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2016 Program Guide TABLE OF CONTENTS

FESTIVAL PARTNERS 4 FOUNDER / LEADERSHIP / TEAM 5 FESTIVAL DIRECTOR WELCOME 7 PRESENTING PARTNER WELCOME 8 FOUNDING PARTNER WELCOME 10 NY FILM COMMISSIONER WELCOME 13 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 14 VENUES MAP 15 URBANWORLD DIGITAL 16 URBANWORLD MUSIC 20 LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS 22 THE STAND 25 URBANWORLD: BROOKLYN EDITION 26 SPOTLIGHT SCREENINGS 28 REVOLT YOUNG FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE 36 NARRATIVE FEATURES (U.S. CINEMA) 44 NARRATIVE FEATURES (WORLD CINEMA) 54 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES 62 SHORTS PROGRAM ONE 68 SHORTS PROGRAM TWO 74 SHORTS PROGRAM THREE 81 SHORTS PROGRAM FOUR 89 SHORTS PROGRAM FIVE 96 20TH ANNIVERSARY ARTWORK: SHANTELL MARTIN 104 FESTIVAL JURORS 106 SCREENING SCHEDULE 112 FILM CONTACT INFORMATION 114 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 118

2 3 FESTIVAL PARTNERS LEADERSHIP AND TEAM

PRESENTING PARTNER FOUNDER Stacy Spikes

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Gabrielle Glore

FESTIVAL TEAM FOUNDING PARTNER Programmers Juan Caceres, Cat Miles, Aidah Muhammad, Tony Murphy, & Marquida Webster Filmmaker Relations Aidah Muhammad & Ashley Mui Marketing & Partnerships Qimmah Saafir PRESTIGE PARTNER Community Engagement Juan Caceres Public Relations & Press Staci R. Collins Jackson & Novona Cruz The Collins Jackson Agency UW Music & UW Digital Marquida Webster Festival Operations Danielle Howell & Quan Lateef-Hill PREMIERE PARTNERS Technical Operations Tony Murphy & Ntsako Mabasa Screenplay Competition & Live Readings Samantha Debicki Live Screenplay Readings Director Tracey Moore / The Spirited Actor Coordinating Producer Sandy Cabada Registration & Box Office Lead Candace Jones INDUSTRY PARTNERS Box Office Managers Sam Finkle & Keeyah Johnson Theater Managers Melody Araujo, Tykecia Hayes, Kelley Jackson, Amber Turner Merchandise Anthony Gomez Production Crew James Goodwin, Tristan Marshall, Lawrence Hudson, & Samuel Walcott MEDIA PARTNERS Volunteer Coordinator Nadeen Gayle Graphic Design & Web Design [Word.] Festival Video Producer Sabrina Thompson | KUU Productions

URBANWORLD EXTENDS DEEP GRATITUDE TO OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS.

Urbanworld Foundation, Inc. 174 W. 4th Street, #119 New York, NY 10014 [email protected] urbanworld.org

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Class Divide It is with much gratitude and enthusiasm that we celebrate Urbanworld’s 20th Anniversary HBO World Championship Boxing® milestone. Each year, the Urbanworld team endeavors to elevate the festival, building on the foundation created by visionary founder Stacy Spikes. He too had a dream… one that encompassed inclusion and parity of storytellers across the industry landscape. From this ambition emerged Urbanworld, a platform and community supporting underrepresented content creators with distinct voices, sharing stories from around the world. While remaining unwavering in this mission, we continue to inspire and expose cross-cultural makers and innovators redefining our “urban” world. Urbanworld20 presents an impactful slate of films representing 20 countries from across the globe, allowing us to highlight the artistic works of those who provide a glimpse into cultures transcending domestic sensibility. This expanded vision allows for richer engagement by our festival community, as audiences experience cinema in new ways, with fresh stories and perspectives challenging the norm.

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Boardwalk Empire® of responsibility. They exercise their power and influence for good, leveraging the business opportunity that exists, while connecting with creative thinkers who are transforming the world with their work. We are ever grateful for the support of new presenting partner REVOLT and founding partner HBO — they have not just aligned with us, but amplified our imprint. We thank prestige partner BET Networks and the many other longstanding partners who support our efforts to expose, inform, and inspire. We are honored to have Ava DuVernay and David Oyelowo return to the Urbanworld family as Festival Ambassadors in this special year. Both acclaimed for their many contributions and successes, these two individuals perfectly reflect the caliber of artistry and activism that Urbanworld seeks to embody. The integrity and consistency of their work represent the standards we set for our festival. Our genuine belief is that creativity is fluid and we embrace the increasingly blurred lines across arenas of self- expression. It excites us to see creators innovating in ways that are free of limitation. To commemorate this landmark Game Of Thrones® year, visual artist Shantell Martin created an original work to represent the Urbanworld journey and spirit. You’ll find her artistry present in various ways throughout the festival, as she reminds us that creativity presents an opportunity Mavis! for discovery and imagination. Learn more about Shantell’s collaboration with the festival at urbanworld.org.

Confirmation To further mark the occasion, Urbanworld will introduce some new elements, including THE STAND, an intimate pitch event featuring 2 creative projects presented in partnership with Overstand, as well as a community event hosted at BRIC in Brooklyn, as we share some Urbanworld love beyond Manhattan. We will also launch urbanworld INDEPENDENT, which provides original content highlighting insights and personal journeys of industry experts across creative, technical, and business vantage points. It is through this new platform that Urbanworld will connect with global audiences year-round. Every Story So, come join us for premieres, panels, pitches, and parties! None of which would be possible without Urbanworld’s incredible behind-the-scenes team and volunteer squad, who each year rally around Urbanworld as only true family can. Every Voice As we turn the page on our 20-year milestone, come join us in celebrating this chapter and experience our world — Urbanworld! Every One With purpose & gratitude, Gabrielle Glore The Leftovers Festival Director Urbanworld

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FOUNDING PARTNER WELCOME

Dear Urbanworld Film Festival Attendees:

As Founding Sponsor, we welcome you to the 20th Urbanworld Film Festival!

HBO is proud to celebrate twenty years of partnership with Urbanworld. Two decades ago, Stacy Spikes had a vision for a film festival that harnessed the collective power of multicultural storytellers and audiences. HBO recognized that vision and has since had HBO is proud the pleasure of witnessing Urbanworld Film Festival’s revolutionary growth, broadening its influence on entertainment with today’s growing population of diverse filmmakers and to support the audiences. Through our partnership with Stacy and Gabrielle Glore, HBO has been able to support this platform where on screen talent, directors and industry influencers connect through film competitions, panel discussions and TH networking events. 20 ANNUAL HBO invites you to experience a variety of events throughout the festival that examine the intersection of race, class, gender, technology, and culture. By popular demand, we will host Urbanworld Digital at our corporate headquarters URBANWORLD for the seventh consecutive year. Urbanworld Digital explores the connection of technology, content creation, and marketing. We will kick off our series of events with an intimate conversation between HBO CEO Richard Plepler FILM FESTIVAL and Hip-Hop icon, author, and philanthropist Russell Simmons at Urbanworld Digital. On the following evening, we are excited to continue the conversation with two distinctive screenings that are both timely and relevant. The first will be HBO Documentary Film, Class Divide, which will be followed by a moderated discussion with the film’s subjects and filmmakers, Marc Levin and Daphne Pinkerson. Class Divide highlights the recent effects of hyper- gentrification in New York City’s West Chelsea neighborhood, focusing on an intersection where an elite private school sits directly across the street from public housing projects. Immediately following, we are eager to present our newest star of the HBO family, Issa Rae, with a preview screening of the HBO original series, Insecure. Issa Rae will join us afterward for a moderated discussion on her unique journey where she utilized digital platforms to gain YouTube fame for her original web series Awkward Black Girl to writing and starring in her own show on HBO. Premiering this fall, Insecure takes a look at the friendship, experiences and tribulations of two black women. Finally, HBO is proud to sponsor the $5,000 cash prize for the winner of the Best Documentary Film Award.

Through the years, HBO has cultivated committed relationships with organizations and film festivals that dedicate themselves to supporting and elevating multicultural talent. We recognize the importance of telling everyone’s story and are pleased to support Urbanworld as it continues to provide opportunities for diverse talent across the world. We look forward to seeing you at the festival.

September 2016

Dear Friends,

It is a pleasure to welcome you to the Urbanworld Film Festival!

The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment proudly supports Urbanworld and congratulates them on their 20th anniversary and on their success in using film to bring attention to important and diverse stories, characters and cultures.

It is especially significant that Urbanworld Film Festival calls New York City its home. The Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment is a proud supporter of the festival and its showcasing OF current and future New York City filmmakers. We support media in its many forms through our Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, a one-stop shop for all production needs in New York City, and NYC Media, the official TV, radio, and online network of the City of New York. Our City is a thriving center of media and entertainment and home to innovative storytellers who are adding new perspectives to the media landscape.

Each year we work with the hundreds of film, television, digital, and commercial projects that film on location in the five boroughs. Productions have access to the “Made in NY” Discount Card, which provides discounts at more than 1,200 local businesses. We also offer educational and workforce development programs, such as our ongoing “Made in NY” Talk series, which welcomes industry professionals from a variety of fields to share firsthand knowledge about their careers with students and interested New Yorkers. The “Made in NY” Marketing Credit program offers promotional support for those projects in which at least 75% of the film was produced in New York City.

We welcome you to take a look at our website – www.nyc.gov/film – and follow us on Twitter – @madeinny – and discover everything New York City has to offer the creative community.

Enjoy the festival!

Sincerely,

Julie Menin, Commissioner Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 9:00 PM – Midnight Opening Night Reception (The Skylark)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 1:00 PM – 7:00 PM Urbanworld Digital & Industry Reception, Hosted by HBO (HBO Theater, 15th Floor) 5:00 PM – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 7:45 PM – 10:15 PM Spotlight: Queen of Katwe, Presented by Disney 10:30 PM – 2:00 AM Urbanworld Music After Party (The Attic)

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 1:00 PM – 11:00 PM Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Live Screenplay Readings, Hosted by BET Networks in Partnership with WGA East 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM Director’s Luncheon, Hosted by Director’s Guild of America 3:30 PM – 5:30 PM The Stand, Presented by Overstand in Partnership with Urbanworld (Time Warner) 5:00 PM – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 8:00 PM – 9:15 PM Spotlight: Insecure, Presented by HBO 8:45 PM – 10:45 PM Spotlight: Honeytrap, Presented by ARRAY 11:00 PM – 2:00 AM Urbanworld Music After Party (Ginny’s Super Club @ Red Rooster)

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 11:00 AM – 11:00 PM Festival Box Office & Pass Pick Up (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 12:00 PM – Midnight Independent Screenings (AMC Empire Theater – 42nd Street & 8th Avenue) 5:00 PM – 6:45 PM Spotlight: Young Filmmakers Showcase, Presented by REVOLT 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Spotlight: Shots Fired, Presented by Fox 9:00 PM – 10:30 PM Spotlight: The New Edition Story, Presented by BET Networks 9:30 PM – 11:30 PM Spotlight: Black, Presented by Saboteur

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 DIRECTIONS BY SUBWAY: 1. AMC Empire 42nd Street Theater 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM Awards Ceremony & Brunch 234 W. 42nd Street (btw 7th & 8th Avenues) 4:00 PM – 5:00 PM Blurred Lines: Artistry & Activism (BRIC) AMC EMPIRE 42nd STREET THEATER Presented in Partnership with... A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue 2. HBO Theater The Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, BRIC, MoCADA, and Jill Newman Productions B/D/F/N/Q/R to 42nd Street & 6th Avenue 1100 6th Avenue (btw 42nd & 43rd Streets) 15th Floor

HBO THEATER A/C/E to 42nd Street & 8th Avenue 1/2/3 to 42nd Street & 7th Avenue B/D/F/Q to 42nd Street & 6th Avenue

14 15 URBANWORLD DIGITAL HOSTED BY URBANWORLD DIGITAL THU 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM HBO THEATER THU 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM HBO THEATER SESSION 1 SESSION 2 OUR AFRICA: OPPORTUNITY ON THE CONTINENT A CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD PLEPLER & RUSSELL SIMMONS

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM | Presented by Africa Creative Agency (ACA) 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | Presented by HBO

Digital innovation and increased connectivity have given creative work greater reach and influence, transcending traditional Longtime friends and business colleagues reflect on their journey and share perspectives on what’s to come, as the industry boundaries of geography and language. Africa is a creative power station. The growing interest in African lifestyle assets through continues to be driven by innovation and technology. multiple industries like art, fashion, film, sports, music present filmmakers with an array of stories that can be told through collaborations that can be monetized and incentivized in the continent and diaspora. FEATURED GUEST RICHARD L. PLEPLER FEATURED GUEST Chairman & CEO, HBO YINKA ADEGOKE Richard Plepler is Chairman and CEO of Home Box Office, Inc., responsible for the overall management of the world’s Africa Editor, Quartz most successful pay TV service, provides HBO and Cinemax to over 131 million subscribers in over 60 countries and its programming into over 180 territories. The HBO and Cinemax services offer the most popular subscription video- Yinka Adegoke oversaw the launch of Quartz Africa in June 2015 and coordinates its news, ideas and events in on-demand products HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On Demand, streaming services HBO GO and MAX GO, as partnership with an editorial team across the continent. He launched the Africa Innovators Summit in Nairobi in 2015 well as HBO NOW® which began providing audiences with instant access to HBO’s acclaimed programming in the and returned with the event in July. Yinka is a founding board member of Social Media Week Lagos and launched the U.S. In addition to global juggernaut Game of Thrones and popular comedy Ballers, Plepler has greenlit some of HBO’s Billboard Africa Music Day event. As a journalist, has reported from more than 10 countries across Europe, Africa and most successful series including True Blood, Boardwalk Empire, The Newsroom, as well as Emmy winners Girls & Veep. the Americas. Before joining Quartz, Yinka was deputy editor at Billboard where he ran the business coverage for the world’s leading music magazine brand. Prior to that he was Reuters’ senior media correspondent covering the global media business where he focused on the digital disruption of the traditional media industry. Earlier in his career Yinka FEATURED GUEST was an editor at New Media Age in London covering the early days of the digital media revolution and a regular writer RUSSELL SIMMONS for The Guardian and The Financial Times. Entrepreneur, Author, Activist, & Philanthropist

