All 2023 Festival Events - Page 3 of 15
Coconut Head Generation
dir. by Alain Kassanda Every Thursday, a group of students from the University of Ibadan, the oldest in Nigeria, organizes a film club, transforming a small lecture hall into a political agora where they develop a critical voice.
- Closed captions online
Posthumous
- Short Films
- Lightbox Film Center
Spirit Emulsion (dir. by Siku Allooloo) Mother Just a Smile (dir. by Cyrielle Raingou) The After: A Chef's Wish (dir. by Umar Riaz) Sèt Lam (dir. by Vincent Fontano)
- Closed captions online
- Open captions in-person
Well-Read Black Girl w/ Jeannine & Charlyn
A live taping of the Well-Read Black Girl podcast with guests Jeannine Kayembe-Oro & Charlyn Griffith-Oro, directors of The Aunties.
- American Sign Language interpretation in-person
- American Sign Language interpretation in-person
Portraiture
- Short Films
- Suzanne Roberts Theatre
Jonathan Thunder: Good Mythology (dir. by Sergio Mata'u Rapu) Sydney G. James: How We See Us (dir. by Juanita Anderson) Negra, Yo Soy Bella (dir. by Vashni Korin) Fierceness Served! The ENIKAlley Coffeehouse (dir. by Michelle Parkerson)
- Closed captions online
The Space Race
dir. by Lisa Cortés & Diego Hurtado de Mendoza Uncovers the little-known stories of the first black pilots, engineers and scientists to become astronauts. Simultaneously championed and exploited as political pawns, some made it to space, while others were erased from history.
- Audio description in-person & online
- Closed captions online
Girl
dir. by Adura Onashile Eleven-year-old Ama and her mother, Grace, take solace in the gentle but isolated world they obsessively create. But Ama's thirst for life and her need to grow and develop, challenges the rules of their insular world and gradually forces Grace to reckon with a past she struggles to forget.
- Audio description in-person & online
Opening Night Party
Join us as we kick-off the festival in style with music, dancing, and more! The party will feature mixes by DJ Laylo and DJ Yolo Ono, with host Ler of Late Night with Ler & Lionel.
Let The Games Begin!
- Short Films
- Virtual
Accidental Athlete (dir. by Kevin Jerome Everson & Claudrena N. Harold) Over The Wall (dir. by Krystal Tingle) Ampe: Leap into the Sky, Black Girl (dir. by Claudia Owusu & Ife Oluwamuyide) The Alexander Ball (dir. by Jessica Magro)
- Audio description in-person & online
- Closed captions online
- Trigger warning: Flashing lights