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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;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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:20260615T091754
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:20260615T091754
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
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221026
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221109
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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:20221027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221110
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T141500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T142500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T155000
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T170500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T183000
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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:20221105T171500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T184500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221105T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221105T203000
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221106T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T142000
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221106T143000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T154500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
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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ORGANIZER;CN="Reel Sisters of the Diaspora":MAILTO:reelsisters@yahoo.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20221106T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T170500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
CREATED:20221023T165444Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T165445Z
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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:20221106T171500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20221106T185500
DTSTAMP:20260615T091754
CREATED:20221023T165807Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221023T165808Z
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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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