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. Tickets: $12 ($8 - seniors/students with valid I.D.) Chico Virtual Producers: Tom Sidi and Ori Chevio Director/Writer: Olivia De Camps narrative, 14:22 […]
Mary Producers: Mark Herzog and Canyon Prince Director/Writer: Michelle Renee Jackson narrative, 15 min. 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 and her company […]
he Blue Drum Producer: Alicia Herder Director/Writer: Angelita Mendoza narrative, 17 min. A 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. Yae: Blind Samurai Woman Producer: Akiko Izumitani Director: Akiko Izumitani Writers: James Doc Mason and Akiko Izumitani narrative, […]
Journey - Cuba Producer: LisaMcFadden Director: Sean Kim experimental, 3:29 min. Destination 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 […]
More Than Cute Writer: Joshinder K Chaggar Director: Joshinder K Chaggar Producer: Joshinder K Chaggar 15 min., Documentary A 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 […]
Luka Producer/Director/Writer: Shiyue Xu 3 min., narrative On a hot summer afternoon, as various people come and go at the central market, a young boy starts noticing his own shadow. Pocha Writer: Carly Oscar Director: Carly Oscar Producers: Carly Oscar, Rachel Brown, Maite Elias-Nava,Remi Renlib 13 min., Narrative As she nears her fifteenth birthday, Vic struggles to solidify her personal […]
Maternity Writer: Maria Warith Wade Director: 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. Nails Director/Writer: Eliana Pipes Producers: Revel Rosa and Eliana Pipes 5 min., animation […]
Joy's Garden Director/Writer: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo Producers: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Mungai Kiroga, Hawa Essuman, Firul Maithya 13 min., Narrative Short Edwin is no one's ideal Dad. Can he step up when his estranged daughter Joy needs a home? Blurring the Color Line Writer: Crystal Lee Kwok Director: Crystal Lee Kwok Producer: Daniel Wu, Lisa Ling, W. Kamau Bell 77 min., documentary Digging into […]
Sin Raices Director/Writer: Gabriella Athena Moses Producers: Lissette Feliciano, Charlie Schmidlin, Annalie Gernert, Shruti Rya Ganguly, Polina Buchak Narrative, 15 min. ALMA, 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 […]
Hard Writer: Eboni Price Directed by: Eboni Price Producer: Lauren E. Banks, Kristofer Cross, Dot McDonald, Musau Onwubiko Narrative, 28 min. 12-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 […]