FEATURED GUEST Russell Simmons has launched scores of groundbreaking careers and innovative enterprises in arenas as varied as COLIN GAYLE music, film, television, fashion, comedy, poetry, digital platforms, theater and finance. After having produced or managed Founder & CEO, Africa Creative Agency artists such as Kurtis Blow, Run DMC, and Whodini, Simmons joined forces with producer Rick Rubin to found Def Jam Recordings. Under Simmons’ leadership as Chairman, Def Jam signed acts including the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, In 2004, Mr. Gayle set his sights on Africa. Drawing on decades of experience across music, media, television and film, LL Cool J, Jay Z and Kanye West. Simmons’ long-running HBO series ǲDef Comedy Jamǳ helped make household he introduced a myriad of entertainers and brands to the continent for the very first time. He implemented the launch names of comics including Jamie Foxx, Chris Tucker, Martin Lawrence, Bernie Mac, Dave Chappelle, Kevin Hart and of the 2010 World Cup Inaugural Event, 50 Cent’s storied Tour of Mozambique and South Africa, which ended with JB Smoove. Most recently, he has been building All Def Digital, a premium, multi-platform digital media company and the rap superstar meeting Nelson Mandela for a highly publicized MTV segment, the rebrand of SABC with top global entertainment hub, curating, developing and connecting a new generation of content creators to global fans. He also performers, and T.D. Jakes Mega Fest in South Africa. As founder of Africa Creative Agency (ACA), his beliefs are rooted co-founded the digital marketing firm Narrative. in visionary branding that breaks down borders and elevates the continent’s cultural profile through strategy and global best practices, utilizing everything from content and content platforms to live events and social engineering. MODERATOR FEATURED GUEST ELVIS MITCHELL HAKEEM KAE-KAZIME Elvis Mitchell has hosted “The Treatment,” with its inside look at the creators of popular culture, since KCRW first aired Actor the program in April of 1996. Mitchell served as the film critic at the New York Times from January 2000 until May of 2005. In October 2002, he gave the prestigious Alain Locke lectures on African American culture at Harvard University, Following the success of Hotel Rwanda, Kae-Kazim re-located to Los Angeles, which brought a range of new and subsequently, has been a visiting lecturer at Harvard in Visual and Environmental Studies, and in African American opportunities his way, including starring in the hugely successful Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End as Captain Studies. As of 2011, he is the Film Independent Curator at the Los Angeles County Museum at Art. Jocard. He followed it with a role in the blockbuster, X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Kae-Kazim has appeared in various hit television shows including Lost, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Criminal Minds. He also starred as Colonel Iké Dubaku in season 7 of the Fox television series 24 and the television movie tie-in 24: Redemption. Kae-Kazim continued to build up a following with roles in Gotham and Dominion, although his longest running role has been in the Michael Bay produced Starz series, Black Sails.

MODERATOR NOMNDENI MDAKHI Founder, EditsTalks

Nomndeni owns a global conversations platform called Edits Talks, starting an extensive dialogue around how African Entertainment, Fashion, Beauty, Sports and Pop Culture and Technology can awaken the World to Africa’s Potential. The dialogue spans a variety of agendas anchored by visionaries and thought leaders around entrepreneurial opportunities, social implications and strategies of engaging Africa’s present and future in these key social pillars. Nomndeni was invited to speak on the topic of branding and marketing within entertainment at Repperbahn Conference Music Festival in Germany, travelling with the South African delegation to expose the world to South African Entertainment Business opportunities.

16 17 URBANWORLD DIGITAL HOSTED BY THU 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM HBO THEATER SESSION 3 ERA OF THE ENGINEER

4:15 PM – 5:15 PM | Presented by Urbanworld

As the adage goes, perception is King (and Queen!). The young visionary Yara Shahidi put it best when she asked, “How can there be parity or the belief that we are valued similarly if we are still being perceived and perceiving others as a tired stereotype or as one-dimensional?” ERA OF THE ENGINEER FILMS has a solution to this pressing question. Created to adjust the narrative of underrepresented people, cultures, and industries, ERA FILMS uses the silver screen (and your laptop and phone) to tell real stories from a multi-dimensional perspective, all with the aim of creating a holistic perception of our layered realities. This conversation will provide a window into the masterminds behind this fresh approach to filmed entertainment, with a preview of what’s to come, as this new era of storytelling is launched.

FEATURED GUEST YOUNG GURU Legendary Audio Engineer & Co-Founder, Era Films

Legendary audio engineer, Gimel “Young Guru” Keaton is the man behind the boards for world-renowned artist Jay Z. Guru’s ability to communicate complex technical terms, not only to artists but students, creatives and business professionals alike, have led to his reputation as the foremost leader bridging the gap between hip hop and the tech community. Guru’s love of music has always been rooted in technology. As an audio engineer, he has collaborated WE GOT STARS. WE GOT STORIES. WE GOT YOU. with some of the biggest brands in the world, such as Gatorade, working to explore the effects of sound on athletes and Google, who asked Guru to create a widelypopular commercial for Google Glass. Guru received two Grammy nominations for his work with Common and Jhené Aiko. He continues to help artists such as Jay Z and Alicia Keys craft their live shows. A lifelong educator, Guru has, for the last three years, served as the official Artistin Residence at USC’s ORIGINAL Thornton School of Music where he oversaw the creation of its first-ever Music Production Degree. PROGRAMMING FEATURED GUEST JERALD COOPER Talent Manager & Co-Founder, Era Films

Talent Manager and entrepreneur, Jerald manages some of the illest talent in entertainment — and technology — including Young Guru, and is the engine behind Era of the Engineer, a social enterprise focused on research, education, and philanthropy in the STEM space. Jerald straddles the worlds of entertainment, technology, and business with intention, as well as understanding that these areas are all connected. He advocates the power and intersection of technology and culture with intention, across music and now film and television. His curiosity and fascination feeds his imagination and free-thinking, all of which influence and inspire how he innovates and creates.

MODERATOR TAMIR MUHAMMAD Director, Content & Artist Development, Time Warner Inc.

As Director, Content & Artist Development for Time Warner Inc., Tamir Muhammad is responsible for a new digital initiative that creates meaningful ways for today’s content creators to further engage Time Warner’s divisions (Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner Broadcasting) with the company’s longstanding focus on the development of the next generation of storytellers. Prior to joining Time Warner Inc., Tamir was the VP, Content Development for Tribeca Enterprise’s Digital Studios overseeing the development of content ideas for production and distribution. Tamir also served as the VP, Film, TV, and Online Programming for several years at the Tribeca Film Institute, where he oversaw funding and development of projects by established and emerging filmmakers.

INDUSTRY RECEPTION 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM

18 19 URBANWORLD MUSIC As the world’s home for great storytelling, 9.21 / 20TH ANNIVERSARY OPENING RECEPTION SPECIAL PERFORMANCE BY KEYON HARROLD Courtesy of Jill Newman Productions SET BY DJ MOMA is proud to sponsor URBANWORLD WEDNESDAY / SEPT 21 / THE SKYLARK Invitation Only Artist Spotlight Keyon Harrold an accomplished, award-winning trumpeter and music producer. His trumpet playing is uniquely brilliant; perhaps best articulated by none other than Wynton Marsalis, who called Harrold “The future of the trumpet.” 9.22 SET BY DJ MOMA THURSDAY / SEPT 22 / 10:00 PM / THE ATTIC 251 W 48th St (@ 8th Ave) Official Urbanworld After Party

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WILLARD HILL | WILLARDHILL.COM 9.24 SET BY DJ MOMA SATURDAY / SEPT 24 / 10:00 PM / MAPLE 157 W 47th St (btw 6th & 7th Ave.) Official Urbanworld After Party

20 21 LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS LIVE SCREENPLAY READINGS FRI 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM PARAMOUNT SCREENING ROOM Hosted by BET Networks In Partnership with WGA East GENERATIONAL CURSES KENYA BRANCH The Urbanworld Film Festival, produced by Samantha Debicki and directed by Tracey Moore, will present the 4 finalists in the Screenplay category to festival attendees in an intimate event, where a scene from their work is Screenplay Synopsis: performed live by seasoned actors. After losing two women he loves, Vietnam war veteran Honor turns to alcohol to numb the pain and refuses all offers of help. During a routine trip to the liquor store, he witnesses the beating of prostitute Mahal and intervenes to save her life. An unlikely friendship develops between the two. As Honor and Mahal struggle to heal past wounds, they uncover a long-buried secret linking them in ways they never could have imagined. FRIED CATFISH Writer’s Bio: INDA CRAIG-GALVÁN Kenya Branch is a screenwriter-producer who has been writing and producing for Screenplay Synopsis: over twenty-five years. His screenplays are usually faith-based and depict people Veronica, a restaurant micro-manager, just wanted a way to keep her still-needy ex occupied. But when the “catfish” of diverse ethnicities finding common ground and even love. His short films and she creates for him gets too cozy and threatens to replace Veronica completely, Veronica must face that for her screenplays have been selected or have been finalists in festivals and competitions scheme to succeed, it might mean missing out on the love of her life. like Attic Film, International Christian Film Festival, Kairos Prize for Spiritually Uplifting Screenplays, Colorado International Film Festival and Chicago Screenplay Contest. Writer’s Bio: Inda Craig-Galván is a playwright and screenwriter living in Los Angeles. Screenplays: ARE THEY DEAD YET? (Urbanworld 2015 Finalist), LAKE MINNETONKA. Plays: BLACK SUPER HERO MAGIC MAMA (Jane Chambers Playwriting Award; Skylight Theatre INKubator Reading Series, Los Angeles), WELCOME TO MATTESON! (Oregon Shakespeare Festival Black Swan New Play Lab), BLAXPLOITATION: THE REMIX (MPAACT Theatre Company, Chicago, head writer), I GO SOMEWHERE ELSE (Humanitas Award/CTG semi-finalist), THE BOY WHO CRIED DRAGON TAKE THE L (published by YouthPLAYS). KIM WASHINGTON Screenplay Synopsis: Underwhelmed by suburban life, a twenty-year young genius-without-a-cause (Kai) moves to the Bay to join a social media company where micro-aggressions are everyday life for her and her female colleagues. But Kai is a black THE TURNPIKE queer woman, so she’s not new to the game; she’s just tired of playing it. She eventually finds refuge in the charming KEITH JOSEF ADKINS company of Zoe, a young artist struggling to escape poverty, but as pressures to succeed test the fragile boundaries of young love, Kai and Zoe will both have to learn when its time to take the L. Screenplay Synopsis: Simpson College is known for its ivy-covered education. Emma Langston is known as one of its brightest students Writer’s Bio: despite her attitude. Yet things quickly unravel for Emma when her best friend goes missing the same day she ends an Kim Washington is an emerging screenwriter, actor and dancer who left her decade- affair with her Lit professor. To make matters worse, her boyfriend dumps her. However, in an effort to fix it, Emma long international development career in 2015 to pursue her passion for filmmaking. agrees to help her boyfriend who’s stranded on a nearby turnpike in the middle of the night, so he says. What Emma “Take the L” is Kim’s first feature length screenplay, which she envisions to be the doest expect is she has stumbled into the terrain of a serial killer and must fight for her life. premier installment of a series that explores the love stories and friendships between women. Her ultimate vision is to create engaging films that reflect the voices and Writer’s Bio: spirit of marginalized people around the world. Keith Josef Adkins is a screenwriter and playwright. In TV and film, he’s developed a TV pilot with KingSize Productions (Good Wife, Brain Dead) and is currently writing a feature film for James Franco’s production company Rabbit Bandini. Keith’s sci-fi webseries pilot, The Abandon, was launched a few years ago and he has now written the film version titled The First. Keith is also a playwright and his plays have been produced Off-Broadway and regionally.

22 23 OVERSTAND PRESENTS “THE STAND” IN PARTNERSHIP WITH URBANWORLD & GHETTO FILM SCHOOL FRI 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM TIME WARNER CENTER

2 PROJECTS…2 PITCHES…TONS OF POSSIBILITY!

Overstand connects storytellers through strategic advisory and consultative financing. Our approach is simple; we leverage relationships and resources to connect diverse storytellers and financial partners. During THE STAND, creative teams screen a short selection from their project and make a pitch to prospective investors. THE STAND provides a dynamic platform for live exchange for our network of investors and diverse filmmakers.

D-DAYS THE ART OF DYING YOUNG Narrative Feature Interactive / Augmented Reality Writer/Director: Tamika Guishard Director: Shawn Peters Producers: Julius Pryor & Marttise Hill Producer: Barry Cole Synopsis: D-DAYS is a dance driven story of three foster Synopsis: THE ART OF DYING YOUNG is a place kids born in late eighties Brooklyn. They embody the based interactive media tour and exhibition that uses three main paths out of the “hood”…school, (military) augmented reality, virtual reality, and 360 audio to tell service, or the street. While overcoming adversity, the stories of two young men memorialized by murals they are forced to redefine “success: as young adults in the neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant and South who encounter leukemia, post-traumatic stress, and Williamsburg, Brooklyn. It examines the place-making suicidal guilt. Through African rhythms and relationships initiatives of their families, and tells a hyper-local, meta wounds are healed, proving that forgiveness comes in history of their neighborhood through the footprints of many forms. their lives.

