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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters presents I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth
DESCRIPTION:Reel Sisters presents I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth\, a collection of short films honoring women leaders and the spirit of resistance\, rebirth and healing. Untold stories about important historical and community leaders are celebrated in our showcase. From Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons to Angola’s Queen Nzinga in Before 1619: She Took Justice\, each film addresses the power to rise above oppression and injustice to rebirth a new future for generations to come. \nThe program will be held on May 22\, 2025\, 6:30 pm at Riverside Church\, 91 Claremont Ave. (121 St). Tickets: $7 (plus Universe fees). \nFIlm Showcase \nRock Island Prison 1864 \nnarrative\, 6:49 min. \nProducer/Director: Joy Shannon \nGuarding Confederate POWS in a Civil War prison\, a runaway slave now Union soldier\, desperately fights for power\, or faces returning to slavery. Inspired by a true story. \nNana & The Black Monarchy \n7 min.\, documentary \nProducer/Director: Yaania Bell \nWhat even is Black Girl Magic? Well\, it’s the miraculous alchemy Black women and girls synthesize from the adversity\, abuse and subjugation they endure throughout their existence. Yaania Bell’s radically profound short documentary on the slutty social worker\, @Nanagal_ and her sex positive\, anti-patriarchal demonstrations\, introduces audiences to a colorful reality of BIPOC sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. \nReimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons \n32 min.\, documentary \nProducers: Leo R. Douglas \nDirectors: Leo R. Douglas and Udemba Mclean \nWriters: Leo R. Douglas and Marcia Douglas \nDrawing on African spiritualism in which nature itself is sacred\, and West African cultures where women are traditional leaders and the female-form is commonly ecologically deified\, the “Reimagining Nanny” Project retelling of the story of Queen Nanny\, national heroine of Jamaica\, as a shaman of the forests\, healer\, priestess and protector of the springs and watersheds\, and commander of energies of the earth\, creatures\, mountains and valleys of the Blue and John Crow Mountains of Jamaica. \nBefore 1619: She Took Justice \n29:58 min.\, documentary \nProducer: Gloria Browne-Marshall\, The Law and Policy Group\, Inc. \nDirector: Bobby John Field \nJourney to Angola and discover the feats of an extraordinary African warrior Queen who fought European invaders in the 1660s and her powerful connection today. \nThe program is funded\, in part\, by the West Harlem Development Corporation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts\, Concil members Crystal Hudson (CD 35) and Farah Louis (CD 45).
URL:https://www.africanvoices.com/event/reel-sisters-presents-i-own-me-the-spirit-of-resistance-rebirth/
LOCATION:Riverside Church\, 91 Claremont Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Harlem Family Day
DESCRIPTION:Join Reel Sisters for an afternoon of family-friendly films at our Harlem Family Day celebration! In addition to screening a diverse lineup of short films\, there will be a children’s workshop dedicated to teaching young kids the art of filmmaking! No supplies or experience needed. \n\n\nFeatured shorts include Harlem Fragments\, directed by Cameron Tyler Carr\, and Musica Quarantena directed Lilian T. Mehrel. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHarlem Fragments \nDirector/Writer: Cameron Tyler Carr Producers: Flor Tejada\, Collin Meath\, Ben Thompson\, Salma Qarnain. \nWriters: Cameron Tyler Carr\, Wes Andre Goodrich and Danielle Therese Dougé. \nNarrative\, 17 min. \nAn Afro-futurist scrapbook storytelling of a Harlem Black family’s beautiful destruction during the 2008 recession. A natural disaster so mesmerizing you can’t look away from the tragedy. Based on true events. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMusica Quarantena \nDirector/Writer: Lilian T. Mehrel \nAnimator: Danielle Rhoda \nAnimation\, 3:46 min. \nA little girl’s love for her bedridden Papa inspires a town in lockdown to make music out their windows. The film stars Elisa del Genio (HBO’s MY BRILLIANT FRIEND). \n\n\nTickets are $8 per person or $6 per person for groups of 2 or more\, plus Eventbrite fees. Complete schedule to come soon. \n 
URL:https://www.africanvoices.com/event/harlem-family-day/
LOCATION:NY
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters Celebrates Women in Hip Hop & AV's 50th Issue
DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of readings and episode screening of Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip Hop\, a Netflix docuseries honoring the powerful women of hip hop music and culture. CR Capers\, founder of Harlem Film House & the Hip Hop Film Festival\, will lead a discussion with Crystal Whaley\, co-executive producer of episode 4 of Ladies First\, DJ Franchella\, Liza Jessie Peterson\, director/writer of Black Love Manifesto\, and Evangeline Lawson\, photographer and front cover artists of African Voices’ Hip Hop @50th Issue. \nDerick Cross\, AV Art Director and beatbox performer\, will MC the event. The evening will kick off with selected readings from our issue\, including a special performance by reg e gaines\, a poet\, playwright\, director\, lecturer\, and artistic director of the Downtown Urban Arts Festival since 2007. He is the author of four books of poetry and is currently writing and producing The 88\, with music by Calvin Gaines. \nThis event is FREE. Donations are welcome! To RSVP or donate\, visit this link.
URL:https://www.africanvoices.com/event/reel-sisters-celebrates-women-in-hip-hop-avs-50th-issue/
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