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GREATER CLEVELAND URBAN FILM FESTIVAL<br />
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By Blood<br />
Shedding light on the details of a little known part of<br />
African American history wherein 150 years ago,<br />
people of African descent (Freedmen) became part of<br />
the Cherokee and Seminole Nations, this<br />
award-winning documentary exposes the current,<br />
ongoing struggle caused when the tribes<br />
disenfranchised over 30,000 descendants of<br />
Freedmen and excluded them from tribal benefits.<br />
Run Time: 66 min<br />
Directed by: Marcos C. Barbery & Sam Russell<br />
Produced by: Marcos C. Barbery<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 1:00 pm l 9/ 21 @ 4:45 pm<br />
Soul on Ice<br />
Soul On Ice: Past, Present, and Future presents and<br />
retells the virtually unknown contributions of black<br />
athletes in ice hockey. These Black athletes dared to<br />
give their sport soul. At the heart of the story is Jaden<br />
Lindo, a young man chasing after his lifelong dream to<br />
play in the NHL. The film follows Jaden in the most<br />
important year of his hockey life, mirroring the journey<br />
that many other black athletes have faced to make it to<br />
the NHL.<br />
Run Time 86 min.<br />
Director: Kwame Mason<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 6:30 pm l 9/ 19 @ 3:00 pm<br />
Tell Me Sweet Something<br />
Moratiwa, an aspiring writer, owns and runs a<br />
bookstore in the heart of Johannesburg. The<br />
bookstore, like her love life, is not experiencing much<br />
success until she meets and falls in love with the<br />
unlikeliest candidate.<br />
Run Time: 90 min<br />
Director: Akin Omotoso<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 1:30 pm I 9/ 19 @ 5:00 PM<br />
In a Perfect World<br />
What it is like to be a male child raised by a single<br />
mother? Men from various backgrounds and ages<br />
share personal anecdotes that highlight their<br />
relationships with their single mothers who raised<br />
them and their absentee fathers. A probing cinematic<br />
essay examining one of society?s greatest ailments.<br />
Run Time: 73<br />
Director: Daphne McWilliams<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 2:30 pm l 9/ 21 @ 3:00 PM<br />
How to Tell You're a Douchebag<br />
Ray (Brice) is the writer of a notorious Brooklyn blog<br />
called ?Occasionally Dating Black Women,? an<br />
inveterate womanizer, and, well, the title says the<br />
rest. But when this woefully unenlightened cad<br />
makes an enemy of? and then falls for? hotshot<br />
writer Rochelle (Wise) he gets a hard won lesson in<br />
humility. The smart, sexy feature debut from Tahir<br />
Jetter cuts through romantic comedy conventions<br />
with wit and verve.<br />
Run Time 75 min<br />
Director: Tahir Jetter<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 7:0 0PM l 9/ 21 @ 5:30 pm<br />
Driving While Black<br />
A dark comedy, based on the police experiences of<br />
Dimitri, a young black man who delivers pizzas for a<br />
living and is faced with daily drama from the cops as<br />
he navigates the streets of Los Angeles. Stars ,<br />
Dominique Purdy, Sheila Tejada, Peter Cilella, John<br />
Mead<br />
Run Time: 97 min<br />
Director: Paul Sapiano<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 8:30 pm l 9/ 20 @ 3:00 pm
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Battledream Chronicle<br />
Syanna, a young female slave struggles to regain<br />
her freedom in a futuristic world where the entire<br />
world has been enslaved and where plantations are<br />
video games. A beautifully rendered feature<br />
animation. Stars , Jacques Olivier Ensfelder, Yna<br />
Boulange, Steffy Glissant, Chantal Sacarabany<br />
Perro, Maxime Lelue.<br />
Director: Alan Baird<br />
Run Time: 108 min.<br />
Screenings: 9/ 17 @ 3:30 pm I 9/ 19 @ 7:00 pm<br />
Secrets<br />
When a successful businessman has a sexual<br />
appetite larger than what's on his plate at home,<br />
chaos erupts. Tarron's irresistible co-worker<br />
serves it up, while his wife who's ironically named<br />
Secret, releases a few secrets of her own.<br />
Run Time 107 mins.<br />