THE STAND PROGRAM

OPENING REMARKS PART II Sharese Bullock-Bailey, Overstand THE ART OF DYING YOUNG Creative Team Presents & Pitches Gabrielle Glore, Urbanworld INVESTOR PANEL Leslie Fields Cruz, Executive Director, National Black Programming Consortium PART I Yusef Kassim, Managing Director, Blue Harbour Group, LP D-DAYS Creative Team Presents & Pitches Eliza Licht, Vice President, POV/PBS Tamir Muhammed, Director, Content & Artist Development, Time Warner/OneFifty INVESTOR PANEL Jacob York, Chancellor, Electric Republic Kisha Cameron-Dingle, COO of Ghetto Film School Leslie Fields Cruz, Exec. Director, National Black Programming Consortium RECEPTION Loren Hammonds, Programmer, Tribeca Enterprises Hosted by Ghetto Film School’s program The Roster Tamir Muhammed, Director, Content & Artist Development, Time Warner/OneFifty Jacob York, Chancellor, Electric Republic

24 25 URBANWORLD: BK EDITION SUN 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM BRIC IN BROOKLYN BLURRED LINES: ARTISTRY & ACTIVISM Urbanworld, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertaiment, MoCADA, BRIC, and Jill Newman Productions, will present a conversation with a collection of women representing various vantage points of creativity, each of who approaches their work through an activist lens. These accomplished women will explore and engage in dialogue around their respective journeys as creators, as well as how they manifest activism through their artistic and cultural work in both the community and global arenas.

FEATURED GUESTS

Shola Lynch Award Winning Filmmaker & Curator, Schomburg Center for Research & Black Culture Best known for the feature documentary FREE ANGELA & All Political Prisoners and the Peabody Award winning documentary CHISHOLM ’72: Unbought & Unbossed, Shola Lynch’s body of work feeds her passion to bring history alive with captivating stories of people, places, and events. She also serves as the Curator of the Moving Image & Recorded Sound division of the New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center.

Shantell Martin Visual Artist The work of Shantell Martin is a meditation of lines; a language of characters, creatures and messages that invite her viewers to share a role in her creative process. Part autobiographical, and part dreamlike whimsy, Martin has created her own world that bridges fine art, commercial, and the everyday experience — conversations, objects, and places.

MODERATOR

Allison Davis Associate Artistic Director, Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) Allison Davis is currently the Associate Artistic Director of the Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Arts in Brooklyn. As the daughter of an artist and gallery director, contemporary art has always been a way of life. She has written, produced, and curated across the platforms of exhibition space, television, stage, film, public radio, documentary, commercial broadcast, magazines, and blogs. She holds a BA in Visual and Media Arts from Emerson College and, through a departmental fellowship, an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in Dramatic Writing.

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BLACK CLASS DIVIDE (HBO DOCUMENTARY)

SAT 9:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 BELGIUM / 2016 / 95 MIN / COLOR FRI 5:30PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA / 2016 / 75 MIN / COLOR A 15-year-old girl in a black gang in Brussels must choose Directors: Cinematographer: CLASS DIVIDE highlights the recent effects of hyper- Director: between loyalty and love when she falls for a Moroccan boy Billall Fallah Robrecht Heyvaert gentrification in New York City’s West Chelsea neighborhood, Marc Levin from a rival gang. Adil El Arbi focusing on an intersection where an elite private school sits Principal Cast: directly across the street from public housing projects. The Writers: Aboubakr Bensaihi final film in a trilogy about economic forces affecting ordinary Adil El Arbi Martha Canga Antonio people from director Marc Levin and producing partner Bilall Fallah Daphne Pinkerson (HBO’s Schmatta: Rags to Riches to Rags Hans Herbots and Hard Times: Lost on Long Island) this moving chronicle Nele Meirhaeghe bears witness to the effects of rising inequality and stagnant class mobility. Producers: Bert Hamelinck Frank Van Passel Ivy Vanhaecke

Marc Levin is an independent film producer and director. A pioneer in the art of merging fiction and non-fiction filmmaking, he brings narrative and verite techniques together in his independent films, episodic television and documentaries. Among the many honors for his work, he has won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, the Camera D’Or at Cannes, three National Emmys and four duPont-Columbia Awards. Class Divide BILALL FALLAH is a Brussels-based filmmaker of Moroccan heritage. He studied at the Luca School of Arts in is his 15th documentary film for HBO. Brussels. He directed the short film Broeders and the feature Image with Adil El Arbi.

ADIL EL ARBI is a Brussels-based filmmaker of Moroccan heritage. He studied at the Luca School of Arts in Brussels. He directed the short film Broeders and the feature Image with Bilall Fallah.

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HONEYTRAP (ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT) INSECURE (HBO SERIES)

FRI 8:45PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 UK / 2015 / 94 MIN / COLOR FRI 8:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA / 2016 / 28 MIN / COLOR HONEYTRAP is the harrowing rite-of-passage drama Director: Principal Cast: The half-hour comedy series INSECURE, starring Issa Rae, Director: Principal Cast: inspired by a real-life crime of love, betrayal and murder in Rebecca Johnson Jessica Sula Yvonne Orji, Jay Ellis and Lisa Joyce, looks at the friendship of Melina Matsoukas Issa Rae 2009. Featuring an international cast, the movie stars Jessica Lucien Laviscount two black women and their uncomfortable experiences and Yvonne Orji Sula (Skins, ABC Family’s Recovery Road) Lucien Laviscount Writer: Ntonga Mwanza racy tribulations. Writers: Jay Ellis (Fox’s Scream Queens), Naomi Ryan (GUARDIANS OF Rebecca Johnson Naomi Ryan Issa Rae & Larry Wilmore Lisa Joyce THE GALAXY) and Ntonga Mwanza (LEAVE TO REMAIN). Girlhood and gang culture collide in HONEYTRAP as 15- Producers: Creator/Exec. Producer: year old Layla (Sula) contends with bullying at a new school Sarah Sulick Issa Rae by transforming herself inside and out. The teen’s compulsive Amy Ricker journey for love and acceptance soon becomes fatal in this Executive Producers: cautionary tale based on headline news adapted by writer/ Cinematographer: Prentice Penny director Rebecca Johnson. Annemarie Lean-Vercoe Melina Matsoukas Michael Rotenberg Dave Beck Jonathan Berry Larry Wilmore (consultant) Rebecca Johnson is making her feature film debut with HONEYTRAP on the back of a string of short film successes, including the award-winning Top Girl whichplayed at more than 30 festivals internationally, including Berlin, Rotterdam and Los Angeles, securing several awards before being picked up by Canal+. She is a Screen International Star of Tomorrow.

Over the last 12 years Rebecca has run film projects with young people in Brixton through her not-for-profit company Fierce Productions, drawing inspiration for her writing and building a large support network in the Issa Rae, creator, Executive Producer, and star of INSECURE, has created content that has garnered over 23 local community, invaluable in making HONEYTRAP. million views and 200,000 YouTube subscribers. While Issa has made Glamour Magazine’s “35 Under 35” and Forbes’ “30 Under 30 lists, her hit series, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl was the recipient of the Shorty Award for Best Web Show. Issa’s first book, a collection of short stories, is a New York Times Best Seller.

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QUEEN OF KATWE (CENTERPIECE SPOTLIGHT) SHOTS FIRED (FOX TV SERIES)

THU 7:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 124 MIN / COLOR SAT 7:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2017 / 50 MIN / COLOR QUEEN OF KATWE is based on the vibrant true story of a Director: Principal Cast: When an African-American police officer kills an unarmed Production Companies: Principal Cast: young girl from the streets of Uganda whose world rapidly Mira Nair David Oyelowo white college student, a small town in North Carolina is 20th Century Fox Television Sanaa Lathan changes when she is introduced to the game of chess, and, Lupita Nyong’o turned upside-down. Before the town has a chance to Imagine Television Stephan James as a result of the support she receives from her family and Writer: Madina Nalwanga grapple with this tragedy, the neglected murder of an African- Undisputed Cinema Helen Hunt community, is instilled with the confidence and determination William Wheeler Martin Kabanza American teen is brought to light, re-opening wounds that Richard Dreyfuss she needs to pursue her dream of becoming an international Taryn “Kay” Kyaze threaten to tear the town apart. Executive Producers: Stephen Moyer chess champion. Producers: Ethan Nazario Lubega Gina Prince-Bythewood Tristan Wilds Lydia Dean Pilcher, p.g.a. Nikita Waliga Reggie Rock Bythewood Aisha Hinds John Carls, p.g.a. Brian Grazer Will Patton Francie Calfo Conor Leslie Cinematographer: Clare-Hope Ashitey Sean Bobbitt, B.S.C. Writers/Creators: DeWanda Wise Gina Prince-Bythewood Reggie Rock Bythewood

Mira Nair is an award-winning filmmaker who moves between Hollywood and independent cinema. Nair’s Director: feature film debut, “Salaam Bombay!” (1988), received more than 25 international awards including an Academy Gina Prince-Bythewood Award® Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film and the Caméra d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Nair’s second film, “Mississippi Masala” (1991) won three awards at Venice and a Best Feature Nomination at the Independent Spirit Awards. Her interest in crossing cultures led her to make a diverse range of films such as: “The Perez Family” (1993), “Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love” (1996), “My Own Country” (1998), the documentary short “The Laughing Club of Indiana” (1999), “Monsoon Wedding,” which won The Golden Lion at the 2001 Venice Film Festival, The Golden Globe®-Winning “Hysterical Blindness” (2002), “Vanity Fair” (2004), “The Gina Prince-Bythewood wrote and directed the widely-acclaimed film “Love & Basketball,” which premiered at Namesake” (2006), “Amelia” (2009) and “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” which opened the 2012 Venice Film the 2000 Sundance Film Festival. Prince-Bythewood won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Festival. and a Humanitas Prize for her work on the film. She followed that with the cable film “Disappearing Acts.” In 2008, she wrote and directed “The Secret Life of Bees,” which won two People’s Choice Awards and two NAACP Image Awards.

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THE NEW EDITION STORY (CLIPS & CONVERSATION) TITLE VII (CLIPS & CONVERSATION)

SAT 9:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2017 / COLOR THU 5:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 20 MIN / B&W New Edition laid the foundation for how the modern-day Director: Principal Cast: The CEO of Sanger International, an IT consulting firm, Director: Principal Cast: boy band looks, feels, and sounds. Boyz II Men, N’SYNC, The Chris Robinson Bryshere Gray is powerful and successful Hillary Kelsey. Kelsey is a Black Nicole Franklin Chicava HoneyChild Backstreet Boys, and New Kids On The Block all took their Elijah Kelley woman with no Black employees and no one can figure Fidel Vicioso cues from Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike and Ralph. After 30 Writer: Keith Powers out why—until Darryl Montgomery, her 9:30am interview, Writers: Brian Anthony Wilson years of breaking hearts on the record and from the stage, Abdul Williams Algee Smith enters the firm. On this day filled with an unbelievably awful Nicole Franklin Cal Gladen New Edition finally gets the biopic that their stellar tenure Woody McClain morning that reminds Hillary of her “place” in a racially Craig T. Williams Maria Pusateri in entertainment so richly deserves. This 3-part miniseries Producers: Luke James charged society, a pending account that could make or break Ariel Estrada follows the group from their middle school lunchroom to Jesse Collins Wood Harris the future of a company and a mystery man determined to Executive Producers: Celestine Rae global megastardom - weathering the highs and lows of Valerie Bleth Sharp Dante Hoagland turn Hillary’s world upside down, the events of the film TITLE EPIPHANY Inc. Beata Harju controversy, personnel changes, and the ultimate cost of Brooke Payne Caleb McLaughlin VII illustrate why same-race discrimination can not only ruin Stuart Films John Crandall fame. Ralph Tresvant Myles Truitt a company, but possibly destroy lives. ...in collaboration with Katie Carpenter Ricky Bell Jahi Diallo Winston FDUFilm Lisa Durden Michael Bivins Tyler Williams Nicole Franklin Bobby Brown Michael Rapaport Sam Barden Ronnie DeVoe Tank Emelyn Stuart Johnny Gill Faizon Love Carl Gilbert, Jr. Sandi McCree Lisa Durden Cinematographer: Yvette Nicole Brown Karsten “Crash” Gopinath LaLa Anthony Cinematographer: Lisa Nicole Carson Cybel Martin Monica Calhoun Bre-Z Duane Martin Nicole Franklin is an award-winning filmmaker. Through her 25 years in the industry Nicole has been a television director, editor, educator, and contributing writer to such publications as The Good Men Project, Toronto-based ByBlacks.com and NBCBLK. For seventeen years, her company EPIPHANY Inc. has been producing independent films for numerous cable networks including Showtime, BET, IFC, Nickelodeon, Sundance Channel, FUBU TV and kweliTV. Robot Films Founder/Director Chris Robinson is a prolific, highly sought-after director in the industry. He’s Producer/Director of BET’s award-winning comedy ‘Real Husbands of Hollywood’ starring Kevin Hart and In addition to the narrative feature on same-race discrimination in the workplace, TITLE VII, Nicole’s other credits include most recently BET’s ‘New Edition mini-series’. The Double Dutch Divas!, Journeys In Black: the Jamie Foxx Biography, Kids Around the World, Black Enterprise Business Report, Gershwin & Bess: A Dialogue with Anne Brown and the 10-chapter series Little Brother.

Robinson’s resume includes Warner Bros. feature film ‘ATL’ which launched the acting careers of rapper T.I. and Nicole’s affiliations include Directors Guild of America (DGA), Producers Guild of America (PGA East), IBEW,The Evan Ross. Music videos for Beyoncé, Alicia Keys, Rihanna, Jay Z and commercials for Kodak, iPod, Coca-Cola, National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), The Black Documentary Collective (BDC) and New York Women in Film etc. & Television (NYWIFT).

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A SILENT NIGHT AMERIKKKA

SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 UK / 2016 / 13 MIN / COLOR SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 11 MIN / COLOR Rosie discovers her husband has been unfaithful. Her life Director: Principal Cast: “Amerikkka” tells the story of a young African American girl’s Director: Principal Cast: quickly spirals out of control leaving her emotions in turmoil Gino Ricardo Green Cat Simmons plot for revenge against the men who murdered her father Sheila Wilson Khloe Richardson as she leaves her marital home, taking her two small children, Jeffery Kissoon during a time of segregation and racism. When protesting and Aaron Christensen Kieran and Kyla with her. The siblings are propelled into a life Writer: Joshua Vaughan secret meetings aren’t enough, our main character resorts to Writer: Frances Wilkerson of poverty as their mother adjusts to life as a single parent. Gino Ricardo Green Ella Cadby violent tactics. Completely enraged by the cycle of violence, Lauren Kilbane Rosie enters a world of uncertainty and hardship in an Jay Sentrosi our main character risks her life to get justice how she sees unforgiving Inner-City London. In these heartbreaking final Producers: Denese Ricketts fit. In the end, she must decide if she is going to go through Producer: scenes, the film reveals what it really means to become a Gino Ricardo Green (Executive) with her plan or put an end to the cycle of violence that has Kip Knight victim of your own circumstances. Noir Paris LA (Executive) consumed her people. Heather Basten (Co-Producer) Cinematographer: Daniel Bailey (Co-Producer) Steven Turco Black Apron Entertainment Ltd, Jeremy Zimmermann (Casting Dir.)

