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GREATER CLEVELAND URBAN FILM FESTIVAL<br />
<strong>GCUFF</strong>.ORG<br />
<strong>SEPTEMBER</strong> <strong>2016</strong><br />
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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