Online Screening Info: Available to view 10 am on June 21 through 12 am on June 23.
A STORY OF FAITH AND RESOLVE: BOSTON'S BLACK NATIVITY
Directed by Karen McKeen. (USA 2020, 11:10)
COMMUNITY. CREATIVITY. LEGACY. A Story of Faith explores the rich artistic and cultural history of this majestic production and the story of one woman's determination to bring arts education and a center for the expression of African American culture to Boston during one of our nation's most tumultuous times.
Presented with the Local Voices Rise shorts film program.
TOGETHER--6 FEET APART
Directed by Jay Paris. (USA 2020, 23:50)
Together -- 6 Feet Apart, twelve artists share their stories through movement and poetry on a basketball court in Boston's largest and most troubled public housing development during COVID as a statement to move audiences past the intellectual issues of the racial divide to emotional places where racism resides for blacks, browns and whites.
Presented with the Local Voices Rise shorts film program.
ROXBURY LOVE STORY
Directed by Exodia Demosthene. (USA 2020, 07:38)
When love was king, religion and the arts housed our comfort zones. But this was a time before bombings and the freedom rides, a time for medicine and magic, too. Adolescence may bring rejection and adventure, but wisdom brings you a wife.
Presented with the Local Voices Rise shorts film program.
EIGHT WHEELS
Directed by Drew Powell, Ryan Everitt, Adrian Gibbons. (usa 2020, 20:60)
Chez Vous is the only Black-Owned roller skating rink in New England. As roller skating rinks close down throughout the US due to COVID-19, we take a deep dive into what makes Chez Vous special.
Presented with the Local Voices Rise shorts film program.