Cinematographer: Glen Matthews Sheila Wilson is a Screenwriting Fellow at the AFI Conservatory. She’s also a recent graduate of Columbia College Chicago, where she received her BA in Cinema Art + Science with a concentration in Directing. Her passion for filmmaking stemmed from theater, where her plays SCARS and ASHES AND POSY were published- -and the latter produced--by the Actors Theatre of Louisville New Voices Young Playwrights Competition.

Gino Ricardo Green is a London based film director and writer. Having grown up in South London, Gino settled on a path to study the craft of filmmaking. One of his highlights since includes an interview with Michael Sheen for the BBC, after being recognised as an emerging talent. After writing and directing his solo directorial debut, ‘A Silent Night’, he is now building a recognisable style of authentic storytelling around simple human experiences.

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HUSH LOVED LIKE THIS

SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2015 / 14 MIN / COLOR SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 10 MIN / COLOR When a young ballerina performs as little red riding hood, Director: Principal Cast: A young woman is pulled between her girlfriend and religious Director: the line between art and life blurs, and a real monster looms. Whitney Clinkscales Isabella Iannuzzi grandmother. Christopher Lewis Dawkins As opening night approaches, she finds herself wanting to James Rich confide in a fellow dancer, but also afraid of the consequences. Writer: Ian Bossung Writer: Whitney Clinkscales Christopher Lewis Dawkins

Producer: Producers: Brian Knight Taylor Jett Robert Patton-Spruill (Executive Producer) Cinematographer: Jeremy Donaldson Cinematographer: Caitlin Brown Principal Cast: Penélope de la Rosa Amber Marie Sheila Nutt Whitney Clinkscales is an African-American filmmaker from Binghamton, New York. Whether it was singing, Jasmine Robinson dancing, or playing a few instruments, her background in performance fueled her desire to learn more about the different mediums artists use to tell stories. It was truly behind the camera and on the page where she found herself. She hopes to continue making films rooted in the richness of diversity and social justice, and inspired by the magic of imagination.

Christopher Lewis Dawkins is a visual artist and filmmaker from Rockaway Beach, NY. His love for people informs his lens as he delves into the complexities of human relationships and identity. He aims to shine light on the beautiful things we often ignore. Christopher is currently based in Boston where he splits his time working on music videos, short films, photography and video art. He earned his B.A. in film production at Emerson College.

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MADARAN THE BENCH

SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2015 / 10 MIN / COLOR SAT 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 6 MIN / COLOR An Iranian mother must decide whether to end or spare the Director: Principal Cast: There is more than meets the eye in this random encounter Director: Principal Cast: life of her son’s killer. Rayka Zehtabchi Mary Apick on a park bench. Cameron Burnett Judah McFadden Nick Shakoour Harwood Gordon Writer: Nina Nayebi Writers: Rayka Zehtabchi Shary Nassimi Alonso Alvarez Barreda Cameron Burnett Producers: Avery Regen Producers: Nicholas De Bellis Alonso Alvarez Barreda Mehrdad Sarlak (Executive Producer) Tomas Cordoba

Cinematographer/Editor: Cinematographer: Sam Davis Tom Campbell

Cameron Burnett was born in Los Angeles California. Starting from a young age he began making short films Rayka Zehtabchi is an Iranian-American film director based out of Los Angeles. She is graduate of USC’s with his friends. Since then Cameron has gained critical acclaim from his short films placing him in more than School of Cinematic Arts. Her passion is telling real stories about real people. 20 film festivals around the world. He is currently studying Film and Television Production at the prestigious University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts.

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72 HOURS: A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY? CHEE AND T

SAT 2:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 87 MIN / COLOR THU 10:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 80 MIN / COLOR Caesar Winslow, 18, is the charismatic leader of his crew. Director: Principal Cast: Two Silicon Valley debt collectors, Chee and T, are tasked Director: Principal Cast: Unlike his friends, he has a chance to leave Brooklyn and Raafi Rivero Melvin Mogoli with getting their boss’ nephew, Mayunk, presentable by Tanuj Chopra Dominic Rains attend a prestigious university. But he’s got big problems. Andrea Rachel day’s end for his engagement party. Unfortunately, handling Sunkrish Bala His girlfriend dumped him, and guys in the neighborhood Writer: Erinn Westbrook Mayunk proves to be anything but simple. He’s hyperactive, Writers: Asif Ali are already lining up to take his crown. Torn by his desire to Raafi Rivero (Based on a short Bilal N’dongo brash, and something of a drugged out nut case. Tanuj Chopra Noureen DeWulf experience a new world and fear of leaving the only world film by Bilal N’dongo) David Shaw Chee Malabar Rebecca Hazlewood he’s ever known, Caesar has 72 hours to steel himself. Enrique Andreas Karan Soni Producers: Producer: Bernard White Vincent Harris Sohini Sengupta Scott Rogers Stephanie Williams Himanshu Suri Cinematographer: Cinematographer: Smokey Nelson Shawn Peters

Tanuj is an award winning film and TV director based in Los Angeles. His first feature PUNCHING AT THE Raafi has directed numerous short films, music videos and adverts. His directing credits include work for major SUN premiered at Sundance and Tribeca in 2006. Variety called the film “A display of talents that’s distinctive, national brands and non-profits. Mr. Rivero has worked under water and high in the air, in public housing and original and iconoclastic.” Tanuj holds a BA from Brown University and an MFA in film direction from Columbia in five-star hotels. Raafi is also an accomplished writer, having penned award winning screenplays as well as University. He’s also an elite 3 point shooter. He’s currently participating in the FOX Global Director’s initiative. opinion pieces that have appeared in august publications, including the New York Times.

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DESTINED LUCKY

FRI 8:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 95 MIN / COLOR FRI 10:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 89 MIN / COLOR “Destined” explores the power of the individual, the idea of Director: Principal Cast: Lucky is an undocumented immigrant hustling to get by and Director: Principal Cast: destiny, and unforeseen consequences of everyday choices. Qasim Basir Cory Hardrict saving for a green card marriage. Mechanic by day and car thief Bari Kang Bari Kang One Man, (Cory Hardrict) exists in alternate realities. “Sheed” Jesse Metcalfe by night, he provides for his family. When his partner in petty Alfredo Diaz has earned his stripes on the streets and runs a drug empire. Writer: Rob Riley crime disappears, Lucky naively befriends a local drug dealer, Writer: Natalia Zvereva “Rasheed,” a college graduate, works at an architectural firm. Qasim Basir Margot Bingham pulling him deeper into the NYC underworld. Lucky soon finds Bari Kang Galla Borowski As they navigate their respective worlds, they face similar Zulay Henao himself in over his head, forcing him to take extreme action. Obaid Kadwani dilemmas: Will they build up their neighborhood, family, Producers: Hill Harper Producers: Pooya Mohseni community, or destroy them? Tommy Oliver La La Anthony Monica De Oliveira Codie Oliver Bari Kang Rick Rosenthal Matt Rattner Cinematographer: Saro Varjabedian Cinematographer: Carmen Cabana

Bari Kang is a resident of Queens, NY. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and has worked with independent producers to package and develop international feature films. Ultimately, Bari decided to pursue Qasim Basir is an award-winning filmmaker. Qasim created a short film series, THE INSPIRATION OF BARACK, his creative passions in front of and behind the camera. Instead of competing for a handful of opportunities for which Qasim received the “Inspirational Filmmaker of the Year” award from the Memphis Black Writers available to minorities in the industry, he would create. Bari wrote, directed and starred in “Lucky,” his feature Film Festival. Qasim’s feature MOOZ-lum, which stars Nia Long, Evan Ross & Danny Glover received great film debut. Lucky was completed in 2016 with a fully ethnic cast. Currently Bari is developing film and TV critical acclaim. content centered on marginal anti-heroes. Bari is self-taught and influenced by the work of Melville, Scorsese and Tarantino. Most recently, Destined, which Basir wrote & directed, won Qasim a Best Director award and Cory Hardrict, Best Actor at the American Black Film Festival.

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MY B.F.F. NO REGRETS

FRI 6:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 150 MIN / COLOR SAT 7:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 91 MIN / COLOR When five year old Marni lost her mother, she was Director: Principal Cast: Roman (Joseph) has asked flight attendant girlfriend Nina Director: Principal Cast: devastated, but thankfully her BFF, Gemma, was always by Greg Carter Ainsley Bailey Thomas (Calhoun) for her hand in marriage twelve times Mark Harris Monica Calhoun her side. Ten years later, Marni’s ecstatic that her mother’s Khail Bryant in their twelve-year relationship. Each time she has rejected Brian White favorite poet will be teaching at an distinguished Arts Magnet Writers: Malik Yoba his offer. Frustrated with the lack of progression in their lives, Writer: Sharon Leal School. Gemma gets accepted, however Marni’s father has Greg Carter Meta Golding he decides to give a final ultimatum to be wed, and accept Mark Harris Elise Neal neglectfully missed the registration deadline and the school Richard Scott C. Thomas Howell whatever she decides, but vows to never ask again. Afraid Caryn Ward Ross now only has seats left for “diverse” candidates. Realizing Sean Patrick Thomas that she may lose him, Nina finally accepts his proposal. Producers: Loretta Devine that her dreams may disappear, Gemma convinces Marni Producers: Golden Brooks Nina’s best friend Tammy rants that she is making the biggest Dan Garcia to do something drastic. Things go awry, but the girls learn Dominique Telson Billy Sorrells mistake of her life, especially since Roman is the only guy Jackie Christie a valuable lesson about race, politics and friendship in this Greg Carter Junie Hoang Nina has been intimate with. Tammy suggests that Nina have Maddy Garcia poignant, yet tender, ‘coming of age’ comedy. Blake Dang a little fun and experience another man before she gets Veronica Rodriguez Cinematographer: K.D. Aubert married. Nina mocks the idea, but the fun and games spiral Honesty Edwards Daphne Qin Wu Jalene Mack into reality when she meets the handsome Quincy (White) while working in Los Angeles. A routine layover spins into a Cinematographer: night full of adventure, passion, hard decisions and discovery. Adam Lee

A native of Houston and graduate of Texas A&M University, he studied under Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Gordone, and later under Professor Brian Huberman at Rice University. He was awarded with a Institutional grant from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences for outreach programs at the MFA Mark Harris was raised in the Englewood community on the South Side of Chicago. Theater goers, BET, Houston. Respected Urbanworld alumni, Greg was inducted into the Texas Filmmakers Hall of Fame in 2006. Centric, and NetFlix film lovers enjoy Mark Harris films including, “Stock Option,” “My First Love,”and “Black He’s represented by Stuart Manashil of the William Morris Agency. Coffee.”

Mark has worked with actors including: Loretta Devine and Brian White. Mark is the founder of 1555 Films and the Englewood International Film Festival which is held in Chicago. He uses the festival to inspire youth and adults towards film careers.

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SEPULVEDA SHE’S GOT A PLAN

THU 7:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA / 2016 / 82 MIN / COLOR SAT 4:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 94 MIN / COLOR On a lazy Sunday, three twentysomething lifelong friends Directors: Principal Cast: SHE’S GOT A PLAN is a dramedy about Isis Angelo, an Directors: Principal Cast: decide to travel the entire 72 miles of the longest street Jena English Kristina Elena Amaya aspiring writer-director who is beginning to realize that her Fatima Washington Fatima Washington in Los Angeles but end up having their friendship tested in Brandon Wilson Karla Jovel dreams may never come true. Isis struggles to make her Corey Johnson Paula Jai Parker unexpected ways. Leslie L. Reyes mark in Hollywood while trying to stay honest to the bigger Charles Malik Whitfield Story: picture: her life. Will she find “success” in the industry? She’s Writer: Johnny Three Nutz Jena English given herself 30 days to make it happen. This is a hilarious and Sunspot Jonz Faizon Love Brandon Wilson poignant film that showcases the intersection of class and Golden Brooks culture in Hollywood. Producers: Chris Williams Producers: Fatima Washington Kellita Smith Jena English Corey Johnson Brandon Wilson Cinematographer: Cinematographer: Rob Poswall Jena English

Fatima Washington is a multi-talented filmmaker, director and actor that began her professional directing career as a music video director while simultaneously pursuing a film degree at USC Film School. She is a former on-air film contributor for the Al Jazeera America Network. Among Washington’s commercial credits is an innovative short film profiling actor Denzel Washington and numerous unscripted shows on A&E, BET, NBC, PBS, TV One and Lifetime.

Johnson aka Sunspot Jonz is part of the world famous Living Legends hip hop crew. He toured the world Jena English & Brandon Wilson are Los Angeles based filmmakers. Their first feature “The Man Who Couldn’t...” played the festival circuit in extensively where he came up with the many ideas for his movies. Johnson has written over 17 feature length 2005. Ms. English studied studio art at Spelman College. Mr. Wilson studied film at UCLA. scripts, directed two feature films and over 25 music videos.

