Film Reel

Films featured during the festival will include historic, lesser-known and works from within the Museum’s collection that have been preserved and restored. The Festival will also showcase recent releases as well as works by established and emerging filmmakers. Post Screening Conversations will immediately follow film screenings for the opportunity to hear from the filmmakers, cast and crew. 

A call for independent film submissions of new works was opened to the public earlier this year. A selection of 15 films selected by a jury of industry professionals will be screened during the Festival. A winner will be selected in each of the following categories: Documentary Feature, Narrative Feature, Documentary Short, Narrative Short, and Experimental & Animation.

All films unrated; viewer discretion is advised.

A Sample of the 80+ Festival Films

 

Baldwiin's Nigger image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Documentary Short
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
The star-crossed lovers, Peter and Maria, Cane River.
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Narrative Feature
  • Festival Theme: Power of Place
Clean Water image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Colored Spade image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
Copper image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Everybody Dies!  image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Garden image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Gook Film Still
Directed By:
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Narrative Feature
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Kindah Still Frame
Directed By:
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Power of Place
Liberated Zones image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Like A Star image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
Mugabo image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Remnants of A Room image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
Sonkofa Film Still
Directed By:
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Narrative Feature
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
SPIT by Mtume Gant
Directed By:
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Narrative Short
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions
Still/Here image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Documentary Feature
  • Festival Theme: Power of Place
Tower XYZ
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Making a Way Out of No Way
Under Bone image
  • Festival Category: Invitational
  • Film Type: Experimental & Animation
  • Festival Theme: Cultural Expressions