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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
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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:20260426T002310
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221023T190000
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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
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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:20260426T002310
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T180500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T194000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
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SUMMARY:Section D – The Sun Rises In The East – 6:05-7:40 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Mary \nWriter: Michelle Renee Jackson Director: Michelle Renee Jackson \nProducer: Mark Herzog\,  Canyon Prince \n15 min.\, Narrative \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  \nThe Sun Rises in The East \nDirector: Tayo Giwa Writers: Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa \nProducers: Tayo Giwa and Cynthia Gordy Giwa \nDocumentary\, 58 min. \nThe Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth\, rise and legacy of The East\, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant\, Brooklyn. Led by educator and activist Jitu Weusi\, The East embodied Black self-determination\, building more than a dozen institutions\, including its own African-centered school\, food co-op\, newsmagazine\, publisher\, record label\, restaurant\, clothing shop and bookstore. The organization hosted world-famous jazz musicians and poets at its highly sought-after performance venue\, and it served as an epicenter for political contemporaries such as the Black Panther Party\, the Young Lords and the Congress of Afrikan People\, as well as comrades across Africa and the Caribbean.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-d-the-sun-rises-in-the-east-605-740-pm-est/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s University\, 245 Clinton Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11772\, 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:20221022T163500
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T180000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
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SUMMARY:Section C – 4:35-6pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Maternity \nDirector/Writer: 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. \n  \nTarget: St. Louis Vol. 1 \nWriter: Damien D. Smith    Director: Damien. D. Smith \nProducers: Emma Jackson\, Damien D. Smith Sinclair Skinner\, Sarah Barnes\, Reesha Archibald \n59 min.\, documentary \nTARGET ST. LOUIS Vol. 1 tells the story of how the United State Military conducted secret chemical testing on citizens of St. Louis’s Northside. Told through the eyes of the survivors who bravely share their experiences of being unwitting test subjects. Long before the current scandal of lead poisoning of the water supply of Flint\, Michigan\, the United States Army conducted secret experiments on unknowing residents of northern St. Louis using toxic chemicals. The predominantly African American residents of northern St. Louis are the focus of this film.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-c-435-6pm/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s University\, 245 Clinton Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11772\, United States
CATEGORIES:Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary Retrospective Weekend - Oct. 22-23, 2022
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T163000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
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SUMMARY:Section B – Lecture Series – 3-4:30 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Fashion Film: A Rising Genre \nPresenter: Sewra Kidane (Retrospective) \nSewra 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 while breaking down one of her own fashion films\, explaining along the way the structural makings of a fashion film. Guests of Ms. Kidane will also screen two of her fashion films “Proclamation Punctuation”; winner of Reel Sisters 2017 Best Experimental Short and “As Above.”
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-b-lecture-series-3-430-pm/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s University\, 245 Clinton Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11772\, 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:20221022T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221022T145000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
CREATED:20221020T143909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T171558Z
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SUMMARY:Section A – 1-2:50 pm EST
