Dawning Shorts - BlackStar

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Dawning Shorts

Seeing and living through the eyes of children.

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A film still from Axel shows the face of a Black child emerging from darkness. The child’s eyes are fixed down.

Axel

Short Narrative
Stefani Saintonge
Runtime: 12 minutes

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A film still from Bukra shows a young Syrian boy and girl sitting in a field. Both of their gazes in the distance. Between them is a makeshift soccer ball made with different fabrics, held together with bands.

Bukra (بُكرا)

Short Narrative
Alex Aljouni
Runtime: 15 minutes

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A poster for Children of the Waves features three film stills stacked vertically, each depicting the same three young Black boys. In the top still, they sit on a ledge in front of a white building with blue shutters, gazing into the distance. The boy on the left holds a Monopoly game in his lap, the middle boy holds a folded piece of paper, and the boy on the right holds a soccer ball. The middle still shows their silhouettes as they sit at the edge of a surface, watching the sunset over the ocean. In the bottom still, they sit in front of the same building from the first still, laughing and talking with each other.

Children of the Waves (Enfants des Courants d'Eaux)

Short Documentary
Kezia Sakho
Runtime: 8 minutes

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A film still from Leaving Ikorodu in 1999 shows a Black woman looking at a young Black girl, who stands with her arms crossed and a solemn face at her passenger window.

Leaving Ikorodu In 1999

Short Narrative
Rashida Seriki
Runtime: 18 minutes

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A film still from Teaching America shows a classroom of majority Black students students seated at desks arranged to form an aisle down the center of the room. The students’ attention is focused on a Black woman who stands in this aisle. She wears a black T-shirt that reads: “Central High NAACP” with a graphic of Africa in the center.

Teaching America

Short Documentary
Anurima Bhargava
Runtime: 23 minutes

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A black-and-white film still from The Last Harvest shows a disheartened young Black boy sitting at a table. His gaze is fixed off screen as his forearms rest on the table, hands touching.

The Last Harvest

Short Narrative
Nuno Boaventura Miranda
Runtime: 22 minutes

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A photo of five people sitting on stage at the Festival, speaking out to an audience, all laughing and smiling. The four people on the right, who are centered in the photo, are all Black.