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Today’s shows all take place at:
Maysles Cinema
343 Malcolm X Boulevard / Lenox Avenue
(Between 127th and 128th Streets)
12:00 PM
Alexander Haney, 2012, 18 min
US
Tara, a teenager who dreams of a successful future in business, must manage the school Bookstore for one day, dealing with her preoccupied employees and the craziness that gets in the way of her ambitions
Terrell Grice, 2013, 14 min
US
World Premiere
A short comedic story about an eager, eccentric news reporter who gets the shock of his life when two children seem to be over fifty years old.
Al Spruill, 2013, 4 min
US
Describing the hard truth about society’s relationship with money by using the poem “Mirror” by Silvia Plath.
Matthew Cone, 2013, 8 min
US
After losing his parents, Gill and his little brother JJ have come on tough times. Living out of an abandon shack, Gill decides he has to do whatever it takes to provide for his younger brother.
Lauren Galloway, 2013, 3 min
US
A biography of the most beautiful man in the world. By seeing the details of my father’s everyday life we begin to understand that he is more of a father and less a public enemy.
Armaan Uplekar, 2013, 5 min
US
World Premiere
An interracial couple struggles to cope with an unwanted pregnancy.
Malcolm DC, 2013, 6 min
US
A young man finds purpose for his dwindling relationship when he meets his girlfriend’s father, former frontman of the post-funk band, “The Shingles.”
Haimy Assefa, 2012, 11 min
Brazil
A look at the efforts to uproot the community of Providencia now that their homes are sitting on prime real estate.
Edward J Harris II, 2013, 54 min
US
An in depth examination of the unique history of Black self-sufficiency and political power in the United States form it’s origins just following President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 up to the second inauguration of America’s first Black President 150 years later, and how that power has eroded since the Civil Rights era, leaving Black America in a current state of economic turmoil. Narrated by Doug E. Doug.
Ronald J. Lewis, 2012, 54 min
A discussion about the process of gentrification in Harlem over the past two decades.
Q & A with filmmakers to follow the screening.
Judianny Compres/Charles Gomez, 2012, 15 min
US
Inspired by Vincent Van Gogh’s painting “the bedroom” and set in New York, this is the story of Soledad, a Harlem resident who amidst the crowd and holiday cheer finds herself alone. But with loneliness in big cities purported to be a myth, she is determined to connect and find love.
Sharon Kon, 2013, 81 min
US
Sarah, an aspiring filmmaker meets the man of her dreams. Charming, handsome, and wealthy, Reece becomes her world. As their story unfolds, Sarah is taken on a journey of heartbreak and forgiveness, exploring the meaning of her relationships both past and present.
Q & A with filmmakers to follow the screening
Assia Lakhlif, 2012, 15 min
US
When Nadia, the pride of her family, braves an inconceivable decision, she is willing to go to any length to keep her secret.
Jaime Lee, 2012, 88 min
US
New York Premiere
When longtime best friends, Jeremy and Monica say their goodbyes before Jeremy’s big move, they find themselves holding onto more than just their friendship. Separately in committed marriages, the two find themselves in an overwhelming emotional shift, exacerbated by the circumstances that bring them together and alone again.
Q & A with filmmakers to follow the screening.
Jhana Weekes, 2013, 7 min
US
Cell is a short film about an incarcerated man returning home. He deals with the ramifications of defending his home and friends from an unwanted presence, while struggling with the new limitations of his post incarceration manhood.
watch the trailer – https://vimeo.com/72912781
Eric Haywood, 2013, 99 min
USA
New York Premiere
April and Derrick are young, married, and in love. But their busy lives have caused them to lose sight of the physically passionate relationship they once enjoyed. One day, April gets an idea: she enlists another married couple – their best friends Christy and Matt – to help rekindle their intimacy by having a one-night stand…all four friends. Together. But it’s not long before this decision starts to alter both marriages and all four friendships in ways they never could have imagined.
Eric Richardson-Hagans, 2012, 22 min
USA
East Coast Premiere
A hired female assassin, with an impulsive fetish for the kill, becomes entangled between the target and the people that hired her to complete the hit.
Rona Mark, 2013, 83 min
UK, USA
World Premiere
Lovey Chambers, a passionate but incompetent woman, finds herself in the midst of a resistential crisis. Not only are everyday objects confounding her, but her boyfriend has vanished and been replaced by an exact duplicate (who doesn’t seem to recognize her.) Desperate to find love and restore order to her chaotic life, Lovey must uncover the source of the objects’ anger. An affectionate pastiche of B-movies, sixties psychedelia and lo-fi sci-fi, all wrapped up in B&W Super 8mm film.
Amit Asraf, 2013, 13 min
Israel
Nine moments in the life of a girl who is searching for the meaning of revenge, but in what order?
Joseph Israel Laban, 2013
Philippines
US Premiere
The film is inspired by the actual story of one of the youngest mothers in Philippine history. Krista was just 9 years old when she got pregnant. Her mother believes that she was impregnated by malevolent supernatural creatures called “nuno sa punso,” but the real story proves to be more complicated than it seems.