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All Access Virtual Pass 2024

325 Lafayette Ave

325 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11238, USA Ohio

40.6888705 -73.9626917

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Reel Sisters is proud to present our selection of fine virtual films that you can enjoy from your living room or couch! Your All Access Pass entitles you to our entire virtual showcase for $20 (Save $10)! The collection will be available from Oct. 5 through Oct. 31, 2024 (11:59 pm EST)! Invite friends over and have a watch party! VIRTUAL PROGRAM 1 Melanie & Kyles Producer: Robiii World, Tiara West, Marlena Robinson Director: Tiara West Writers: Tiara West, Ashani Roberts narrative, 7 min. Amidst the captivating world of poetry, Melanie and Kyle's love flourishes. They explore the depth of their emotions through verses that intertwine their souls, revealing a timeless bond of passion, trust, and poetic beauty that transcends their mortal existence. A Dios Producers: Christine Rodriguez, Jen Viens Director/Writer: Christine Rodriguez narrative, 17 min. A former jazz diva, forgotten by time, is spending the last years of her life in a seniors' residence with an orderly as her only friend. Unfortunately, she fails to keep her diva ways in check and risks losing the only person she cares about, with time running out to make amends... A short film in English and Kreyol, set in Montreal (Tio'tia:ke), Canada. Available with English or French subtitles. Hedgehog Exec. Producers: Rakie Ayola, Adam Smethurst Director/Writer: Adam Smethurst narrative, 17 min. Poised between adolescence and adulthood and living with the challenges of NF1, Josie's only connection with the world is a love of Shakespeare. When new girl Ash shows up at drama class, Josie seizes the chance to change her story. Breathe Producers: Jamie Burton-Oare, Shannon E Riggs Director/Writer: Jamie Burton-Oare narrative, 16 min. For Eric, it is a normal day in his life/neighborhood. For the world, it’s the day Eric faces the reality of taking his last breath. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 2 - Misfits, Genuises & Dreamers Hogtown Producer: Ania Jamila Director/Writer: Josiane Blanc narrative, 21 min. Forced to leave her hometown temporarily, Manuela finds it difficult to adapt to her new surroundings. She has only one thing on her mind: moving back to Toronto. However, an unexpected encounter turns Manuela's life upside down, calling into question everything she's known up to now. Gods of the Universe Producers: Cathy SitaRam, Charles Mawungwa Director/Writer: Cathy SitaRam narrative, 20 min. Advanced beings must train star children to guide humanity to the next stage of evolution before a catastrophic event destroys Earth, but their methods differ and time is running out. Melikhaya Producers: Palesa Shangase, Katie Taylor Directors: Liziwe Damba, Mallory Myers Writer: Liziwe Damba narrative, 15 min. Born into a culture that values male leadership above all, Melikhaya finds it difficult to find her place as a strong African woman. When her brother makes choices that impact the entire community, she is forced to make a tough decision. The Thoughts of Our Ancestors Producers: Seren Şahin, Kokutekeleza Musebeni Director: Kokutekeleza Musebeni Writers: Lara Milena Brose, Beatrix Rinke, Kokutekeleza Elena Musebeni narrative, 30 min. In the afrofuturistic documentary THE THOUGHTS OF OUR ANCESTORS, Arazay is confronted with the documentary reality of a black child in her dreams. The year is 1996 and the child's name is Koku. Arazay lives in a fictional future in the year 2230, free of wars, hierarchies and scarcity of resources. She is watering her plants when the first memory hits her and she faints. It is Koku who begins to tell her documentary story of growing up in Germany as a black girl and the looks she was confronted with in her early childhood. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 3 - The Narrows Producer/Director/Writer: Stephanie Allison Daye documentary, 87 min. A harrowing account of Canada’s worst case of environmental racism- the displacement and destruction of the people of Africville. In this account, the people of Africville tell their own stories while the producers record the fall-out from a 30 year old case that has reached the ears of not only the present Mayor but all the way up to certain VIPs of the Canadian Parliament. