Black Harvest Film Festival: EXPERIMENTS IN BLACK EXPERIENCE

Showings

THEATER 1 Sat, Nov 4, 2023 12:00 PM
THEATER 1 Wed, Nov 15, 2023 6:00 PM
Film Info
Runtime:96
96 min
Release Year:2021-2023
Production Country:USA, Jamaica
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Various

Description

This collection of experimental shorts takes an immersive journey through radical imaginings and new frontiers. Namir Mustafa Fearce’s I'M BUILDING ME A HOME (4 min.) offers a unique glimpse into the morning routine of Fearce's two sisters and grandmother before church, blending sound from a negro spiritual with a ballroom track to juxtapose church and ballroom as spaces exalting the Black ecstatic experience. Ja'Tovia M. Gary’s QUIET AS IT'S KEPT (26 min.) presents an introspective exploration of identity and silence in contemporary America. With GHETTO BIRDS IN US...LET THE SKY TOUCH MY SOUL (5 min.), director Lamar Robillard, soars through the blackwithout restraint. Leah Solomon’s JIGNA (20 min.) is an experimental homage inspired by Monique Wittig's novel Les Guérillères. In TETHER (16 min.), director kelechi agwuncha pays tribute to childhood memories through a Nigerian masquerade. Asari Precious Aibangbee’s OMWAN’EKHUI [person of Dark Skin] (15 min.) is an experimental documentary highlighting the multifaceted talents and experiences of Dark-Skinned Black folks. And Joseph Douglas Elmhirst’s BURNT MILK (10 min.) centers around Una, a young Jamaican woman in the UK, as she reflects on her cultural heritage while she makes a traditional dish. Select filmmakers scheduled to attend.