Director: Juwan Lee<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 8:00 pm<br />
Trafficked<br />
George, Penny and Nadia are best of friends. While on<br />
vacation on an idyllic Caribbean island, they find<br />
themselves being seduced by a stranger?s wealth and<br />
charm. When the stranger?s true motives are revealed,<br />
the three friends realize that they are pawns in a<br />
deadly game. Stars Aaron Charles, Kia Rollock, Gyerlini<br />
Clarke.<br />
Run Time 72 mins.<br />
Director: Sean Hodgkinson<br />
Screenings: 9/ 17 @ 5:15 pm l 9/ 19 @ 5:30 pm<br />
Killing Lazarus<br />
Filmmakers: Desmond Faison<br />
Childhood friends turned adult drug dealers<br />
struggle to define what's next in their strained<br />
friendship. Anything but typical, "Killing Lazaurs"<br />
is unlike anything you've seen.<br />
Run Time: 117 min<br />
Director: Desmond Faison<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 9 pm l 9/ 21 @ 7:30 pm<br />
Tear The Roof Off: The Untold Story of<br />
Parliament Funkadelic<br />
Award winning documentarian, Bobby J. Brown,<br />
uncovered numerous secrets of Hall of Fame band<br />
Parliament Funkadelic. Members open up about the<br />
methods they were paid, heavily exploited, and the<br />
creativity behind the unique genre of<br />
music. The untold story of the rise and fall of the<br />
greatest funk band ever.<br />
Run Time: 60 min<br />
Director: Bobby J Brown<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 6:00 pm<br />
Walk All Night: A Drum Beat Journey<br />
A documentary about four teenage street musicians<br />
from Chicago embarking on a journey to Senegal to<br />
explore its culture and their connection to Africa.<br />
Learning the sabar drum from a griot percussionist<br />
they discover that music can empower them to<br />
persevere and grow. While the young men begin to<br />
see themselves in a new light outside of the chaos of<br />
the city, the project leaders realize just how difficult<br />
it is to make lasting change.<br />
Run Time: 85 min<br />
Directors :Kate Benzschawel, Mallory Sohmer<br />
Screenings: 9/ 18 @ 12:30 PM l 9/ 20 @ 3:30 PM
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Halfway<br />
?Halfway is a right-of-passage story seen through the<br />
eyes of our protagonist and further themes that run<br />
through the story include strong family values and the<br />
belief that everyone deserves a second chance.<br />
Byron?s story asks the audience to consider the<br />
serious systematic failure within the American prison<br />
system, where a lack of opportunity for those who<br />
have transgressed in their past seems to guarantee a<br />
future behind bars.?<br />
Run Time: 104 min<br />
Director: Ben Caird<br />
Screenings: 9/ 18 @ 1:30 pm l 9/ 22 @ 3:30 pm<br />
East Cleveland:<br />
A Tale of Two Cities<br />
East Cleveland, one of America?s last surviving<br />
majority black run cities, a once great city is now in<br />
a state of flux plagued with blight and uncertainty.<br />
This is the story about what happens when kids are<br />
armed with cameras and a microphone, and an<br />
opportunity to tell the tale from their point of<br />
view.<br />
Free and Open to Public: Ticket Required. Tickets<br />
available at Shaker Square Cinemas Box Office<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 2:00 pm<br />
Ben And Ara<br />
Ben, a passionately agnostic PhD student, falls behind<br />
in his dissertation and is surprised to find a muse in<br />
Ara, a devout Muslim. Ben and Ara fall in love but<br />
grapple with differences in their core beliefs and<br />
lifestyle choices. Stars , Joseph Baird, Constance<br />
Ejuma, Akuyoe Graham, Michael Chieffo, Q\ 'orianka<br />
Kilcher.<br />
Director: Nnegest Likke<br />
Run Time: 86 mins<br />
Screenings: 9/ 18 @ 2:30 pm l 9/ 21 @ 1:30 pm<br />
Dirt & Deeds in Mississippi<br />
A provocative account of how Black landowning<br />
families in Mississippi who believed in armed<br />
self-defense became the secret weapon of the<br />
?non-violent civil rights movement?for voting rights<br />
and racial equality. Narrated by Danny Glover<br />
Run Time: 82 min.<br />
Director: David Schulman<br />
