meals they share as their family grows and their love struggles to survive. \nMy Daughter Is Coming \nWriter: Lina Tianyue Hu Director: Lina Tianyue HuProducer: Jen U-Win Huang \n17:30 min.\, Narrative \nA young woman reluctantly returns home to her mother\, whose lifestyle she tried not to emulate\, realising they are similar in many ways and that is okay. \nThe Cured \nWriter: Yangzi She \nDirector: Yangzi She \n13:48 min.\, Narrative \nThis is a story about three generations of a family who treat each other’s illness.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-3-family-roots/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221026T022125Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T022126Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 2 - Honoring Womenhood
DESCRIPTION:I Was Attacked \nDirector/Writer: Sara Massieu \n3:41 min.\, Animation \nNo matter who we are or where we are from\, we are not safe\, we have been attacked.Gender-based violence still a world wide contemporary problem.Women’s voices need to be heard.But really\, why? \nUnfamiliar Familiar \nWriter: Ji Hyun Shin Director: Hae-Sup SinProducer: So Yeong Jeon28:50 min.\, Narrative \nA middle aged Swiss-Korean woman flies to Korea in the midst of the pandemic after receiving news of her mother’s death. Due to the measures\, she spends her obligatory quarantine in the abandoned parental home. There\, she gets confronted by a familiar\, yet unfamiliar feeling from her past and present. \nSo Long \nWriter: Teng ( Miracle ) MDirector: Teng ( Miracle ) Ma Producer: Chelsea Mao\, Annie SONG \n25:20 min.\, narrative \nIt’s a story about the future and the past.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-2-honoring-womenhood/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221026T021425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T021426Z
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters - Virtual Program 1 - Celebrating Girlhood
DESCRIPTION:Aito Hine \nDirector/Writer: Krysten RESNICK \nProducers: Selelina PAKAÏNA \, Tehani ROBINSON\,Manea MAZET \n14 min.\, Narrative \nOn virgin lands devoid of any modern construction\, we follow the character of a young girl as she begins a rite of passage within an army of aito hine\, or women warriors. Their weapons and shields turn out to be a particular dance specific to the islands of Tahiti. \nDorlis \nDirector/Writer: Enricka MH \nProducers: Marie-Mars Prieur\, Jérôme Barthélemy. Daniel Sauvage \n25 min.\, Narrative \nNora\, a 15-year-old Martiniquan teenager\, has to follow her mother and 6-year-old little sister\, Mélissa\, to the north of the island\, to live at Henri’s\, her grand-father\, paralyzed since a recent stroke. They settle at the old man’s to provide him daily assistance. \nBeauty Queen \nWriters: Myra Aquino\, Eric Hwang Director: Myra AquinoProducers: Myra Aquino\, Tita Pambid\, Reuben Domingo18 min.\, Narrative \nSet in the Philippines during World War II\, a young woman struggles to find purpose after losing her father. \nSelahy (My Weapon) \nDirector/Writer: Alaa Zabara Producer: Pierre Bagley \n14 min.\, Narrative \nA short narrative film that takes place in war-torn Yemen and follows a young deaf girl\, Saleemah who has one major love in this world; her camera which her brother Aqeel introduced her to. Aqeel works as a news reporter and is unable to take her out to film because he is preoccupied covering the war
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reel-sisters-virtual-program-1-celebrating-girlhood/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters Virtual Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T190000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221019T032048Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T145022Z
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SUMMARY:Section C – The Black Church – 5:30-7 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Clairesa Clay\, founder of Blerd City Con\, will host a Q & A with Stacey L. Holman \nThe Black Church: This Our Story\, This Is Our Song \nSeries Producer & Director: Stacey L. Holman \nDocumentary\, 60 min. \nThe Black Church\, a four hour PBS special\, chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart of the African-American experience. Hosted by Henry Louis Gates\, Jr the series traces the origins of the Black church and explores the massive role it has played in history. Featuring interviews with Oprah Winfrey\, John Legend\, noted faith leaders and more\, the program is a reverent look at how the church has for generations used its power to uplift the spirit and bring about social change. The project also doesn’t shy away from the serious critiques many believe need to be addressed if the church is to remain relevant to a younger generation.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-the-black-church-530-7-pm-est/
LOCATION:Kumble Theater\, One University Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary Retrospective Weekend - Oct. 22-23, 2022
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T170000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221019T031405Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T233624Z
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SUMMARY:Section B – Red Pill – 3-5 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:*Red Pill \nProducers: Katie Rosin\, Tonya Pinkins and Paul Hsu \nDirector/Writer: Tonya Pinkins \n90 min.\, narrative \nHalloween weekend of the 2020 election\, six old friends ride into red country armed with humor and naiveté. When the meet an immovable force their plans are thwarted and their fight to win the election becomes a fight for their lives. Six progressives\, one deadly weekend. \n*Mature content and language.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b-3-5-pm-red-pill/
LOCATION:Kumble Theater\, One University Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary Retrospective Weekend - Oct. 22-23, 2022
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T150000
DTSTAMP:20260425T211047
CREATED:20221018T183511Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221019T233746Z
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SUMMARY:Section A – 2-3 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Boxes \nDirector: Tyler Eaton Writer: Aisha Alfa \nnarrative\, 3 min. \nA comedy short about a multi-racial woman who refuses to choose just one box for her ethnicity. \n  \nAfro \nDirector/Writer: Jenn Shaw Producers: Jenn Shaw and YJ Meira \nnarrative\, 11 min. \nAfter multiple encounters with her bully and a little academic inspiration\, an African-American teen girl finally stands up for herself against classmates that question her cultural identity. \n \nNappy \nProducer/Director/Writer: Lydia Ann Douglas \ndocumentary\, 28 min. \nNappy is a documentary film that tells the story of 14 black women and girls who decided to stop straightening their hair and “go natural.”
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a-2-3-pm-est/
LOCATION:Kumble Theater\, One University Plaza\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11201\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary Retrospective Weekend - Oct. 22-23, 2022
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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