Saturday, October 24, 2020 - 1:15-2:30pm EST Dolly Writer/Producer/Director: Tosin Lepe Narrative, 5:47 min. A white babysitter awaits the news of a job commission; meanwhile, she is pestered by the young Black girl in her care requesting help with her homework. In the process of helping her, the babysitter discovers the little Black girl’s bizarre […]
LIVE: Lecture Series on Perceptions - 3-4:15pm EST aghast Directors/Writers: Rob Underhill and Maxine Eloi Producer: Rob Underhill Narrative, 7 min. Based on true events, Eve Scott stands her ground, protecting property, liberty, and the life of herself and her child as an outside threat works to force entry into her home. Aghast is based […]
A Virtual PLAY DATE (FAMILY FRIENDLY): LIVE LSW - 4:30-5:15pm Suggested donation: $25 (Donate any amount) Join Reel Sisters for a fundraiser for director Marta Effinger-Crichlow’s Little Sallie Walker, a film documenting four generations of Black women whose memories of childhood play offers refuge and joy. Enjoy an excerpt from the work-in-progress and participate in […]
Sunday, October 25, 2020 - 1-2pm Black Director/Writer: Tamika R. Guishard Producer: Randall Sawyer, Ania Trzebiatowska, Debbie Goodstein, Birgit “Bitz” Gernböck Experimental, 10:50 min. When a reformed drummer cannot get his caffeine fix on the anniversary of his brother’s death, ancestral rhythms guide him to the truth buried deep below his city streets. My Father […]
LIVE: Do You Feel Safe - 2:10-3:40pm The Giverny Document (single channel) Director: Ja’Tovia Gary Producer: Paige Wood Artesia Balthrop Documentary, 40 min. Filmed in Harlem, USA and in Claude Monet’s historic gardens in Giverny, France, The Giverny Document is an experimental, multi-textured cinematic poem that meditates on the safety and bodily autonomy of Black […]
LIVE: Joe & The Shawl Screening & Script Breakdown – 4pm-5:30pm Sponsor: Stephens College MFA in TV & Screenwriting Reel Sisters & the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Host Script Analysis for Joe & The Shawl On Sunday, Oct. 25 at 4 pm, Reel Sisters & Stephens College MFA in TV & Screenwriting […]
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 her Mother’s ambitious efforts to reunite their family. Velma’s Journey: Life and Legacy of Velma Banks Producer/Director: Adjua Mantebea Writers: Adjua Mantebea and Velma Banks […]
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 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 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 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 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 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. […]