DESCRIPTION:Rest Stop \nProducers: Jalena Keane-Lee and Brit Fryer Director/Writer: Crystal Kayiza \nOn 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. \nVelma’s Journey: Life and Legacy of Velma Banks \nProducer/Director: Adjua Mantebea \nWriters: Adjua Mantebea and Velma Banks \n65 min.\, documentary \nThis documentary explores the work of Columbia University Professor of Social Work\, Velma Banks: Educator\, Visionary and Social Work Pioneer. With social work as a calling\, Prof. Banks has devoted her life to helping people evolve successfully into a society that deprives them of these values\, combining social work and culture.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/section-a-1-250-pm-est/
LOCATION:St. Joseph’s University\, 245 Clinton Avenue\, Brooklyn\, NY\, 11772\, 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:20201025T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T173000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
CREATED:20201019T210445Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T213553Z
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SUMMARY:LIVE: Joe & The Shawl
DESCRIPTION:LIVE: Joe & The Shawl Screening & Script Breakdown – 4pm-5:30pm \nSponsor: Stephens College MFA in TV & Screenwriting \nReel Sisters & the Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting Host Script Analysis for Joe & The Shawl \nOn Sunday\, Oct. 25 at 4 pm\, Reel Sisters & Stephens College MFA in TV & Screenwriting will host a special screening and script anaylsis of Joe & The Shawl written and directed by Nicole Ballivian\, a Sundance Screenwriter Fellow\, and co-written by Deonna Kelli Sayed. Enjoy an inside look at Ms. Ballivian’s choices in developing authentic characters and gain insight on her overall vision for the film.  Rosanne Welch\, PHd\, the Executive Director of Stephens College MFA in TV & Screenwriting\, and Dawn Comer Jefferson\, an Emmy-nominated award-winning writer\, will led the script discussion as a part of Reel Sisters Lecture Series panel. The lead actors Jill Galbraith and Travis Lincoln Cox will join the conversation. \nThis event is free and sponsored by Stephens College MFA in TV and Screenwriting. Donations welcomed. \nJoe And The Shawl \nDirector: Nicole Ballivian \nWriters: Nicole Ballivian and Deonna Kellie Sayed \nJoe Potay\, an adorable tow truck driver really digs Kelli\, a fellow North Carolinian\, when he meets her as he changes her dead car battery. But Joe’s interest takes a sharp right turn when he learns that Kelli is a Muslim. Kelli finds herself stuck in Joe’s tow truck cab as he reveals his ultra-conservative white nationalist ideas. Joe informs Kelli that she’s damned to hell\, so Kelli insinuates she’s left him something special in his truck.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/live-joe-the-shawl/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T141000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T154000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
CREATED:20201019T205014Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T205014Z
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SUMMARY:LIVE: Do You Feel Safe
DESCRIPTION:LIVE: Do You Feel Safe – 2:10-3:40pm \nThe Giverny Document (single channel) \nDirector: Ja’Tovia Gary \nProducer: Paige Wood Artesia Balthrop \nDocumentary\, 40 min. \nFilmed 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 women. Filmmaker Ja’Tovia Gary unleashes an arsenal of techniques and materials including direct animation on archival 16mm film\, woman-on-the-street interviews\, and montage editing techniques to explore the creative virtuosity of Black femme performance while interrogating the histories of those bodies and lives as spaces of forced labor and commodified production. \nListen (Director’s Cut) \nProducer/Director/Writer: Jhanelle Elissa \nNarrative\, 10 min\, \nA Black woman who feels like a glitch in society decides to speak up. When her outer bubbly persona is met with exhaustive complacency\, she resorts to a tragic alternative with a smile.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/live-do-you-feel-safe/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201025T140000
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
CREATED:20201019T114152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T203457Z
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SUMMARY:Sacred Rites & Rituals
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, October 25\, 2020 – 1-2pm \nBlack \nDirector/Writer: Tamika R. Guishard \nProducer: Randall Sawyer\, Ania Trzebiatowska\, Debbie Goodstein\, Birgit “Bitz” Gernböck \nExperimental\, 10:50 min. \nWhen 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. \nMy Father The Mover \nDirector/Writer: Julia Jansch \nProducer: Mandilakhe Yengo  Sheila Nevins \nDocumentary\, 12:33 min. \nAfrican electronic “Gqom beats” motivate kids in the township of Khayelitsha\, South Africa to jive through their hardship and find their superpowers. Alatha’s father says he’s more than a dancer — he’s a Mover. Using a unique type of African electronic Gqom dance\, The Mover is helping kids in the township of Khayelitsha\, South Africa\, to transcend the grips of poverty and abuse and “find their superpowers.” \nSundays at The Triple Nickel \nDirected by: Jessica Colquhoun Producer: Cordielle Street \nDocumentary\, 13 min. \nOn Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill\, Harlem\, Marjorie Eliot is making sure her apartment building’s iconic Jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son have been hosting Jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past 26 years\, in a pursuit of overcoming grief through music. This film tells the story of the women behind the piano. \nSankofa \nDirector/Writer: Vivian Vivas Producer: San Francisco Art Institute \nExperimental\, 3:24 min. \nSankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates to “go back and get it.” This 16mm film interprets an exorcism of social repression. Humanity’s passion\, pain\, and love are revealed through movement\, light\, and nature. The song “Tonada de Luna” was performed synchronously with the improvisational dance.