Sunday Shorts #2
Short, 25 New Faces |
2016 |
1hr 39min
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
CAST: Various DIRECTOR: Various
Both of these filmmakers will be present at the screening to talk with you and answer your questions following the films.
Chop My Money - USA (13mins)
D: Theo Anthony
A day in the life of three street kids in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Peace in the Absence of War - USA (5mins)
D: Theo Anthony
On April 27th, 2015, following more than a week of protests over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra held a free concert in downtown Baltimore. Footage is culled from that concert, along with various demonstrations on that same day. All night shots taken while following the route of Freddie Gray's arrest after curfew.
Field Niggas - USA (60mins)
D: Khalik Allah
Field Niggas is a stark portrayal of the inner city struggle. It depicts an elusive beauty that so often goes unnoticed. Shot entirely at nighttime on the corner of 125th and Lexington avenue in Harlem, Khalik Allah’s camera encompasses, and richly depicts, the mental, physical and spiritual struggle of 125th and Lexington Avenue’s most exhausted and depressed inhabitants. Field Niggas, taking it’s name from Malcolm X’s famous lecture, “Message to the Grassroots,” takes us into a world that most of us would choose to avoid. Khalik’s objective is to shine light on fear, dispel it, and prove that love exist everywhere no matter how much it’s presence has been obscured by poverty, addiction and pain. Ultimately Field Niggas is a hauntingly honest, rich depiction of the poor.
