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Diaspora Film Festival Lunch and a Movie Screening
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10
Oct
The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film – Lunch and a Movie Series (Short Films)
*RSVP (in the form below) 24 hours in advance and we’ll have free lunch waiting for you!
77 DAYS
Dir.: Shailene Garnett | Canada | 2016| 14 min
After another stint in rehab, a young absentee mother is finally determined to put her life together. She is faced with the challenges of mending the fragile pieces of her damaged relationships with her sisters to get her son back.
HOLD ON
Dir.: Christine Turner | 2017 | USA | Short Narr | 9 min
Family bonds are tested when a young man is left to care for his grandmother one morning.
THE FIRST STONE
Dir.: Kai Towns | 2016 |USA |Short Narr |15 min
Reigh is released from prison to find her family is torn apart at the seams and it’s up to her to put it back together.
ON TIME
Dir.: Xavier Burgin | 2016 | USA | Short Narr | 8 min
Renee Johnson, a mother living in South Central LA, must make a difficult decision when she’s late for her job interview.
SMŌKD
Dir.: Tamika Miller | 2017 | USA | Short Narr |17 min
Twelve grand jurors deliberate whether to indict, or not indict, a police officer who killed a man during an arrest.