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SAVAGES, SERVANTS, AND SPECIALTY ACTS
Directed by Michael Dennis (US 2020 50:00).
Savages, Servants and Specialty Acts (2020 - Work-In-Progress) Slavery never ended. It is time we break the chains! While the physical enslavement of Africans may have been abolished in the US in 1865, the mental enslavement of Blacks worldwide continues. Savages, Servants and Specialty Acts, demonstrates how Black Identity is largely dictated by The White Imagination. Using rare film clips and archival footage, Film historian Charles Woods demonstrates how we were indoctrinated into a belief system of White Supremacy and Black Inferiority through the use of the motion picture and perpetuates itself in all mass media. From the Tarzan movies of the 1930s to Black Panther and Queen & Slim, the subversive tricks still exist—even when Black filmmakers are in control.
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DWAYNE’S WORLD
Directed by Geno Dimaria (US 2020 22:49). Trailer.
On June 17, 2015, white supremacist and domestic terrorist Dylann Roof murdered 9 members of Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, SC. On August 4, 2016, Roof was assaulted and beat unconscious by fellow inmate Dwayne Stafford. This is Dwayne's story.
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UNGUBANI (WHO ARE YOU?)
Directed by Booker T. Mattison (US 2019 15:44). TW: Domestic Violence
The story of a young black man who puts himself at risk to save a young white woman in distress. A powerful tale of identity, perception, and race with a literary leitmotif.