Curated by RoxFilm & Cinefest Latino Boston
Tickets

February 3rd @ 6:30pm -Opening Night
The Sit In: Harry Belafonte hosts the Tonight Show (award winner ROXFILM)

Documentary, 75 mins, Yoruba Richen*, 2020, USA
In early February 1968, racial tensions were inflaming the nation and a divisive election was underway. America was exploding politically and culturally, much like today. That week, trailblazing entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte took over the Tonight Show for an unprecedented week. Harry featured a stunning combination of guests, including Martin Luther King, Robert Kennedy, Lena Horne, Paul Newman, Wilt Chamberlain, Aretha Franklin, and Bill Cosby.

February 4th
@3pm  A Slice of History  - Shorts
When I Get Grown-Reflections of a Freedom Rider (31:36) 
Strike for Freedom: Frederick Douglass and Scotland (15:41)
The Significance of Sidney (30:24) 
MLK: The Freedom Budget (7:30) 

6-9 - Closing Night 
Omar Sosa's 88 Well Tuned Drums (award winner ROXFILM)

Omar Sosa’s 88 Well-Tuned Drums is a documentary film on the life and music of Cuban-born pianist and composer. The film traces Sosa’s origins from his birth in Camagüey, Cuba’s third-largest city, conservatory education in Havana, and relocation to Ecuador where he briefly wrote and arranged commercial jingles. Sosa’s story continues with a fateful mid-90s move to the U.S., a stint as a sought-after sideman in the Bay Area’s Latin jazz scene, and partnership with manager Scott Price that continues to this day.
Documentary, 100 mins, Soren Sorenson (local filmmaker), 2022, Cuba/USA