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A MOVING IMAGE BROTHERHOOD

FRI 9:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 UK / 2016 / 72 MIN / COLOR SAT 10:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 UK / 2016 / 105 MIN / COLOR A Moving IMAGE is a multimedia feature film about Director: Principal Cast: First there was Kidulthood, then Adulthood, now comes Noel Director: Principal Cast: Gentrification in Brixton, incorporating fiction, documentary Shola Amoo Tanya Fear Clarke’s last installment “Brotherhood”. With Sam facing up Noel Clarke Noel Clarke and performance art. We follow Nina, a young stifled artist, Hussina Raja to the new world he realises that it also comes with new Jason Maza as she returns to her community after a long absence - she Writer: Aki Omoshaybi problems and new challenges that he must face and he will Writer: MIchael “Stormzy” Omari is soon painted as a symbol of gentrification. As she struggles Shola Amoo Yinka Oyewole require old friends to help him survive new dangers. Noel Clarke Arnold Oceng with her own complicity, we follow her mission to create a Shanika Warren-Markland piece of art that can bring her community together. On her Producer: Producers: Cornell John journey we speak to real people affected by Gentrification in Rienkje Attoh Noel Clarke Brixton, blurring the line between reality and fiction. Jason Maza Cinematographer: Gina Powell Felix Schmilinsky Maggie Monteith

Cinematographer: Aaron Reid

Shola’s last film Touch played at The New Voices in Black Cinema Festival 2014 and The London Short Film Festival 2014. It won Shooting People’s Film of The Month competition; chosen by Oscar nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and toured the UK as part of The BFI’s Sci-Fi season. Shola is currently Noel Clarke is a BAFTA-winning English actor, director and screenwriter from London. He is best known developing feature projects including a drama called “The Last Tree” and a Sci –fi project called “Dome”. for his feature film “Kidulthood”, which he wrote and starred in and sequel “Adulthood”, which he wrote, directed and starred in. “Adulthood” took over £1.2 million in its opening weekend in the UK out-grossing “The Incredible Hulk” and “Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull”, before going on to gross £3.3 million domestically in the UK.

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DAR NOIR GIDI BLUES

THU 9:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 TANZANIA / 2015 / 102 MIN / COLOR AND B&W SAT 2:15 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 NIGERIA / 2016 / 103 MIN / COLOR A narcotics cop who moonlights as a heroin addict, finds Director: Cinematographers: Akin is an indulged playboy from an affluent family who Director: Principal Cast: redemption and a future in a sassy working girl who sees the Hamadi Mwapachu Alexander Elibariki accidentally meets an interesting beauty in an unpredictable Femi Odugbemi Gideon Okeke gentle, loving man within, if only he can escape the darkness place. Nkem is a beautiful, confident but unusual young lady Hauwa Allahbura that keeps pulling him down. Writer: Principal Cast: who devotes herself to her work as a community volunteer Writer: Banky W Hamadi Mwapachu Hamadi Mwapachu in the belly of the city’s worst slum. Their encounter drags Femi Odugbemi Lepacious Bose Sabrina Muya Akin into a whirlwind experience that unravels his world. Daniel Lloyd Producers: Juma Nkwabi Producers: Tina Mba Hamadi Mwapachu Generali Ulimwengu Femi Odugbemi Bukky Wright Rose Mwapachu Taiwo Egunjobi Aduke Wayne Reay Original Music: Julian Gordon Hastings Cinematographer: Lanre Olupona

Hamadi attended the London and International School of Acting, working with Brian Lidstone, Alkis Kritikos and Timothy Ackroyd. Hamadi confesses, his acting style is a blend of his teacher’s various approaches.

For many years, Hamadi was based in London where he pursued a career in acting. He appeared in numerous Femi Odugbemi is a filmmaker, photographer and producer. His works celebrate the rich diversity of the african plays, as well as a couple feature films including Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist. (Directed by Paul Schrader). experience with award-winning titles that have won the 2010 African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), the Always wanting to create his own work, his first piece was ‘El Trabajo De Dois’, a short film he wrote and 2009 Abuja International Film Festival prize for best film (MAMA PUT) and the 2010, United States National directed and was produced by his mother, Mrs Rose Mwapachu. Black Programming Consortium’s AFROPOP Prize for Documentary. He’s received the 2013 prestigious Excellence in film Award of the Society of the Performing Arts of Nigeria (SPAN). Hamadi returned to Dar es Salaam in 2012 following the passing of his brother Harith and became intrigued with writing about his experiences in Tanzania. The result was “Dar Noir”, the first feature by Hamadi and Rose Mwapachu under their “WaRose Productions” banner.

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LA GRANJA LIKE COTTON TWINES

SAT 2:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 PUERTO RICO / 2015 / 101 MIN / COLOR THU 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA/GHANA / 2016 / 101 MIN / COLOR A promising young boxer, a barren midwife and a fat kid Director: Principal Cast: An American volunteer takes a teaching job in a remote Director: Principal Cast: with a bike: three intersecting stories about the pursuit of Angel Manuel Soto Amneris Morales African village where he meets a Tuigi, 13-year-old girl who Leila Djansi Jay Ellis happiness and its unanticipated consequences during the Cesar Galíndez is to become Trokosi. A practice of religious sexual slavery. Miranda Bailey economic collapse of the island of Puerto Rico. Writer: John García Accepting of her fate, Tuigi’s only desire it to be able to write Writer: Ophelia Dzidzornu Angel Manuel Soto Henry Osso her GED. Leila Djansi Yvonne Okoro José R. Colón David Dontoh Producers: Yulie Padilla Producers: Luckie Lawson Angel Manuel Soto Marco Carlos Cintrón Akofa Djankui Adrianne Franciscus Whitney Valcin Dave Harper Cinematographer: Amanda Marshall Sonnel Velazquez Cinematographer: Pietro Villani

Born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. Son of a car salesman and a flight attendant. Studied architecture and advertising. Always loved films. Now he makes them. Ghanaian-American filmmaker Leila Djansi began her filmmaking career in Ghana at the age of 19. She worked her way to the US on an artistic honors scholarship to study at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Since 2009, Leila has consistently made movies for women, about women and employs diversity behind and in front of the camera. Her credits include Ties That Bind, Where Children Play, Sinking Sands and most recently, Like Cotton Twines.

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BEATBOX, BOOM BAP AROUND THE WORLD DADDY DON’T GO

SAT 10:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 FRANCE / 2015 / 55 MIN / COLOR SAT 6:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2015 / 87 MIN / COLOR BEATBOX BOOM BAP AROUND THE WORLD takes us Director: Principal Cast: Captured over two years, “Daddy Don’t Go” is a feature Director: Principal Cast: in the four corners of the Beatbox planet, lead by the artists Pascal Tessaud Alem length documentary about four disadvantaged fathers in Emily Abt Alexander Charles who thrill the international stage. This unique trip alongside BMG New York City as they struggle to beat the odds and defy Nelson Serrano Rahzel and Kenny Muhammad in New York, Flashbox, Alem Writer: Alexinho the deadbeat dad stereotype. Producers: Roy Puntervold and BMG in France, to the Berlin’s world championships, Pascal Tessaud Doug E; Fresh Emily Abt Omar Kennedy reveals a blooming and singular art form, as well as its Keryn Thompson ancestral roots. Producer: Suzette Burton Nadège Hasson Andrew Nam Chul Osborne Omar Epps Malik Yoba

Cinematographer: Andrew Nam Chul Osborne

Pascal Tessaud was born in Paris. After studying Literature, Cinema and Philosophy at Nanterre University, he worked 3 years at Saint Denis in an association before starting directing films. He has done several short films (Noctambules” in 2003, with the Palestinian actress Hiam Abbass, “L’Ete de Noura” in 2005, “Facies” in 2008, “Slam, ce qui nous brule”) and features such as “Brooklyn” in 2014. Selected as one of Variety Magazine’s ‘Top 10 Directors to Watch’, Emily Abt is a critically acclaimed filmmaker dedicated to creating fiction and documentary projects with social issue themes. She has produced and directed documentaries for PBS, OWN, MTV, Showtime, Starz and the Sundance Channel. Her first narrative feature “Toe to Toe” premiered in the Dramatic Competition at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and was lauded by New York Times critic A.O. Scott.

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JEWEL’S CATCH ONE MARTHA & NIKI

SAT 12:30 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA / 2016 / 84 MIN / COLOR SAT 5:15 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 SWEDEN / 2015 / 93 MIN / COLOR “Jewel’s Catch One” documents the oldest Black owned disco Director: Principal Cast: Swedish dancers, Martha Nabwire and Niki Tsappos, Director: Principal Cast: in America and establishes the legacy of businesswoman, C. Fitz Sharon Stone made history as the first women to win the finals of the Tora Mkandawire Mårtens Martha Nabwire activist, and healer, Jewel Thais-Williams, who stood up against Sandra Bernhard prestigious street dance competition, Juste Debout. Taking Niki Tsappos hate and discrimination for 42 years. The story of Jewel Writers: Thelma Houston this as a point of departure, the film follows these two Writer: and “The Catch” celebrates four decades of music, fashion, C. Fitz Thea Austin women on a professional and emotional journey towards Tora Mkandawire Mårtens celebrity, and activism that helped change the course of our Tracy Mercer Evelyn “Champagne” King self-realisation on their own terms, navigating this male- country by breaking down racial, social, and cultural barriers. Pat Branch Bonnie Pointer dominated space where their beings as black women and Producer: One of the original safe spaces for both the LGBT and Black Gene LaPietra belonging are contested. Their bond and trust in one another Tora Mkandawire Mårtens communities, The Catch also served as a refuge for many Producers: Al Von seems unbreakable. As time passes and the story unfolds during the AIDS crisis. As her club grew to become known C. Fitz Jewel Thais-Williams in Stockholm, Paris, New York, Havana and Johannesburg Cinematographers: as the “unofficial Studio 54 of the West Coast,” Jewel became Tracy Mercer Representative Maxine Waters it becomes clear that both dancers envision very different Erik Vallsten a national model for how to combat discrimination and Stephanie Lincoln Jenifer Lewis (Black-ish) paths for themselves. Martha & Niki is a deeply moving story Niklas Nyberg serve the less fortunate. The film is a lush visual and musical Carmen Quiros about the fragility of friendship. Senay Berhe journey highlighted by exclusive interviews with Sharon Tora Mkandawire Mårtens Stone, Thelma Houston, Evelyn “Champagne” King, Madonna, Associate Producers: Sandra Bernhard, Thea Austin, Jenifer Lewis, Representative Pat Branch Maxine Waters and Bonnie Pointer. CCH Pounder narrates Paul FitzGerald this historically important film. Cinematographers: Garrett Benson Tora Mkandawire Mårtens was born in Stockholm in 1978 and has a background as a still photografer. Her C. Fitz first film “TOMMY” that was competing at Berlin Film Festival in 2008. Her two latest feature documentaries Abe Martinez “Martha & Niki” and “Colombianos” screened and won awards at film festivals all around the world. including the 2016 Durban Film Festival, 2016 Tempo Documentary Festival, 2015 Nordic Panorama Film Festival, 2013 Sean Flannery Krakow Filmfestival, 2013 Doc Leipzig, and the 2012 Hamptons Filmfestival.

Creator, director, writer, producer – C. Fitz is a television and marketing veteran who recently has produced million hit social media branding wonders. With an extensive background in developing original content and creating high-end marketing and social media campaigns all over the world, Fitz has become an innovative producing pioneer in both the entertainment and advertising industries.

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THE REVIVAL MOVIE: WOMEN AND THE WORD UNTIL 20

SAT 7:45 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 10 USA / 2015 / 82 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2015 / 84 MIN / COLOR Four gifted queer black women (singer-songwriter Be Director: “Until 20” is about the inspirational life of James Ragan who Directors: Principal Cast: Steadwell, spoken-word artists T’ai Freedom Ford and Sekiya Dorsett was diagnosed with cancer at age 13. In his own voice, this is Geraldine Moriba Meadows James Ragan Jonquille Rice, and poet-founder Jade Foster) hit the road James’ journey as a promising young golfer trying to save the Jamila Paksima Gloria Ragan for a seven-date tour as they share their fear, love, loss and life of the next child before his own time runs out. Mecklin Ragan vision with audiences across the U.S. Director Sekiya Dorsett Writers: Jim Ragan lets us be a fly on the wall in this honest and inspirational James Ragan Jack Nicklaus homage to the socially influential salon gatherings of the Geraldine Moriba Jim Nantz Harlem Renaissance. Thomas Morstead Producers: Winston Huh, M.D. Geraldine Moriba Valarae Lewis, M.D. Jamila Paksima

Cinematographers: Born in Nassau, Bahamas, Sekiya Dorsett is a queer filmmaker giving voice to issues of equality. In 2008, her Christopher Beauchamp first film, Wisdom and Understanding, a short experimental film, made its debut at NewFest Film Festival. In Steve Buckwalter 2009, her short, Sisters, a story about a lesbian woman struggling to reconcile with her mother, screened at Austin LGBT Film Festival. By day she is a Writer/Producer/Editor, where she has created work for LOGO TV & NBC Universal. Geraldine is a five-time Emmy award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker. She is currently an executive producer with CNN’s original program development team and the vice president of diversity and inclusion for CNN Worldwide. Geraldine has also won an Alfred I. DuPont Award, two Peabody Awards, two RTNDA-Unity Awards, and two National Association of Black Journalists First Place Documentary Awards.

Jamila is a two-time Emmy Award nominee and an independent documentary filmmaker, video director, and journalist. Some of her awards include three prestigious Webby Awards, a RFK Journalism 1st Prize in Domestic Television Broadcast, the CINE Golden Eagle and the OMMA Awards for Best Medical Animation Series.