Screenings: 9/ 19 @ 1:00 pm l 9/ 22 @ 3:30 pm<br />
Lambadina<br />
Joseph, the son of an Ethiopian politician, is left to<br />
fend for himself when his father is jailed and his<br />
relatives abandon him. But Joseph is resilient and<br />
hard working and struggles through many challenges,<br />
including the loss of his first love when her family<br />
moves to the US. When he wins a lottery allowing him<br />
to immigrate to the US, he is determined to find his<br />
lost love. Stars Tsion Mekonen, Bersu Samson, Addis<br />
Kidane, Michael Temesgen, Yosef Ewnetu, Messay<br />
Getahun.<br />
Run Time: 115 min<br />
Director: Messay Getahun<br />
Screenings: 9/ 18 @ 4:00 pm l 9/ 21 @ 3:30 pm<br />
Meet t he Act ors at The Reel Lounge<br />
13210 Shaker Square | 9/ 16 @ 4:30 pm
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The Science of Wisdom<br />
The science of wisdom explores the<br />
academic study of wisdom and current<br />
concepts in education that may lead to<br />
promoting wisdom in marginalized groups.<br />
The film addresses the importance of<br />
wisdom in everyday life specifically in light<br />
of neo-progressive movements in the United<br />
States.<br />
Run Time: 62 min<br />
Director: Jason Boulware<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 12:30 pm I 9/ 19 @ 3:30<br />
pm<br />
Sleeper<br />
A wanted man hiding out in a secluded house<br />
tries to convince his friend and hostage that<br />
he's not the one who killed the President, it<br />
was his clone. This one will keep you<br />
guessing<br />
Run Time: 100 min<br />
Director: Christopher Miles<br />
Screening: 9/ 20 @ 1:30<br />
The Journey: From Tragedy To<br />
Triumph<br />
Poignant, personal, educational, and endearing,<br />
?The Journey, From Tragedy to Triumph? is a<br />
testimony about recovering lives damaged by<br />
the tragedies associated with mental illness and<br />
addiction. ?The Journey? is a film that beautifully<br />
captures the essence of the recovery movement,<br />
and the Life Exchange Center?s (LEC) mission to<br />
support a community plagued by stigma and<br />
misunderstanding.<br />
Run Time: 60 min<br />
Director: Kevin Cameron<br />
Screening: 9/ 20 @ 5:00 pm<br />
Up This Hill<br />
Cleveland area teens take a week long<br />
service-learning trip to Harlan, Kentucky to build<br />
homes for low-income families. They give their<br />
all, laboring under an unforgiving sun, and lifting<br />
each other up along the way. They end up<br />
getting much more in return.<br />
Run Time: 60 min<br />
Director: Paul Sobota<br />
Screening: 9/ 20 @ 6:00 pm<br />
The Writer's Block<br />
A young musician, Jordan ?JW? Wright (Eric<br />
Beal), has his world turned upside-down<br />
through tragedy and life's vicissitudes.<br />
Although supported by family and good<br />
friends like Boney (Camari Brown), JW?s pain<br />
causes him to question his faith and flirt with<br />
dangerous choices. Despite his actions,<br />
mindset, and poor choices, God's unfailing<br />
love remains unrelenting throughout his<br />
period of rediscovery; causing him to finally<br />
experience a deeper dimension of his faith,<br />
forgiveness, and purpose.<br />
Run Time: 99 min<br />
Director: Sonya Blakeley<br />
Screening: 9/ 22 @ 8:45 pm<br />
The Land<br />
THE LAND tells the story of four teenage boys<br />
who devote their summer to escaping the streets<br />
of Cleveland, Ohio to pursue a dream life of<br />
professional skateboarding. But when they get<br />
caught in the web of the local Queen-pin, their<br />
motley brotherhood is tested, threatening to<br />
make this summer their last.<br />
Run Time: 100 min<br />
Director: Stephen Caple Jr<br />
Screenings: 9/ 20 @ 6:30 pm l 9/ 20 @ 8: 40 pm
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Voices Of The Hill<br />
?Voices of the Hill? is a community oral history<br />
documentary that chronicles the history of<br />
Twinsburg Heights, a historically black segregated<br />
suburb in Northeast Ohio. This documentary is told<br />
through the eyes of area youth as they research,<br />
film, and interview elders in their community in<br />
order to learn and preserve a history before it is lost<br />
