Jamaa Shorts - BlackStar

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Jamaa Shorts

Dilemmas within the community of blood relations.

Thank you to our screening partners: Laos in the House

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Trigger warning: Maternal death Trigger Warning

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Films in this Program

A film still from Eternal Kinship shows a Nepali woman with a soft gaze, looking at something off screen. She is wearing a red scarf draped over the crown of her head with a red top and a necklace with red beads and pearls. Coming into frame from the left are a pair of hands. One hand touches the forehead of the woman while the other hand holds a small gold platter.

Eternal Kinship (अनन्त नाता)

Short Narrative
Arbin Rai
Runtime: 11 minutes

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A film still from Hatchlings shows a young black girl holding her phone up to her ear. Her gaze is fixed off screen.

Hatchlings

Short Narrative
Jahmil Eady
Runtime: 15 minutes

Closed captions online Closed Captioning
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Trigger warning: Maternal death Trigger Warning

A film still from Lana shows a young Black woman with a calm gaze fixed off screen. She wears a gray, white, and red flannel with her hair in braids.

Lana

Short Narrative
Laetitia Angba & Julie R. Lissouba
Runtime: 17 minutes

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A film still from Lees Waxul shows a Black man sitting on a step with his back against the wall of an abandoned building. The structure is crumbling, with gaps in the walls and plants growing up from the floor. He looks off to the side at something off screen, holding a phone between his legs.

Lees Waxul

Short Narrative
Yoro Mbaye
Runtime: 21 minutes

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One Day This Kid

Short Narrative
Alexander Farah
Runtime: 18 minutes

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Trigger warning: Sexuality, may not be appropriate for children Trigger Warning

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