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BALCONY CLASS 15

THU 7:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 UK / 2015 / 17 MIN / COLOR THU 7:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 UK / 2016 / 13 MIN / COLOR In a neighborhood rife with racial tension, a local girl falls for Director: Principal Cast: A cordial parents evening at a secondary school descends Director: Principal Cast: a recent immigrant who is the victim of prejudice and shame. Toby Fell-Holden Charlotte Beaumont into accusations and chaos when a teacher finally meets the Dean Leon Anderson Sharon Duncan-Brewster Genevieve Dunne mother of his difficult student. Anthony Houghton Writer: Umit Ulgen Writer: Sophia Hall Toby-Fell Holden Simon Meacock Dean Leon Anderson Natalie Caswell Producers: Mika Simmons Producers: Ali Mansuri Hebe Beardsall Shereen Billings Tom Kimberley Jack O’Connor Dean Leon Anderson Cinematographers: Cinematographer: Yana Rits-Cairns Brian Fawcett Davey Gilder

Toby Fell-Holden is a writer-director based between New York and London. He holds a Columbia Film MFA Dean Leon Anderson is a writer/director. He has directed a series of short films, which have screened and a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University. His short BALCONY won a Crystal internationally. Dean was selected to take part in the 2015 B3 Media TalentLab programme, where he Bear at the 66th Berlinale. LITTLE SHADOW, his thesis film, was long-listed for a BAFTA and nominated by developed his short screenplay Class 15. The film was executive produced by Marc Boothe and supported by the Casting Society of America (CSA) for an Artios. He’s written for director Ramin Bahrani. Toby is currently Creative Skillset. Dean is currently working on a slate of original feature film projects, including a feature length working on his first feature. screenplay for Class 15.

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FLOWERS SUGAR

THU 7:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 18 MIN / COLOR THU 7:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 USA / 2016 / 20 MIN / COLOR A revenge plot spirals out of control as two Brooklyn teens Directors: Principal Cast: “Sugar” is the story of Charlie and Mimi, a mother-daughter Director: Principal Cast: maneuver a Summer day they’ll never forget. Nikyatu Jusu Amee Apedo pair facing a harsh new reality - Alzheimer’s Disease. After Dime Davis Elle Johnson Yvonne Michelle Shirley Belle LeGrand being away for quite a while, Charlie returns home to Wendy Raquel Robinson Grant Tambellini find that the one person she can’t live without has quickly Writer: Terrence Colby Clemons Writers: deteriorated into a woman she hardly knows. Through tears, Dime Davis Erica Lynn O’Keith Nikyatu Jusu laughter, stirring memories, and a collection of vinyl records, Zoe Fletcher Yvonne Michelle Shirley Charlie struggles to hold on to the Mimi she once knew. Producers: Elle Johnson Producers: Joenique C. Rose Nikyatu Jusu Yvonne Michelle Shirley Cinematographer: Daniella Nowitz Cinematographer: Jamal Solomon

Dime Davis is a Texas-bred filmmaker who has penned scripts for major players such as Lionsgate, Centric Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American filmmaker whose short films have played at festivals nationally TV, and TBS—and has directed and produced original content for Lifetime, Xbox, and Getty Images. With and internationally garnering her various awards. Presently, Nikyatu is in development on her feature film each project, she strives to tell raw, authentic stories showcasing females and minorities. Most recently, as part FLOWERS, which she is co-directing with Yvonne Shirley. The short film precursor to the feature premiered of AFI, she wrote and directed SUGAR, an acclaimed short film premiering this summer. Currently, Dime is at the 2016 American Black Film Festival where Flowers took home the prize for the HBO Short Film developing SUGAR into a feature length script. Competition. This is her 3rd short film acquired by HBO.

Yvonne Michelle Shirley is a Brooklyn based filmmaker and graduate of NYU’s Graduate Film Program. While there, her work garnered various awards, including a Warner Brother’s Production Grant and a Tisch School of the Arts Department Fellowship. Her narrative short film,Saturday Morning Blues, toured festivals around the country. Her short film Flowers (co-directed with Nikyatu Jusu) won the HBO Best Short Film Award at the 2016 American Black Film Festival.

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THE SUIT

THU 7:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 12 SOUTH AFRICA / 2016 / 29 MIN / COLOR Based on the acclaimed short story by banned South African Director: Principal Cast: journalist Can Themba, “The Suit” is set in 1950s Sophiatown, Jarryd Coetsee Tony Award-winner John Kani Johannesburg, against the backdrop of the apartheid regime’s Atandwa Kani forced removals under the Group Areas Act. “The Suit” tells Writer: Phuthi Nakene the story of Philemon who discovers his wife, Matilda, in bed Jarryd Coetsee with a lover. The lover flees, leaving behind his suit. Philemon devises a cruel punishment, forcing Matilda to treat the suit as Producer: a guest who must eat with them, go on walks and accompany Luke Sharland them to church. The story is a powerful metaphor for the impact of oppression on personal relationships. Cinematographer: Briony Sam Macleod

Jarryd Coetsee is a South African screenwriter/film-maker. Coetsee was born in Pretoria and holds a MA Degree in Screenwriting from the London Met Film School based at Ealing Studios, where he studied on a scholarship from the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust. Jarryd also holds a MA Degree in English Studies (cum laude) from the University of Stellenbosch. Prior to this, he studied film-making at AFDA in Cape Town. “The Suit” is his first professional film.

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[RE] DEFINED AFTER THE STORM

FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 11 MIN / COLOR FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 14 MIN / COLOR Jae and Jess are from Brooklyn and have been friends since Director: Principal Cast: A busy mother tries to connect to her imaginative son in Director: Principal Cast: the 5th grade when their weirdness brought them together. Danae Grandiso Adjah John the wake of familial turmoil. “After The Storm” looks at those Jessica Oyelowo Gugu Mbatha-Raw Jae, who is now 13 years old, is awkwardly making his Sage Spielman affected most by a struggle that’s bigger than them all. Chiké Okonkwo way through adolescence, and feeling the weight of being Writer: Caresse Gordon Writer: Caleb Oyelowo understood. He meets the new girl Elisa who appears to Danae Grandison Jesse Means Jessica Oyelowo stir up the friendship. Jae is confused by Jess and what she is Cathy Salvador going through until she speaks her truth. Producer: Producers: Eva Minemar Jessica Oyelowo David Oyelowo Cinematographer: Jenna Pfefferle Edward A. Herrera Cinematographer: Samuel Sullivant

Jamaican born Danae Grandison is an independent filmmaker based in Brooklyn. She started her career in design and advertising which only set the stage. She won the Audience award for her SVA short titled “Unconditional Love” in 2012. Now a recent graduate with a Masters in Directing from School of Visual Arts she completed her thesis short she wrote and directed titled [Re] Defined. Since Danae continues to work British actress, Jessica Oyelowo, found her directing legs while making the upcoming documentary “Becoming with accomplished directors like Bob Giraldi. King”. She has been working professionally in TV, Film and Theater since 1997 and simply loves to tell good stories that are close to her heart. Having chewed the ear off of every director and cinematographer she ever worked with she finally took the plunge into writing and directing her own narrative tale with After The Storm.

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BLESSED MRS. NEBILE’S WORMHOLE

FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2015 / 23 MIN / COLOR FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 GERMANY | TURKEY | USA / 2016 / 14 MIN / COLOR When Kiona, a Native cop, is torn between her desire to Director: Principal Cast: If walls could talk… Bored with her own domestic routine in Director: Principal Cast: be a mom and being a good cop after suffering another Jennifer Derwingson DeLanna Studi Southern Germany, a middle-aged Turkish housewife digs a Pınar Yorgancıoğlu Jale Arıkan miscarriage, her mother tells her that Kiona’s body knows Daniella Garcia secret tunnel into the house next-door. Tim Seyfi the choice she made but the Great Spirit will bless her with a Writer: Julia Vera Writer: baby, but not until she’s ready. Kiona lies and says she doesn’t Stacey Parshall Jensen Reginald Vaughn Watkins Pınar Yorgancıoğlu want to be a mom. KT, is a young girl running from her Ken Lally criminal boyfriend, with his thugs hot on her heels. When she Producer: Aleksandr Sountsov Cinematographer: arrives at Kiona’s with evidence and a request, both Kiona’s John Hermann Ryan Barry Michaels Jonas Schneider maternal and professional skills kick in to save her family. Elizabeth Frances Cinematographer: Time Winter Producers: John Orphan Sarah Seulki Oh Aleksandra Todorovic Nina Schwarz

Jen earned a MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts and a Student Emmy for Comedy for her thesis film, Roadside Assistance. She is also a graduate of the Walt Disney Screenwriting Fellowship. Her short films include supernatural thriller, Yellow Wood and Leash, which played in the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Short Film Pınar Yorgancıoğlu is a New York based Turkish filmmaker, a co-founder of Makarna Film, and a Columbia Corner. She is a writer/producer/director on the Syfy Network series, Z Nation, and is developing original University alumni. Her previous shorts attracted a wide range of international audiences in festivals and venues, pilots and her feature directorial debut. including the Palm Springs International and Antalya Golden Orange. Her last film is a recipient of the German Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg grant. Her first feature “The Fourth Season” is in pre-production.

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SECOND WORDS VICTOR XX

FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 11 MIN / COLOR FRI 5:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 SPAIN / 2015 / 19 MIN / COLOR As an aging farmer tries to cook his late wife’s beloved Director: Principal Cast: Victor likes to experiment with his gender. He doesn’t know Director: Principal Cast: meatloaf, a mysterious young woman threatens to upend his Jake Hull John Beasley if he feels like a boy or a girl. He lives in a small seaside village Ian Garrido Alba Martínez memories (of the recently departed.) TammyRa’ Jackson in Almeria, with his mother Mari Angeles and his girlfriend Shei Benzidour Writer: Rahma. Once in the town, protected by anonymity, he Writer: Yolanda Cruz Samuel Laskey discovers himself. But secrets do not last forever and Victor Ian Garrido Roser Tapias will have to face his mother and girlfriend in order to stand Producers: up for the real image reflected in his mirror. Producers: Dan Falk Ariadna Terribas Justin Mark O’Brien Raúl Arranz

Cinematographer: Cinematographer: Joel Froome Sandra Formatger

Jake Hull was born and raised in Wahoo, Nebraska where he still lives with his wife and children. After Ian Garrido was born in Granada in 1988. In 2014 decides to transiting, the year that coincides with the end graduating from the University of Nebraska in 2008, he established AB Productions, a company dedicated to of his studies in film directing at the ESCAC and also with the shooting of his two final projects of career: independent storytelling in his home state. Since then, he has directed two features and four shorts. Jake’s most televison series pilot called “QUEER” and a short fiction film “VICTOR XX” premiered at Cinefoundation recent project Second Words won Best Nebraska Short at the 2016 Omaha Film Festival. (Cannes) and awarded with the third prize.

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BIRD

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2015 / 9 MIN / COLOR A college track star training for the Olympics is accused of Director: Principal Cast: a crime. Booker T. Mattison Roderick Bradford Zeus Campbell Writer: Tony Wade Booker T. Mattison

Producers: Courtney Jackson Booker T. Mattison

Cinematographer: Beecher Reuning

Booker T. Mattison wrote and directed the film adaptation of Zora Neale Hurston’s classic story “The Gilded Six Bits,” which aired on Showtime. Mattison’s sophomore novel Snitch received a starred review in Publishers Weekly. Mattison received his MFA in film and television from New York University and his bachelor of science in Mass Communication from Norfolk State University. Currently, he is an associate professor of Film Studies and English at Hampton University.

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BORN IN BATTLE BURIED DEEP

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 SWITZERLAND / 2015 / 20 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 10 MIN / COLOR Oneka, a former 12 year old child soldier escapes into his Director: Principal Cast: A couple tries to find a winning lottery ticket in the middle Director: Principal Cast: own fantasy, a world far away from his nightmarish present. Yangzom Brauen Roland Kilumbu of a blizzard. While trying to find a small slip of paper, in knee Tim Naylor Zainab Jah The life he seeks fades the tighter he grips. Fantasy twists Krystel Roche deep snow, under relentless conditions, tensions flare. But Michael Stahl - David back to reality; in front of his family, he has to make a choice Writer: Aaryanna Nelson when the possibility of finding it actually becomes a distinct Writer/Producer: - life, death, and the path that decision will take him. Yangzom Brauen reality, mistrust and opportunism give way to greed then Tim Naylor treachery. It’s the only film shot entirely in New York City’s Producers: biggest snowstorm on record, The Blizzard of 2016. Cinematographer: Yangzom Brauen Gustavo Bechini Daniel Stanca Gerold Wunstel

Cinematographer: Alexa Ihrt

Born to an English father and a Filipina mother, Tim made his way to NYC to attend NYU’s Graduate Film Program. He then worked as a cinematographer on numerous indies. When he heard a blizzard about to hit NYC this year, he decided to make a film. With only 72 hours to write, cast and shoot in a snowstorm on a budget of breakfast, lunch, and a round of drinks, he made “Buried Deep”. Yangzom Brauen, is a Swiss-Tibetan actress, director and writer who studied at the University for Theater and Music in Berne, Switzerland. With her latest short film “Born in Battle”, she won the Audience Award at the Max Ophuels Preis 2016 as well as at the Landhuts Short Film Festival. She received the prestigious UNESCO Enrico Fulchignoni Award and the UNESCO Gandhi Medal at the Fribourg Film Festival in 2016.

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CHAMELEON I RISE

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 CANADA / 2015 / 18 / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 12 MIN / COLOR Aiden is an undocumented migrant from Ireland living in Director: Principal Cast: “I Rise” is a short film inspired by Andra Day’s song “Rise Up” Director: Principal Cast: Toronto. Labouring under the table, Aiden does his best to Reza Dahya Jim Watson that tells the story of trailblazing African-American women Yoruba Richen Andra Day make a living and pass as a Canadian while trying to land an Supinder Wraich who create, inspire and transform. The film features singer Brandice Daniel office job. When his girlfriend, Poorti, falls ill, he is forced to Writer: Parveen Kaur Andra Day, New Orleans Councilwoman LaToya Cantrell Producers: Kimberly Goldson choose between risking his deportation and getting her the Chris Cromie Dewshane Williams and entrepreneur Brandice Daniel. Angela Tucker Latoya Cantrell emergency medical attention she needs. Cara Ricketts Umut Ozaydinli Producer: Rosemary De Los Santos Josh Ary Cinematographers: Mike Vargas Cinematographer: Shawn Peters Kevin C. W. Wong DJ McConduit

Rez is known for his work as host and producer of OTA Live on FLOW 93.5 FM in Toronto. After transitioning Yoruba Richen is an award - winning documentary filmmaker whose films include The New Black and Promised into film, his short FIVE DOLLARS (2013) premiered at TIFF Kids, screened internationally and aired on CBC’s Land. The New Black won best documentary at the Urbanworld Film Festival and was nominated for an “Canadian Reflections”. A 2014 alumnus of the Canadian Film Centre’s Cineplex Entertainment Directors’ Lab, NAACP Image Award and a GLAAD Media Award. Yoruba is a featured TED Speaker and a Guggenheim Rez completed the short film CHAMELEON (2015) with writer Chris Cromie and producer Josh Ary and is Fellow. She is a 2016 recipient of the Chicken & Egg Breakthrough Filmmaker Award. developing a slate of feature films.