to dying industries, foreclosures, and gentrification.<br />
Students learn first-hand, the importance of banning<br />
together, self-advocacy, civic engagement and<br />
family as they capture the stories of their elders.<br />
Run Time: 113 min<br />
Director: Carla L Carter-Bishop<br />
Screening: 9/ 22 @ 1:00 pm<br />
Toyed Emotions<br />
Shaker Square Cinema (13116 Shaker Square ,<br />
Cleveland Ohio 44120)<br />
Matthew Dexter is a CEO who comes face-to-face<br />
with a devastating diagnosis of early-onset<br />
Alzheimer's disease. As he struggles and embraces<br />
his faith, his secret affair emerges! The life that is<br />
led by Matthew appears to be perfect.<br />
Run Time: 60 mins<br />
Director: David Walker<br />
Executive Producer: Mary Ann Lorient<br />
Screening: 9/ 22 @ 6:00 pm<br />
Story of Our Lives<br />
A string of short films documenting the stories of<br />
persons who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual,<br />
transgender and intersex from Kenya. We called this<br />
project 'Stories of Our Lives' (the resulting archive is<br />
contained in this book) - and we wanted to do this<br />
project for many reasons, but mostly because we<br />
wanted to tell stories that are not often heard, stories<br />
that characterize the queer experience in Kenya.<br />
Beautiful soundtrack and gorgeous black + white<br />
cinematography.<br />
Run Time: 60 min<br />
Director: Jim Chuchu<br />
Screening: 9/ 19 @ 7:30 pm<br />
Check It<br />
An intimate portrait of four childhood friends as they<br />
claw themselves out of gang life through an unlikely<br />
avenue: fashion. Led by an ex-convict named ?Mo?,<br />
the Check It members are now creating their own<br />
clothing label, putting on fashion shows and working<br />
stints as runway models. But breaking the cycle of<br />
poverty and violence they?ve grown up in is a<br />
daunting task. So when they?re not taking small steps<br />
forward on the catwalk, they too often take massive<br />
steps backwards.<br />
Run Time: 60 min.<br />
Director: Dana Flor<br />
Screening: 9/ 17 @ 7:00 pm<br />
New Girls In Town: A Resurgence In<br />
Women's Wrestling<br />
In this documentary a diverse collection of women<br />
share successes and aspirations in their chosen<br />
field of professional wrestling. It stars nationally<br />
televised stars from TNA (Total Nonstop Action),<br />
Jade also known as Mia Yim and her former tag<br />
team partner Marti Bell. It also stars UFC<br />
competitor Shayna Baszler along with Ring of<br />
Honor's Kelly Klein and rising indie star Nicole<br />
Savoy<br />
Run Time 32 min<br />
Director: Gesus Zaire<br />
Screening: 9/ 22 @ 7:330
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Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise<br />
The first documentary about the iconic writer, poet, performer and activist who<br />
overcame racism and devastating abuse to become one of our culture?s greatest voices.<br />
Rare footage and photos unveil an intimate and often unknown<br />
view of her public and personal life with the power of her own words.<br />
Run Time: 114 min<br />
Directors: Directors: Bob Hercules, Rita Coburn Whack<br />
Screening: 9/ 21 @ 6:00pm<br />
Agents of Change<br />
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision mandated the integration of<br />
American schools ?with all deliberate speed.? It wasn?t until the late 1960s that a<br />
critical mass of African American students began entering the nation?s<br />
colleges and universities. Agents of Change tells the story of what they<br />
encountered, how they responded. Many students dealt with racial slurs, taunts and<br />
threats from faculty as well as from other students. Agents of Change introduces a<br />
cast of largely unrecognized but remarkable characters, whose commitment to<br />
justice and equality paved the way for the opportunities that followed, while also<br />
reminding viewers about the work yet to be done to achieve full equity and dignity<br />
on campus and in society. How is it that so much and so little has changed? This film<br />
helps answer that question.<br />
Director: Abby Ginzberg<br />
Run Time: 64 min<br />
Screening: 9/ 22 @ 7:00 pm
