SWEET HONEY CHILE’ Dir. Talibah Newman | 2013 | 19 mins | Short, Drama A young boy, Honey, explores identity and grief with his mystical neighbor, while in the midst of the struggle to help his mother lay his grandfather to rest. A discussion with the filmmaker via Zoom will begin at 3:30 […]
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AN ACT OF TERROR Dir. Ashley Brim | 2017 | 15 Mins | Short, Drama Based on a true story, An Act of Terror explores the ongoing oppression of the African American community at the hands of the criminal justice system. In the Jim Crow South, Virginia Christian, a 16-year-old African American maid, dreams of […]
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ACROSS THE TRACKS Dir. Michael Cooke & Kimberly Y. James | 2015 | 15 Mins | Short, Drama Two African American sisters grow up in racially charged 1960s Georgia, but one is born with fair skin. When schools integrate in their small town, she decides to change her destiny by passing for white. […]
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RESIDUE Dir. Merawi Gerima | USA 2019 | Narrative Feature | 90 Mins When Jay arrives home, he finds his neighborhood gentrified beyond recognition. Demetrius, his childhood best friend, is missing, but none of the remaining black folks trust Jay enough to provide any answers. Jay’s frustration compounds as he also finds himself alienated in […]
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Join us as we kick off the 2019 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film with a screening of Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart. LORRAINE HANSBERRY: SIGHTED EYES / FEELING HEART Dir.: Tracy Heather Strain | USA | 2017 | |118 Min | Documentary A documentary feature about Lorraine Hansberry, whose play A RAISIN IN THE SUN […]
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GREEN DAYS BY THE RIVER | Trinidad & Tobago | 2017 | 100 Min Dir: Michael Mooleedhar In a remote village in 1952 Trinidad, a curious boy pursues the affection of two girls. Despite his ailing father’s advice, Shell follows the compassionate Mr Gidharee to work on his plantation along the river, in hopes of […]
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The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film- Lunch and a Movie Series *RSVP 24 hours in advance and we’ll have free lunch waiting for you! All showings will take place in the Hitchcock Room at the Stone Center MACHO | USA | 2017 | 14 Min Dir: Faren Humes The tenuous bond of an […]
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Join the Stone Center as we open the 2018 Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film with an examination of the 1976 film Countdown at Kusini. The film, which starred Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis, was produced and financed by Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. It was the first film financed and produced by a […]
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The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film – Lunch and a Movie Series *RSVP 24 hours in advance and we’ll have free lunch waiting for you! THE LAST REVOLUTIONARY Dir.: Michael Brewer | 2016 | USA | Feature | 75 min Two comrades from the Black revolutionary days whose lives have taken much different […]
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The Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film presents: VAYA Dir: Akin Omotoso | 2017 | South Africa | Feature | 115 min Three separate stories are woven together to create a gripping yet compassionate portrait of small-town characters immersed in the intimidating, alluring, and dangerous world of big-city Johannesburg and Soweto.
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