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LILLY’S SECRET OLDE E

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA | ITALY | KOREA / 2016 / 10 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 14 MIN / COLOR Apparently, Lilly has no reason to be disappointed in life. Director: Principal Cast: “Olde E” follows Demarkus Jackson, a high school basketball Director: Principal Cast: Tonight she can’t sleep. She takes a pregnancy test for the Emanuele Michetti Deukyun Hwang player from South Central Los Angeles, who puts his life Xavier Burgin Kent Faulcon umpteenth time. A few weeks earlier in the middle of a crisis, Lee Way Lang at risk, when he comes home for revenge on his drunken, William Russ she had an affair, seeking a missing connection. She has to Writer: Lisa Sperry abusive father. Writer: Mike Wade make a choice. Whatever it will be, it is something that will Emanuele Michetti Tiara Marshall Trestin George change her life, forever. Mack Miles Producers: Producers: Emmanuel King Emanuele Michetti Jenna Cavelle & Jacob Eben Scotty Tovar Deukyun Hwang Associate Producers: Executive Producer: David Liu Dana Riveccio Kelley Kali Chatman Dorje Immanuel Cinematographer: Emanuele Michetti Cinematographers: Adam Linzey Mario Rodriquez

Award-winning Italian filmmaker, he mainly focuses on social issues such as mental illness, loss, addictions, climate change, and prisoners’ rights. His stories are mostly about lonely, young people and the way they relate to each other in modern times. His films has been screened at festivals such as Cannes Film Festival and Turin Xavier Burgin is a USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni. Xavier’s work has been accepted into The Student Film festival. Born and raised in Rome, Italy, he currently resides in New York City. Academy Awards, HBO’s Short Competition, and The Raindance Film Festival. He’s a Ryan Murphy Half Foundation Fellow, has attained a 40,000+ following on social media for his stories, films, and social issue driven dialogue. Xavier strives to bring an emotionally, powerful aesthetic through drama, and a pleasantly gut-aching, hilarity through comedy.

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A GENTLEMAN ALWAYS

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2013 / 7 MIN / COLOR “A Gentleman Always” is the story of Lucius (Elie), an African Director: Principal Cast: American teen full of angst from his mother and father’s Drue Metz Jéan Elie abandonment and abuse, who is forced to move in with Myles Cranford his wise, patient, grandfather (Cranford). Lucius, who has Writer: stolen his grandfather’s car simply to get attention — even Drue Metz more complex, to seek punishment from his grandfather resemblance to his father or mother, is instead met with a Cinematographer: reckoning of lesson and love by his grandfather, who gracefully Golnor Fakhrai empowers Lucius with what it is to be a gentleman.

Drue describes his life as doing one of three things: writing, directing or hustling. Living in Los Angeles, he has written, directed or contributed to over 80 films and videos to date. Among these, Drue directed part of James Franco‘s feature film adaptation of DON QUIXOTE and is currently writing/directing content for Swanky Flicks & Replay Collective.

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LECHE ON TIME

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 12 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 8 MIN / COLOR Nina, a 9 year-old outcast girl with albinism, finds herself the Director: Principal Cast: Renee Johnson, a mother living in South Central LA, must Director: Principal Cast: target of a jealous classmate’s witch hunt. Gabriella Moses Ava Clarke make a difficult decision when she’s late for her job interview. Xavier Burgin Inger Tudor Dasani Nunez Araija DaCosta Writer: Jessica Pimentel Writers: Kevin Craig West Gabriella Moses Massiel Mordan Xavier Burgin John Marrott Tiara Marshall Louis Baker Producers: Kathy Goral Raven Jensen Producers: Meredith Riley Anchorlight Tony Ducret Amani Starnes Sydney Buchan Kendra Cole Erica Hart Tim Astor Shelley Cheung Angelica Lopez Davide Sorasio Associate Producers: Cinematographer: Jenna Cavelle Davide Sorasio Mario Rodriguez

Cinematographer: Mario Rodriguez

Gabriella A. Moses is a director, writer and production designer based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. She was one of the Hispanic Coalition of NY’s 2015 Rising Latino Stars. She also served as a Shadow Director for the 2015 ABC Diversity Showcase. “Leche” is her third short film and is Xavier Burgin is a USC School of Cinematic Arts alumni. Xavier’s work has been accepted into The Student in development as a feature. Most recently it was accepted into the 2016 Sundance Creative Producing Labs. Academy Awards, HBO’s Short Competition, and The Raindance Film Festival. He’s a Ryan Murphy Half Foundation Fellow, has attained a 40,000+ following on social media for his stories, films, and social issue driven dialogue. Xavier strives to bring an emotionally, powerful aesthetic through drama, and a pleasantly gut-aching, hilarity through comedy.

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PEACE THE POLICY SAMARIA

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2015 / 10 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2015 / 30 MIN / COLOR One afternoon, Keith awaits his cousin, Keagan, who is late as Directors: Principal Cast: In the wake of a devastating hurricane, Rose, a young white- Director: Principal Cast: usual to go play basketball. During the ride, the two jokingly Kervin Marseille Jelani Jeffries collar worker, works tirelessly to put back together the Kiel Adrian Scott Katie Wren Whitty roast one another and discuss sneaker releases. Suddenly, William Leonard Romeo Willis pieces of her broken life. Having lost everything in the storm, Demetrius Grosse they are startled by a honk from an impatient driver who Reggie Altidor Rose, now homeless, must hide her indigence from those she Writer: Alex Courtney decides to drive past them, nearly causing collision. Keagan Writers: Felicia Gorham works for and her employment from those she lives with, Kiel Adrian Scott Barry Fisher reacts pigheadedly by tailgating the other driver, disregarding Kervin Marseille withholding who and what she is to survive. Tatyana Ali Keith’s pleads to stop. After a respite from the adrenaline, William Leonard Producers: their conversation is cut short by police lights and sirens that Kiel Adrian Scott fill their car. What unfolds next is a familiar scene that we’ve Producers: Devin Landin gotten too comfortable witnessing. Kervin Marseille Lilas Randrianarivony Executive Producers: William Leonard Cara Harrison Daniels Herreast Harrison Cinematographer: Rob Williams Justin Frabasile Marcie Jastrow Richard Jastrow Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah

Cinematographer: Alan Blanco

Kiel Adrian Scott’s films have aired on HBO, PBS, and BET, screened internationally, and won several major film festival awards and honors. Kiel recently collaborated with his mentor Spike Lee as a co-writer on Lee’s video Kervin Marseille and William Leonard were involved in film as teenagers, creating content for their church’s youth conferences. William game joint, NBA 2K16’s Livin’ Da Dream. Kiel’s latest film, Samaria, won a 2015 D.G.A. Student Film Award pursued a Degree in Communication Media Arts; Kervin, in Human Services and Digital Filmmaking. Collaborations ranging from music and was a finalist in the Student Academy Awards. Samaria is a short film adaptation of Kiel’s feature length videos, commercial work and short films increased their knowledge and passion. Networking through internship and fellowship programs screenplay, Epilogue. gave them opportunities like working with actor, Gbenga Akinnagbe, on “Stop and Frisk,” a piece that premiered on TEDx.

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THE JUMP UNIVITELLIN

SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 7 MIN / COLOR SAT 12:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 13 USA / 2016 / 16 MIN / COLOR Eric, a curious and jubilant child, believes that water is magical. Director: Principal Cast: A modern-day Romeo and Juliet meet on a city bus. Of course Director: Principal Cast: In the water there is nothing he can’t do. But a life-changing Jamal Hodge Matthew Jenkins they fall head over heels in love. Life is great when you’re Terence Nance Aminata M’Bathie encounter with bullies at a pool serves as a harsh reality Bianca LaVerne Jones in love however, unfortunately, your fate has already been Naky Sy Savané check. Still haunted by the experience as an adult, only one Writer: Eric Lockley sealed. A classic story in a far-from-classic, fresh, colourful and Writer: Badara N’Gom brave act can assure Eric that magic still exists and that Eric Lockley Bryan Bencivenga exceptionally effective reworking. Terence Nance Mama Faso perhaps the magic has been inside of him all along. Kobi Frumer Producers: Benton Greene Producer: Eric Lockley Yohann Cornu Jamal Hodge Cinematographer: Cinematographer: Shawn Peters Adam Richlin

Jamal Hodge is an award-winning filmmaker whose mission is to create genre films with characters of color in Terence Nance is an artist born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He comes from a family of artists and artsy types. leading roles. He enjoys tackling social taboos in a Hitchcockian manner and making audiences feel extreme He made the films An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Sundance 2012) and Swimming in Your Skin Again emotions. Featured at Cannes, Sundance and the Tribeca Film festivals among others, Hodge has taught many (Sundance 2016). He also makes music, and installations, and friendships. Terence currently resides in Bed Stuy at-risk youth at DCTV, The COVE, and Mythic Bridge. He’s working on the feature film The Kind Ones and his but that might not last too long because the rent is too damn high. first novel Child Of Change.

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AND NOTHING HAPPENED MAST QALANDAR

SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 16 MIN / COLOR SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 INDIA / 2015 / 15 MIN / COLOR A young woman struggles to get through her morning Director: Montek, a Sikh boy is about to turn thirteen. Whilst tying his Director: Principal Cast: routine in the wake of a surreal occurrence. Naima Ramos-Chapman turban in the morning his mother asks him what he wants Divij Roopchand Mohammad Samad for his birthday. He doesn’t respond. If he tells her what he Ekavali Khanna wants, she won’t let him have it. Writer: Rajesh Tailang Divij Roopchand

Producer: Nikolai Hamel

Cinematographer: Naima is an artist born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Self- and community-taught, she makes documentary shorts, multi-media projects, acts, dances, and writes. AND NOTHING HAPPENED is Naima Ramos- JP Garcia Chapman’s directorial debut. She hoped the film with add to the continuing conversation on the emotional cost and aftermath of sexualized violence. It premiered at the 2016 Slamdance Film Festival.

After having made three short films, I went to the London Film School in September 2012 to study Masters in Film Making. Over the past three years I have studied film writing and directing comprehensively and made and worked on numerous short films. My graduation film, Mast Qalandar, set in New Delhi is about a twelve- year-old boy who takes matters into his own hands to get what he wants.

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ONE PER PERSON POST LIFE

SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 11 MIN / COLOR SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2015 / 14 MIN / COLOR Two fast food employees duel over who can give away the Directors: Editor: Haunted by her memories of the past, Cheryl McIntosh is Director: Principal Cast: most free chicken samples and attract the most customers Nasheet Zaman Kendra Pasker having a difficult time coping with the anniversary of her Salli Richardson-Whitfield Erica Ash to their stand. Jacquelyn “Jac” Piette daughter’s tragic death. Her mother, Diane, thinks it’s time Vanessa Bell Calloway Technical Supervisor: to move on. As the two women confront each other, they Writer: Original Story: Tom Craigen Jr. are forced to face their own burdens of guilt and shame. Will Nikki Love Nasheet Zaman they be able to move forward and heal before it’s too late? Composer: Producers: Writers: Jake Walker Nikki Love Nasheet Zaman Salli Richardson-Whitfield Jacquelyn “Jac” Piette Executive Producer: Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi Melissa Nemcek Brian L. Tan “BLT” Executive Producers: Jerwana Hill Calvin Roberts William Lugo Yvonne Lugo Nasheet Zaman has worked at Sony Imageworks, Rhythm and Hues, and Disney. Her credits include Beowulf, Life of Pi, Tangled, Wreck-It Ralph, Frozen, and Big Hero 6. Currently, Nasheet is a Key Lighting Artist at Arc Cinematographer: Productions. Keith Smith

Salli Richardson-Whitfieldis an industry veteran of over 30 years. With her roots in acting, she has successfully branched into directing. She directed episodes of the Syfy hit, “Eureka” was accepted into the SONY diversity Jacquelyn “Jac” Piette has worked at Disney, DreamWorks, Sony Imageworks, Blue Sky Studios, Digital Domain, program for directing and most recently directed 2 episodes of Ava Duvernay’s “Queen Sugar”. She has and MPC. She is presently a full-time MBA student at Boston College. earned the gift of longevity and will continue to grow and expand her medal in the entertainment industry.

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SLUMFLOWER THREE MINUTE WARNING

SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 USA / 2016 / 20 MIN / COLOR SAT 3:00 PM AMC EMPIRE 42ND ST. AUD 9 UK / 2016 / 12 MIN / COLOR An urban ‘Little Prince’ fights off the world that’s crashing Directors: Principal Cast: In Palestine, a 14 year old girl named Mariam cares for her Director: Principal Cast: down on him as he protects a flower he grew in a community Augustus-Tremaine Romeo Jeremiah Nuamah disabled mother. One night, an Israeli “knock-on-roof” bomb Iqbal Mohammed Mimi Nali garden in the housing projects. Nicole Taylor-Roberts Christina Jackson is dropped onto their building allowing them only three Shamime Ibrahim Chad Gittens minutes to escape before it is demolished. Writer: Writer: Joekenneth Museau Iqbal Mohammed Augustus Tremaine Romeo Producer: Cinematography: Alex Gibbons Robert Dume Cinematographer: Producers: Jack Shelbourn Nikki Taylor Roberts Josh Kissi Travis Gumbs We Are Not Pilgrims

In February 2012, Iqbal wrote his first feature film; Little Flowers of Africa, a drama depicting the AIDS epidemic in South Africa. Iqbal has since written and directed three short films. Iqbal believes in making films that have Augustus-Tremaine Romeo is a Brooklyn born writer, producer. Cofounder of We Are Not Pilgrims, Romeo’s an impact on peoples lives. If he can’t speak about the subject passionately then it becomes unbelievable. He influence has helped form strong collaborations with creative agencies like Street Etiquette, Appointed as will forever push the the boundaries to tell stories that are deemed controversial. Creative Director of the Carlos Lezama Archives & Caribbean Cultural Center, Romeo is in pre-production of “Washington & Atlantic,” a feature documentary chronicling the organization.

