Framed Shorts - BlackStar

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Framed Shorts

Films about films, filmmakers, and filmmaking.

Thank you to our screening partners: Scribe Video Center, cinéSPEAK

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A film still from Another One shows a Black man in a dark room. There are highlights only on his forehead, nose, and mouth. Only the top of his red t-shirt is visible. He stares at something beyond the screen with no emotion.

Another Other

Experimental
Bex Oluwatoyin Thompson
Runtime: 9 minutes

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A film still from Black Glass shows an open field, presumably atop a mountain, with algae speckled rocks covered in yellow grass. There is a blue sky filled with fluffy white clouds. In the foreground a pole stands planted between the rocks, draped with hats, shirts, and other articles of clothing.

Black Glass

Experimental
Adam Piron
Runtime: 9 minutes

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A film still from The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing shows a hand holding up a stem sprouting magenta flowers. The flowers are framed within a gap between trees, revealing a clear blue sky in the background.

The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing

Short Documentary
Theo Panagopoulos
Runtime: 17 minutes

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A film still from The Nile Shows a man in red lighting holding a film camera up to his eye. A light fog is casted from a spotlight on his side.

Two Niles (Dois Nilos)

Short Documentary
Rodrigo de Janeiro & Samuel Lobo
Runtime: 18 minutes

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A film still from We Were the Scenery shows an Asian woman smiling as she is captured in motion in a door frame. Behind her, two Asian children rest. One child looks at the other, who is lying on a small swing and focused on a TV screen.

We Were The Scenery

Short Documentary
Christopher Radcliff
Runtime: 15 minutes

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all the love i could handle

Short Narrative
Ruby Rose Collins
Runtime: 15 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.