Kid Flicks: Celebrating Black Stories
Family, Short |
2023 |
1hr 16min
FAMILY FLICK | BLACK HISTORY MONTH | FEB 18, 2023
FAMILY FLICK | BLACK HISTORY MONTH | FEB 18, 2023
Comic Escape
United States, Live Action, Alphonso McAuley, 2021, 15 min. In English.
A young boy unexpectedly finds a comic book that changes his reality.
Cupids
United States, Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min. In English.
This whimsical, comedic love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
Generation Impact: The Coder
United States, Documentary, Samantha Knowles, 2021, 7 min. In English.
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.
My Name is Maluum
Brazil, Animation, Luisa Copetti, 2021, 8 min. In Portuguese, with English subtitles.
Maluum comes from a home filled with love and Afro-centric references. When her classmates tease her about her name, Maluum discovers the lovely legacy of her name and ancestry.
The Night I Left America
Uganda, United States, Live Action, Laki Karavias, 2021, 14 min. English and Luganda with English subtitles.
While anxiously awaiting the results of his mother's visa renewal request, a teenage boy living in Texas conjures up memories of his former life in Uganda.
Room Rodeo
United States, Live Action, Daniel Kayamba, 2021, 14 min. In English.
Grounded, and with a last-minute school project due, Jamil takes matters into his own hands to prove he is the great-grandson of a legendary Black cowboy.
Wolf and Cub
United States, Animation, Marvin Bynoe, 2021, 8 min. In English.
A father and son cross a world of imagination to return their mother's forgotten lunch.
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