Nicole Taylor-Roberts is an award-winning writer-director, producer whose work has screened at major festivals (Santa Barbara, Cannes, Sundance) and has been recognized by the NAACP, ABC-Disney and NYWIF. Her narrative feature film in development, “A Girl from Haiti” was invited to the National Association of Latino Independent Producers Diverse Women in Media Residency Lab 2015.

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Korin D. Huggins is Head of Television for Will Packer Productions. In this position, she is responsible for Lisa Cortés was the Executive Producer of the Academy Award and Sundance winning film, Precious. Her developing comedy and drama projects through the company’s first look deal with Universal Television. films (Shadowboxer, The Woodsman, Kwaku Ananse, Happy Birthday To A Beautiful Woman) have received Huggins is a Co-Executive Producer for the 2016 Emmy® nominated Roots, a remake of the 1977 over 70 international awards and nominations. She co-directed and produced the documentary, Imagine A miniseries that is one of the most celebrated TV programs of all time. Most recently, she was Co-Executive Future. Her most recent productions include Double Play, a film directed by Ernest Dickerson and The Tale Producer for the ABC sitcom Uncle Buck starring Mike Epps and Nia Long and NBC’s Truth Be Told starring of Four, directed by Gabourey Sidibe. Prior to her film career, Cortés was one of the driving forces behind Mark-Paul Gosselaar. Huggins will also oversee the BET series Being Mary Jane starring Gabrielle Union the launch of Def Jam Records. She was Vice President of Artists and Repertoire at Mercury Records, that will air in late 2016. Prior to joining the company, Huggins served as Director of Drama Development where she discovered and produced albums with many multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning artists. at Warner Bros. Television Studios, where she developed and sold projects to the five major broadcast Cortés also founded and served as President of Loose Cannon Records, a subsidiary of Polygram Records. networks. LISA E. DAVIS TILANE JONES Partner, Entertainment Group, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein+Selz Executive Director, ARRAY Lisa Davis is a partner in the entertainment group representing businesses and celebrities in the film, television, publishing, music, theatre, and sports industries. She advises on a full range of transactional Tilane Jones is the Executive Director of ARRAY, a film distribution collaborative focused on filmmakers of matters focusing on independent films (both narrative and documentary), unscripted television production, color and women. ARRAY has distributed thirteen feature films since 2011 including Ava DuVernay’s award live stage and branded entertainment. She has served as counsel on such documentary films as Black winning MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, Andrew Dosunmu’s RESTLESS CITY, Storm Saulter’s BETTER MUS’ Panther, Free Angela, and The Black List, and narrative features such as classic Spike Lee films Malcolm X, COME, Neil Drummings’ BIG WORDS, and Haile Gerima’s ASHES AND EMBERS. Jones is also Manager and Jungle Fever. Lisa is the Board Chair for the Urbanworld Film Festival Foundation. of Production for Forward Movement, serving as a producer on all of the company’s visual product. Her film credits include: Ava DuVernay’s MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, THIS IS THE LIFE, I WILL FOLLOW, 828 PROJECT and SELMA. Acclaimed fashion and beauty films for Prada and Fashion Fair with THE DOOR and SAY YES, respectively. Her television credits include: BET’s Black Girls Rock, My Mic Sounds Nice, along with FELICIA PRIDE John Legend Interludes Live, Essence Music Festival 2010, and ESPN Films’ Venus Vs. Director of Independent Film, Tugg

Felicia Pride is an entertainment professional with more than fifteen years of experience. She’s currently GINA REYES the Director of Independent Film at Tugg, a distribution platform. Prior, she collaborated on media projects, Director, Fox Audience Strategy specializing in audience development for films like Slavery by Another Name, Middle of Nowhere, and Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth and has worked with organizations like Participant Media, PBS, and NPR. As a creator, Gina Reyes started her career in Hollywood at International Creative Management talent agency in the Felicia wrote and produced the short film The End Again and has written a narrative feature currently in Motion Picture Production department. After ICM, she had the opportunity to work with Salma Hayek at development. She’s a co-producer on the documentary Souls of Black Girls Too! and is the author of seven her newly formed production company, Ventanazul, where Ms. Hayek had a film development deal with books including the essay collection The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop’s Greatest Songs. MGM. At Ventanzul, Gina sought out intellectual property for potential film development and also had exposure to the television space in working with Ms. Hayek’s TV production company, Ventanarosa, where she had an overall deal with ABC Studios. After four years at Ventanazul, Gina landed at 20th Century Fox Film as a Creative Executive in film development and recently made the move to the Audience Strategy group at Fox Broadcasting Company where she manages all creative efforts including the Fox Writers Intensive and the Fox Global Directors Initiative.

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Poppy Hanks is SVP of Development & Production at MACRO and manages the company’s multiple film Dori Begley currently serves as Co-Executive Vice President of Magnolia Pictures. After joining the and television projects. Most recently, she was an executive producer on Sundance Film Festival’s 2016 Company as Director of Acquisitions in 2007, she served as SVP of Acquisitions from 2011 through 2016. Next selection The Land, released by IFC Films in July 2016. Hanks is also co-executive producer of the Begley’s purview now includes domestic sales for the 15-year-old distributor’s growing library along with upcoming Paramount film Fences, directed by and starring Denzel Washington. Hanks is also executive development of new distribution initiatives for alternative content and continued involvement in acquiring producer of Mudbound, directed by Dee Rees, starring Carey Mulligan, Jason Clarke, Mary J. Blige, Rob titles for Magnet Releasing, Magnolia Home Entertainment and Magnolia International. Recent releases Morgan, Jason Mitchell, Garrett Hedlund and Jonathan Banks. The veteran filmmaker has worked with a include Sean Baker’s Tangerine, Crystal Moselle’s The Wolfpack, Albert Maysles’ Iris, to name a few. Begley wide range of prolific writers and directors throughout her 20 year career. Previously, Hanks was Senior began her career with Sony Pictures Classics in 2000 where she acted as the Manager of Acquisitions Vice President of Production for Tyler Perry’s 34th Street Films. through 2006 working on an eclectic, prestigious slate of award winning titles from renowned filmmakers around the world. TAMIR MUHAMMAD Director, Content & Artist Development, Time Warner Inc. JACQUELINE GLOVER SVP, HBO Documentary Films As Director, Content & Artist Development for Time Warner Inc., Tamir Muhammad is responsible for a new digital initiative that creates meaningful ways for today’s content creators to further engage Time Jacqueline Glover is SVP, HBO Documentary Films, for Home Box Office, responsible for overseeing the Warner’s divisions (Warner Bros., HBO, and Turner Broadcasting) with the company’s longstanding focus on development and production of documentary films. Most recently, Glover served as supervising producer the development of the next generation of storytellers. Prior to joining Time Warner Inc., Tamir was the VP, for the Oscar winning documentary short Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1. Other recent projects include Content Development for Tribeca Enterprise’s Digital Studios overseeing the development of content ideas the Academy Award® nominated short Redemption; the Emmy Award nominated Gloria: In Her Own for production and distribution. Tamir also served as the VP, Film, TV, and Online Programming for several Words; the Peabody Award-winning If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise from Spike Lee; the Academy years at the Tribeca Film Institute, where he oversaw funding and development of projects by established Award nominated films China’s Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province and The Witness: From and emerging filmmakers. the Balcony of Room 306; the Emmy Award-winning Teddy: In His Own Words; as well as the high-profile documentary A Family Is A Family Is A Family: A Rosie O’Donnell Celebration. MARIA ZUCKERMAN SVP, HBO Films ANGELA NORTHINGTON SVP, Content Acquisitions, RLJ Entertainment & Urban Movie Channel Maria is SVP HBO Films, where she is responsible for overseeing the development and production of original movies for the network. She recently worked on Looking: The Movie, the feature-length conclusion Angela currently oversees the acquisition of content for the company’s urban division, as well General to the acclaimed HBO series of the same name. Additionally, she recently worked on the award winning Manager of the company’s own proprietary subscription VOD platform UMC - Urban Movie Channel HBO Films Bessie, about legendary Blues singer Bessie Smith, starring Queen Latifah. In 2013, she oversaw (www.UrbanMovieChannel.com), launched by RLJ Chairman and BET founder Robert L. Johnson. The Stephen Frears’ Emmy nominated film Muhammad Ali’s Greatest Fight, the one-man-show Mike Tyson: subscription channel specializes in video on demand content for African American and urban audiences. Undisputed Truth directed by Spike Lee, and Mary and Martha, starring Oscar winner Hilary Swank. Emmy Angela joined RLJE from REVOLT TV, the music network founded by Sean “Diddy” Combs, which launched and Golden Globe winner Grey Gardens is also among her acclaimed film credits. in the fall of 2013, introducing music-oriented content to REVOLT’s audience of young adults. There, she served as VP of Content Licensing & Acquisitions. Prior to REVOLT, Northington held previous positions at Codeblack Entertainment, Simmons Lathan Media Group, and Urban Entertainment (Time Warner).

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ZOLA MASHARIKI ANDRE HARRELL EVP & Head of Original Programming, BET Networks Vice Chairman, REVOLT

Zola Mashariki is currently Executive Vice President and Head of Original Programming at BET Networks, Andre Harrell serves as Vice Chairman of REVOLT Media & TV. An entertainment powerhouse with where she oversees original programming for both BET and CENTRIC Networks. Prior to BET Networks, credentials spanning film, television, music and branding, Harrell has helped influence and create urban Zola spent 15 years at Fox Searchlight Pictures as Senior Vice President of Production. Ms. Mashariki has and millennial culture around the world. In this role, Harrell oversees the REVOLT Music Conference been responsible for a number of feature films, including The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (and its sequel), (RMC), which welcomed 70 speakers and hosted 800 attendees during October 2015 in Miami Beach, Never Let Me Go, The Last King of Scotland, The Secret Life of Bees, The Savages, The Namesake, In America, FL. For four decades, Harrell has been one of the leading entertainment entre-preneurs and cultural Antwone Fisher, and Brown Sugar. She received the Achievement award from the African-American Film ambassadors of our time – as a member of the early 80s pioneer rap duo Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde; a film Critics Association, the Mosaic Woman Trailblazer award, and she is also on Ebony magazine’s “Power 100” and television producer; founder of Uptown Records; Chairman of Motown Records; and founder of Nu list. America advertising agency.

ROBI REED SARAH SNEDEKER BET Networks SVP, Production & Development, REVOLT FILMS

Robi Reed’s career has spanned over 30 years with more than 50 films to her credit, including Soul Food, Sarah Snedeker oversees production and development for REVOLT FILMS, a Sean Combs Company. The Best Man, and Set It Off. Reed’s first studio film came with Spike Lee’s School Daze, followed by Jungle REVOLT FILMS, based primarily in Los Angeles, is a multi-faceted production company specializing in Fever, breaking out two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, Samuel L. Jackson and Halle Berry. Reed’s Television developing, producing, and financing films and original television content. Past credits include the critically credits include Oprah Winfrey’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, In Living Color, A Different World and Roc. acclaimed documentary, Undefeated, which won an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature in 2012; She cast Beyoncé Knowles in her first acting roles in MTV’s Carmen and Paramount Pictures’ The Fighting Dope, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival; and Lawless, which was Temptations. Reed joined BET Networks as VP of Talent and Casting for Original Programming, where she nominated for Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and won the Hollywood Film Awards. Sarah is currently oversees all scripted and non-scripted shows for the network, including The New Edition Story and the overseeing six feature film projects and three TV programs that are in various stages of development. successful series Being Mary Jane.

JEREMY PIKSER BILLE WOODRUFF VP, Writer’s Guild of America East / Award-Winning Writer Film & TV Director Jeremy Pikser is the co-writer of the film Bulworth, for which he won the LA Critics Award, as well as Bille’s distinct searing visuals have earned him a special place in the industry. Known for his high-quality style Oscar, Golden Globe and Writer’s Guild nominations for best screenplay. War, Inc., a satire about US and heartfelt storytelling, he has directed some of the most memorable videos for artists such as Lil’ Wayne, policy in the Middle East, which he wrote with Mark Leyner and John Cusack, premiered at the Tribeca Enrique Iglesias Britney Spears, Celine Dion, R. Kelly, Nas, among many others. Bille’s foray into feature Film Festival in 2008. He is currently writing John Doe 4 with Ian Grody for Madbrook Development, films was Universal Pictures’ Honey, starring Jessica Alba and Mekhi Phifer. He has also directed hit films and recently completed a comedy Me 2 with Mark Leyner. Currently, he is Vice President of the Writer’s like Beauty Shop, Addicted, & the Perfect Match. His television directing credits include over 10 episodes of Guild of America East, and teacher of graduate screenwriting at Johns Hopkins University. He taught a the series The Game, the VH1 two-hour backdoor pilot, Drumline: A New Beat, the sequel to the hit film, screenwriting workshop at NYU from 1999 to 2012 and has regularly served as a creative advisor to the Drumline & episodes of the new hit VH-1series, Hit The Floor. Sundance Screenwriter’s Lab, and the Laboratorio de Guionistas in Mexico.

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LIKE COTTON TWINES SEPULVEDA DAR NOIR THEATER 10 (105) (82) (100)

TITLE VII FIRST LOOK: SHORTS PROGRAM 1 CHEE & T THEATER 12 CLIPS & (98) (80) CONVERSATION (60) THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 22

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72 HOURS: A BROOKLYN YOUNG FILMMAKERS THEATER 13 SHORTS PROGRAM 4 LOVE STORY? SHOWCASE NO REGRETS BROTHERHOOD (91) (87) PRESENTED BY REVOLT (91) (105) (66)

Spotlight Narrative Documentary Shorts Screening Schedule Screening Feature Feature Program

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