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Olympic Pride American Justice<br />
Shaker Square Cinema (13116 Shaker Square ,<br />
Cleveland Ohio 44120)<br />
Filmmakers: Deborah Riley Draper<br />
This documentary explores the trials and<br />
triumphs of the 18 African-American Olympians<br />
who participated in 1936 games. Set against the<br />
strained and turbulent atmosphere of a racially<br />
divided America, which was torn between<br />
boycotting Hitler's Olympics or participating in<br />
the Third Reich's grandest affair, the film follows<br />
16 men and two women before, during and after<br />
their heroic turn at the Summer Olympic<br />
Games in Berlin.<br />
Run Time; 79 min<br />
Director: Deborah Riley Draper<br />
Screening: 9/ 18 @ 4:30 pm<br />
Jim Brown?s Amer-I-Can Dream<br />
Shaker Square Cinema (13116 Shaker Square , Cleveland Ohio 44120)<br />
Almost half a century after Jim Brown left the game of football, he remains<br />
known as the most dominant running back ever. Hailed by many as one of the<br />
greatest athletes in American history Brown headed from the football field to<br />
Hollywood stardom. However his accomplishments in film and sports pale in<br />
comparison to his relentless commitment to social change. For the past 20 years<br />
the NFL legend has been unwavering in his mission to end the deadly epidemic<br />
of violence among America?s youth. Senseless killings have claimed the lives of<br />
thousands of young men and women. What seemed to be a problem reserved for<br />
large cities like Chicago and Los Angeles is now jolting smaller towns with equal<br />
frequency. The death-toll has reached inconceivable heights. In ? Jim Brown?s<br />
Amer-I-Can Dream? Filmmaker Aurora Ferlin takes you into the heart of Jim<br />
Brown?s Amer-I-Can foundation where former rival gang members re-invent<br />
themselves from predators to peacemakers. According to Brown, a lifetime<br />
marred by death and incarceration has molded these men into the perfect<br />
vehicles of change. The odds seemingly stacked against them we follow this<br />
unlikely band of brothers as they set out to change their lives and the lives of<br />
those around them. ?This intimate journey defies the typical snap shot of street<br />
culture and becomes a compelling roller-coaster ride, where the commitment of<br />
everyone involved will be put to the ultimate test.<br />
Run Time: 92 mins<br />
Director: Aurora Ferlin<br />
Screening: 9/ 18 @ 7:00 pm
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Closing Night Film & Reception<br />
<strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
Jerico<br />
This is the Closing Night Film of the 5th Greater<br />
Cleveland Urban Film Festival. An awards<br />
presentation and Q&A with VIP?s from the movie<br />
will follow the screening. Special admission $25;<br />
Cinematheque members and CIA & CSU I.D.<br />
holders $20. (No ?25 & under? price for this film.)<br />
Cleveland Museum of Art - Gartner Auditorium<br />
11400 Euclid Ave, Cleveland OH<br />
Join us for our opening night reception for the screening of "9 Rides." Director Matthew<br />
Cherry will be on hand for a Q&A immediately following the screening. There will be a<br />
reception with light appetizers at Zanzibar Soul Fusion Restaurant on Shaker Square.<br />
Tickets are $35 for General Admission or<br />
Free with the purchase of All Access Pass<br />
Doors Open at 6:00 pm<br />
Film starts at 7:00 pm<br />
USA, <strong>2016</strong>, Seckeita Lewis<br />
How does one make a comedy about the Jim<br />
Crow South? Somehow the husband and wife<br />
indie filmmaking team of Brandon<br />
(screenwriter/ lead actor) and Seckeita Lewis<br />
(director) have pulled it off. Set in a rural<br />
Mississippi town on the morning of the passage<br />
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the film follows<br />
two African American best friends who apply for<br />
a promotion at the printing company where they<br />
work. But their gesture is rebuffed by those who<br />
don?t do change as well as they do, and pretty<br />
soon they?re running for their lives from a lynch<br />
mob and much more. With Irma P. Hall. Cleveland<br />
premiere. DCP. 98 min.
