DAY 7 – Wednesday, September 18th at 6:00 p.m. at Mills College at Northeastern University
DESCENDANTS OF US
RT- 17 MIN
A compelling, artistic, and humanitarian short film that shares the stories of people whose families overcame incredible odds to build lives in America.
Directed by Shaun Daniels
KEITH LAMAR SWEETS
RT – 5:49 MIN
KEITH LAMAR: SWEET is a collaboration unfolding across and over the prison walls. It was inspired by a call between Keith LaMar and Samora Pinderhughes (Keith calling from death row), part of a series of interviews conducted as part of The Healing Project.
Keith LaMar is a writer, poet, and musician who has spent over 30 years in solitary confinement on Death Row in Ohio after being framed for murder following the 1993 Lucasville Prison Riot. Our mission, through this film, is to free him from prison.
Directed by Samora Pinderhughes, Christian Padron, Amanda Krische
THE FIGHT FOR BLACK LIVES
RT: 72 MIN
The Fight for Black Lives chronicles the ways that racial stress and the American healthcare system disadvantages the health of Black Americans. This health disparity is traced back to emancipation, which increased the Black mortality rate, in part, because formerly enslaved people had no access to formal health care even when they could pay. The film shows that there is nothing new about the disproportionate rate of Black mortality that was associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by showing that on almost all measures of health Black people in the United states live sicker and die younger.
Directed by Micere Keels
Day 7 – Wednesday, September 18th at 8:00 p.m. at Mills College at Northeastern University
CHANGE THE SYSTEM
RT: 8 MIN
Growing up in America, youth do not have equitable access to resources or opportunities. Black youth in particular face historical and systemic disadvantages, leading to disparities in wealth creation later in life. “Change the System: Building Black Wealth” follows Oakland high school senior Otis Ward IV as he participates in a pilot program at UC Berkeley aimed at closing the racial wealth gap, while grappling with the pressures of leaving his hometown and charting his own path.
Directed by Brady Anderson
JONA
RT: 12 MIN
Jano, a kleptomaniac girl, steals a mobilephone in a party and her friends discover her. Her friends decide to make justice for themselves. As a consequence they take advantage of her and they upload a video in Internet making fun of her.
Directed by Ana Beyron & Alejandra Beyron
CHELLADURAI
RT: 90 MIN
In the cruel dance of time, mothers and fathers who forsake their flesh and blood face a punishment more severe than any earthly retribution. Their children, discarded like seeds in the wind, are left to grow into towering trees, bearing witness to the neglect that shaped their roots. Yet, amidst the shadows of abandonment, do these trees offer solace to the forsaken? Their branches may stretch wide, casting shelter upon the weary and the condemned, whispering a silent plea for redemption. For even in the darkest corners of neglect, the resilience of the human spirit yearns for the embrace of compassion.
Directed by Seenu Ramasamy