In Memoriam Shorts - BlackStar

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In Memoriam Shorts

Posthumous meditations on the departed.

Thank you to our screening partners: Twelve Gates Arts, Vox Populi, Black Girls in Art Spaces, African American Museum in Philadelphia

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Films in this Program

A film still from A LUTA CONTINUA // ATARAXY 44 shows the eyes and nose of an older Black man who is staring at something off screen. He is wearing black circle glasses with dark lenses. In the reflection of the lenses there is a window with items placed along the window sill.

A Luta Continua // Ataraxy 44

Experimental
Curtis Essel
Runtime: 2 minutes

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A film still from Dooni shows the silhouette of a person’s head in front of a wall illuminated by an unknown light source. On the wall is the shadow of another head.

Dooni

Experimental
Kevin Jerome Everson & Claudrena N. Harold
Runtime: 8 minutes

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A film still from Highway to the Moon shows a young Black man in an astronaut suit standing in a room with blue walls. He holds his helmet in his hands, which emits a glowing light purple light that softly illuminates his body.

Highway to the Moon

Short Narrative
Letitia Wright
Runtime: 26 minutes

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Natimorto

Experimental
Ibrahem Hasan & Leandro HBL
Runtime: 12 minutes

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A film still from Oceania shows a dark, seemingly boundless room. A spotlight illuminates a platform holding two bodies, lying face up, covered from the chest down with a sheet. At the head of the platform stands a small group of people dressed in black suits and dresses, each holding a flower. A short distance away, another man in a suit faces them. He stands between two hollowed three-dimensional rectangles that sink into the ground.

Oceania

Short Narrative
Valentin Noujaïm
Runtime: 24 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.