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SHORTS PROGRAM 1 SHORTS PROGRAM 2<br />
A Queen's Discovery<br />
A Young Girl's African Journey To Find Her<br />
Greatness Within<br />
24 min Documentary Short<br />
Director : Kenneth Braswell<br />
I?ll Text You<br />
Barry and Cindy are on a first date... or are they?<br />
Stars , Victor Williams, Wendy Raquel Robinson. Run<br />
Time: 2 min Director: David Ladson<br />
Next Lifetime<br />
How a simple game of destiny changes the destiny<br />
of two lovers.<br />
Run Time: 20 min<br />
Director: Sheela Sharma<br />
Courting Lewis Baker<br />
Yearning to reconnect with his father and learn<br />
how to be a better man, Lewis seeks to rebuild<br />
his relationship with his father. But doing so<br />
causes him to neglect his girlfriend. Stars Tobi<br />
Aremu, Nicole Rainteau, Rayvon Southerland,<br />
Caleb Jackson.<br />
14 m Narrative Short.<br />
Director: Richard T. Fields<br />
Hand Delivered<br />
A man receives a envelope with no return<br />
address but a photo inside takes him on a<br />
painful journey down memory lane. 11 min<br />
Narrative Short<br />
Director: Myron Davis<br />
Run Time: 48 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 3:30 pm l 9/ 18 @ 12:00<br />
pm<br />
'Nappy' Makes Me Happy<br />
Exploring the realities of having natural African<br />
American hair in today's society, starting in March,<br />
<strong>2016</strong> I decided to reveal what happens when I have<br />
fun with my hair. Run Time: 8 min<br />
Director: Imani Karpowich<br />
The Turnaround Dance<br />
A light romance, coming-of-age story about an<br />
immigrant boy and his search to find courage, while<br />
making all the right moves and finding love. Stars<br />
Hendell A. Concepcion de la Cruz, Cecilia Villalobos,<br />
Marie-Claire Brown, Frederic Colas, Chanae Isaac.<br />
Run Time: 10 min<br />
Director: Allyson Brown<br />
Soft Times<br />
When Patricia meets Savion, she?s met a man who<br />
has everything a woman could dream of; amazing<br />
looks, his sanity, a comfortable lifestyle, not to<br />
mention, suave and debonair. Patricia is convinced<br />
she's met the potential one, but gets entangled in a<br />
mess when she realizes that Savion takes the cake<br />
everywhere else? except in bed. In fact, he?s more<br />
than horrible in the bedroom. Patricia must decide if<br />
she can put away her selfish needs for the sake of<br />
the stability and comfort that comes with a life of<br />
domesticity.Run Time: 18 min.<br />
Director: Ashunda Norris<br />
Run Time: 58 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 4:30 pm l 9/ 19 @ 1:30 pm
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Rise Up<br />
A Drama about A Young African-American Male<br />
that travels back in time to the year 1964 to<br />
Address Social and Cultural Issues effecting<br />
today's Black America to Malcolm x & Dr. Martin<br />
Luther King Jr.<br />
Run Time 14 mins.<br />
Director: Marcellus Cox<br />
Run Time: 73 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 5:00 pm l 9/ 20 @ 1:00 pm<br />
In Love There is War<br />
After a childhood friendship turns into an unspoken<br />
love, Jada finally puts her pride aside to fight for<br />
the man she loves. With Chase's wedding only a<br />
few minutes away, Jada has to fight through traffic,<br />
nerves and Chase's soon-to-be wife in order to stop<br />
him from making the biggest mistake of his life.<br />
Run Time: 55 min<br />
Director: Danielle Nelson<br />
Sceenings: 9/ 16 @ 8:45 pm<br />
Some Torches<br />
Don't Burn Some Roads Lead Back Home .<br />
Run Time 22 mins<br />
Director: Chris Reese<br />
Black-ness<br />
Black-ness is a short documentary that examines<br />
the daily struggles, fears and hopes of black<br />
people living in America.<br />
Run Time. 27 mins<br />
Director: Miki Blak<br />
One Man's Perspective<br />
An encounter at a gas station between three<br />
individuals who have an uncomfortable<br />
conversation about what really makes a good man<br />