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 4 - Pregnanacy & Birth Ya Hanouni Directors: Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib Writers: Lyna Tadount, Sofian Chouaib narrative, 2:38 min. While the Mom and the Dad try to put their baby to sleep, a competition arises between them: who will manage to get the baby to say the first word? Await Producers: Raúl Abner Samrah, Samara Pérez Santiago Director/Writer: Samara Pérez Santiago narrative, 14 min. Lili was convinced by her doctor, boyfriend and parents to have a baby she did not plan or want. As she awaits in her birthing pool (her parent's bathtub), Lili calls her loved ones and figures out that they will all be absent for absurd reasons. Renacer Producers: Kelsey McGee, Bobbie Green, Ximena Davis Director/Writer: Jenniffer J Gonzalez Martinez narrative, 19 min. Renacer ignites a fiery exploration of women's raw truths, casting a spotlight on the electrifying journey of Valeria, a Puerto Rican migrant who boldly embraces her right to choose with an abortion, only to collide head-on with the searing stigma society thrusts upon women who dare to own their bodies. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 5 Hair Producer: Amy E. Powell Directors: Wendy Mateo, Lorena Diaz Writers: Wendy Mateo, Lorena Diaz comedy, 6 min. In Mari's salon, it's just another day where they spill the tea about life. But today Christina comes in late and through her hair mishaps they rally around her when the truth is revealed. Petting Zoo Producer: Alexus L. Addison Director: Malcolm Lott Writer: Sherryle Kiser- Jackson narrative, 15 min. Petting Zoo is about a young African-American professional named Rochelle, who is adjusting to her new role as Assistant Director while navigating a manager who creates a hostile work environment through micromanagement and microaggressions regarding the appearance of her natural hair. Have I Swallowed Your Dreams Producer/Director/Writer: Clara Chan narrative, 6 min. A poetic conversation between an immigrant daughter and her mother about sacrifices and dreams. Dragonfly Producers: Julia Morizawa, James Babbin, Brian Sturges Director/Writer: Julia Morizawa animation, 13 min. A young girl learns of her mother’s survival of the Tokyo Firebombing on March 9-10, 1945 through the eyes of her brother’s spirit. KULTUR Producers: Yety Akinola, Maya Gwynn, Alia Bennett Director: Asari Aibangbee Writers: Asari Aibangbee, Natalie Miles narrative, 19 min. A well respected white therapist suggests a social media therapy app, called KULTUR, for two of her patients, both young and Black. One Trans/non-binary, the other Cisgender femme. VIRTUAL PROGRAM 6 WELL Producers: Toni Cunningham, Eden Sabolboro, Paige Wood Directors: Toni Cunningham, Eden Sabolboro Writer: Toni Cunningham narrative, 12 min. WELL depicts the story of one Black American family through 50 years as they fight to stay healthy through three different crises. Through the Tuskegee Experiment, the Flint Water Crisis, and now Covid-19, the family has survived amidst endless obstacles to their health. After losing a loved one to Covid-19, they must reckon with the harm and distrust that has permeated their family for decades. FIR Producers: Adéla Konečná, Barbora Smotlachová Director/Writer: Xueni Yang narrative, 21 min. In a suburb of Prague, a lonely girl encounters a lost foreign young man. Despite the age difference, she finds a missing sense of belonging through their shared doubts about home. The Golden Boy Producer: Earleatha Oppon Director/Writer: Elizabeth Peace narrative, 15 min. A family drama, about a non-verbal autistic six-year-old boy who with the help of his older sister, proves that his high support needs can’t stop his potential. From Yard - "Same School" Producers: Phaedra Benford, Norman Hamilton, Andrea Hamilton, Patrick A. Aitcheson, David Heron, David Walcott Director: Leland Benford Writers: Noel E. Dunn, Maya Hall, David G. Heron narrative, 11:45 min. A Jamaican immigrant now working in New York as a parole officer is forced to make the tough decision to take in one of his parolees despite them both growing up in the same city of Kingston. Skate Producer: Remi R.M Moses Director: Kasey-Anais Blondell Writer: Kasey-Anais Blondell narrative, 11 min. Thea, a lonely 19-year-old girl, struggles to learn how to skateboard on her own. When Thea meets a welcoming community of skater girls at a house party, she is empowered to deal with her social anxiety through skateboarding.

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Start: 2024-10-05T13:00:00-04:00

End: 2024-10-31T23:59:00-04:00