Fire in Little Africa The Doc
Directed by Keith Daniels and Ben Lindsey (USA, 2021, 39 min.)
One hundred years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, more than 50 of Oklahoma's best artists come together in 5 days on Tulsa’s Greenwood Avenue to record a commemorative album to honor the legacy of Black Wall Street.
Ma’s House
Directed by Jeremy Dennis (USA, 2021, 7 min.)
Ma’s House was once the heart of a community. As Ma’s grandson, artist and photographer Jeremy Dennis is on a quest to restore the family home to its central role as a community gathering place for a new generation of diverse artists. Facing a climate crisis, the Reciprocity Project embraces Indigenous value systems that have bolstered communities since the beginning of time. To heal, we must recognize that we are in relationship with Earth, a place that was in balance since time immemorial.
The Bus Buddy Chronicles
Directed by Dominga Martin (USA, 2022, 12 min.)
The Bus Buddy Chronicles is a mini documentary that follows four AmeriCorps Seniors from Dorchester and Mattapan as they learn to navigate public transportation throughout Boston. This timely, enriching project highlights the Age Strong Commission's brilliant Bus Buddy program and some of Boston's iconic locations, as the AmeriCorps Seniors enjoy a cultural plunge into the city, after being isolated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Black Action Figures
Directed by Dave Steck (USA, 2022, 7 min.)
A short documentary about representation and the power of seeing yourself included in popular culture.
Doreen Garner on Her Own Terms
Directed by Naima Ramos-Chapman (USA, 202, 9 min.)
From her Brooklyn studio to international art fairs to a Juneteenth barbecue, sculptor and tattoo artist Doreen Garner navigates two very different communities—the public, whiter world of galleries and museums and an intimate, Blacker world of client tattooing—carefully carving out space for creative fulfillment and emotional self-care.
Kameelah Janan Rasheed: The Edge of Legibility
Directed by Carrie Hawks (USA, 2021, 8 min.)
logo·phile | \ ˈlȯ-gə-ˌfī(-ə)l a lover of words. A leading artist of her generation moving fluidly between public art projects, publications, and gallery shows, Brooklyn-based Kameelah Janan Rasheed has a near religious belief in words and their power to both shape and destabilize meaning. This short documentary portrait explores Kameelah’s expansive ideas and miniaturist process.
Let’s Make Some Dope Sh!t Together
Directed by Kent Greenfield Ichikawa (USA, 2021,18 min.)
This documentary depicts the story of how Thinker Makers Society, a brand new Black-owned art gallery in Old City Philadelphia, opened its doors in June 2021 to serve as a community/safe space/art hub mainly for local underrepresented POC artists.
With a live Q&A.
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