is the theme of the short film written and directed<br />
by Cleveland native Kevin Taylor. The film ?One<br />
Man?s Perspective? clearly demonstrates that<br />
appearances are not always what they seem.<br />
Run Time: 15 min<br />
Director: Kevin Taylor<br />
Screenings: 9/ 16 @ 8:45 pm<br />
ReversAll<br />
Helen and Marcus Thomas are husband and wife<br />
minority cafe owners, working through the daily<br />
struggles of married life and keeping their<br />
business afloat. Their stressful Saturday morning<br />
is interrupted by a call from the police asking if a<br />
detective can come by for a talk. Assuming it has<br />
to do with credit card fraud, the Thomas' wrestle<br />
with each other on how to best engage the cops.<br />
Run Time: 10<br />
Director: Joddy Eric Matthews<br />
Writer: Alonzo Jones<br />
Shelter<br />
Recovering addict James, has one final chance to<br />
be a hero to his estranged ex-wife and daughter<br />
Run Time: 15 min<br />
Director: April Mosley
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Checkers in the Afternoon<br />
In Elloree, South Carolina, a group of African<br />
American men pass the time, and put aside worries<br />
about the economy, by playing checkers together<br />
every afternoon. 3 min<br />
Director: Emily Harrold<br />
1440 and Counting<br />
A burned-out teacher is one day away, fourteen<br />
hundred and forty minutes from retirement when<br />
she is confronted by a desperate man from her past.<br />
When she discovers a beloved student of hers is in<br />
danger, her life is turned upside down within<br />
minutes. Stars , Loretta Devine. 13 min<br />
Director: Tony Gapastione<br />
Across The Tracks<br />
Two sisters grow up in 1960s Georgia. But one is<br />
born with light skin and when schools integrate, she<br />
decides to change her destiny - by passing for white.<br />
Stars , Berkeley Clayborne, Brynn Crosby, Carla<br />
McCullough, Thursday Farrar, E Roger Mitchel. 16<br />
min<br />
Director: Michael Cooke<br />
The Sit In<br />
A high school student is bullied and harassed by her<br />
peers because she is different. In the end she<br />
decides to take a stand. 15 min<br />
Director: Stephon Davis<br />
Run Time: 47 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 17 @ 12:00 pm l 9/ 21 @ 1:00 pm<br />
Introvert<br />
Animation.<br />
Run Time: 2 min<br />
Director: Chaz Bottoms<br />
About That<br />
Summer and Jonathan are in love, but love isn't<br />
enough for some people. Unfortunately, the world<br />
is uncomfortable with the pair and events start to<br />
hint at Jonathan's mental stability.<br />
Run Time: 15 mins.<br />
Director: Damien D Smith<br />
All My Friends Are Married<br />
ALL MY FRIENDS ARE MARRIED depicts the life of a<br />
thirty something woman attempting to avoid<br />
spinsterhood in New York City. We think it's<br />
hilarious and we think you will too.<br />
Run Time: 30 mins<br />
Director: Ekwa Msangi<br />
Unknown Ground Air & Electricity<br />
(TVOne Unsung Parody)<br />
From the creators of Unsung comes a new<br />
documentary series. In this episode we look at one<br />
of the most influential bands that you've never<br />
heard of, Ground Air & Electricity.<br />
Run Time; 7 mins<br />
Director: David Velo Stewart<br />
Donut Duggies<br />
There's a new drug in the neighborhood. And its<br />
more diabolical than you think<br />
Run Time: 13 min<br />
Written by Hope Beck and Ebonee Owens<br />
Run Time: 67 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 17 @ 1:30 l
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In This World<br />
15-year-old Courvosier Cox knows he is<br />
destined to be a star. Struggling to find his<br />
place in the complex world of inner-city<br />
Durham, NC, he undertakes a relentless quest<br />
to escape into the spotlight. 15 MIN<br />
Director: Kelly Creedon<br />
Dance of the Night<br />
With so much chaos surrounding her, dance is<br />
this teen's only escape. 7 min .A film written by<br />