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/sacred-rites-rituals-1-pm-2pm/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Sunday, Oct. 25, 2020
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T171500
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
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LAST-MODIFIED:20201019T190212Z
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SUMMARY:Community Fundraiser
DESCRIPTION:A Virtual PLAY DATE (FAMILY FRIENDLY): LIVE LSW –  4:30-5:15pm \nSuggested donation: $25 (Donate any amount) \nJoin 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. \nEnjoy an excerpt from the work-in-progress and participate in a fun play session with family and friends.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/little-sallie-walker-community-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020
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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201024T161500
DTSTAMP:20260426T002310
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SUMMARY:LIVE: Lecture Series on Perceptions
DESCRIPTION:LIVE: Lecture Series on Perceptions – 3-4:15pm EST \naghast \nDirectors/Writers: Rob Underhill and Maxine Eloi \nProducer: Rob Underhill \nNarrative\, 7 min. \nBased 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 on the true story of 23-year-old Korryn Gaines. A several hour standoff between police and Korryn and her 5-year-old son turned deadly when police used a SWAT team to force entry into Korryn’s home\, arguably instead of exhausting all means available to de-escalate the situation. \ntarget practice \nProducer/Director/Writer: Yasmin Neal \nNarrative\, 7 min. \nA lost boy seeking help is faced with a harsh reality. \nungubani (who are you?) \nProducer/Director: Booker T. Mattison \nWriter: Mandel Holland \nNarrative\, 16 min. \nThe story of a young black man who puts himself at risk to save a young white woman in distress. A powerful tale of identity\, perception\, and race with a literary leitmotif.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/live-lecture-series-on-perceptions/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020
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SUMMARY:Reflection
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, October 24\, 2020 – 1:15-2:30pm EST \nDolly \nWriter/Producer/Director: Tosin Lepe \nNarrative\, 5:47 min. \nA 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 understanding of race and how it differs from that of adults. \n  \n  \nTrain to Qinling \nProducer/Director: Shir Baron \nProducer: Ringling College of Art & Design \nAnimation\, 2:30 min. \nA Middle-Eastern traveler gets lost on a train in China with no one else but a panda! She must learn to communicate with him in order to find the adventure she was looking for\, in an unexpected way. \nAfro \nDirector/Writer: Jenn Shaw \nProducer: Jenn Shaw YJ Meira \nNarrative\, 11:22 min. \nAfter multiple encounters with her bully and a little academic inspiration\, an African-American teen girl finally stand up for herself against classmates who question her cultural identity. \nwaltz \nProducer/Director/Writer: Mari Miyazawa \nAnimation: 14 min. \nThe story is set in a world where foods that are made from wheat live. The many varieties are hostile to each other. However\, when beings made from things other than wheat appear\, such as those made from meat and cream\, they all work together to oppose them. \nmiss boundless \nDirector/Writer: Qiyu Zhou \nProducer: Siyi Ren \nNarrative\, 15 min. \nAn ambitious girl born into a noble family\, desperately wants to become as powerful as her father. After Zhang’s father names her male cousin as the next heir to their influential house\, Zhang struggles to prove that she is the better successor. Zhang discovers that sometimes in order to gain power\, one must take it. \nroots and wings: yara gilbueno \nDirector/Writer: Lisa Yadao \nProducer: Lisa Yadao\, Michelle Sampior\, and Irene Yadao \nDocumentary\, 5:28 min. \nNomadic chef Yana Gilbuena discusses growing up in Iloilo\, Philippines\, and how she got her start as a chef in the pop-up space and left her day job to spread the Filipino food gospel to all 50 U.S. states\, and the future of Filipino cuisine.
URL:https://reelsisters.org/event/reflection/
LOCATION:Vimeo
CATEGORIES:Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020
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