Tiana Wilson. Directed by CSA film students<br />
5 Minutes<br />
If you were given 5 Minutes left to live, who<br />
would you call? 8 min<br />
Director: David Innes Edwards<br />
Ugly movie<br />
A coming-of-age story of a boy looking for love<br />
in the wrong place...his own environment. 20<br />
min<br />
Director: Leron Lee<br />
Run Time: 50 min<br />
Screenings: 9/ 17 @ 3:45 pm l 9/ 22<br />
@ 1:30 pm<br />
Marianne<br />
A Nigerian man travels to a remote, pentecostal<br />
church with his ailing wife.<br />
Run Time: 17 mins. Director: Tomisin Adepeju<br />
Aquarium<br />
A couple drive to the beach to say their final<br />
goodbyes. Stars J.D. Phillips, Vivian Ngo. Run Time:<br />
8 min. Director: Benmio McCrea<br />
JackDaw<br />
A father mourns on the one year anniversary of his<br />
wife's disappearance. Run Time: 14 mins. Director:<br />
Travis Champagne<br />
Dirt<br />
Some things must die to live<br />
Run Time 7 mins. Director: Darius Clark Monroe<br />
Bailee Who<br />
A six-year-old little girl has to care for her 7-week old<br />
sister as their mother has died in the home. But her<br />
belief in a children's story about a magical owl sends<br />
her on a journey. Can the owl help her before the<br />
authorities come to take them away?<br />
Run Time 8 mins. Director: Kevin Taylor<br />
A Sweet Christmas<br />
When a determined sister brings her family together,<br />
she finds that she has to direct their personal lives<br />
only to discover that a strange dessert brings a dark<br />
surprise.<br />
Run Time 8 mins. Director: Myron Davis<br />
Run Time: 64 min<br />
Screening: 9/ 20 @ 7:30
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The System<br />
The System is a riveting dramatic thriller that<br />
follows a LAPD Staff Sgt. who's loyalty is put to<br />
the test when he is forced to interrogate a former<br />
ally.<br />
Run Time: 14 min. Director Marcellus Cox<br />
Bus Stop<br />
Two men with history meet, by chance, at a bus<br />
stop. 7 Who is Responsible A documentary film<br />
guided by one question: "Who is responsible for<br />
the current state of our society?"<br />
Run Time: 11 min<br />
Capoeira<br />
The inspiring story of Anthony Santo Domingo,<br />
leaving behind the poverty of Lorain, Ohio to<br />
become a professional International Brazilian Jiu<br />
Jitsu Competitor and work with the <strong>2016</strong> World<br />
Champion Cleveland Cavaliers. Capoeira: Live the<br />
Game chronicles his work with one African American<br />
young man, helping him to realize that he can<br />
achieve anything he can imagine.<br />
Run Time: 10 min<br />
Director: Joddy Eric Matthews.<br />
Producer: Captain Obadiah Baker,<br />
Oakland in Blue:<br />
Kennedy, a recent college graduate, returns home<br />
to Oakland, CA to be manager for local rap artist<br />
Marcus. Their struggle to launch a successful<br />
independent record label without compromising<br />
their integrity is conflicted by the temptation of<br />
'Legit versus Street', threatening their lifelong<br />
friendship.<br />
Run Time: 24 min Director: Robbin Rae<br />
Pass Interference<br />
Davone Bess appeared to have it all as an NFL wide<br />
receiver but looks are often deceiving. And a<br />
perceived weakness is the last thing any athlete<br />
wants to expose. Even if it could cost him<br />
everything.<br />
Run Time: 10 min<br />
Director: Branson Wright<br />
Black Cop<br />
Following the death of an unarmed teen, a black<br />
police officer takes the privileged community on<br />
a spontaneous day filled with abuse, assault, and<br />
terror.<br />
Run Time: 10 min<br />
Who is Responsible<br />
A documentary film by directed and edited by<br />
Joseph Jones<br />
Assistant directors, Ebonee Owens, Raylen<br />
Crawford, Treveon Bland, and Taeynesha<br />
Blas-Ruiz<br />
A documentary film guided by one question:<br />
"Who is responsible for the current state of our<br />
society?"
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