Film Screening Program 1 Category: Experimental

 400 years. It’s been 400 years since the enslavement of Black people began in the land we call home, The United States. In this powerful experimental short film with spoken word and dance, Tinasha LaRayé, explores the historical experience of Black people in America, and paints a prophetic vision of the future.

FILMMAKER: Tinasha LaRayé

'When presented with a chance for better housing, Maxine couldn't resist. But an opportunity is often walking into a situation with blind faith... and charity is usually given with conditions. What happens when reality starts to reveal itself?'

FILMMAKER: Chantelle Austin  

LET’S TALK HAIR is a talk and lifestyle show focused on black hair where hair is used as the main topic to dig deeper into black culture and how it relates to and affects black women. It is fun, relatable and necessary—a new initiative of empowerment to the Black Female voice. Connecting with celebrity stylists, women we admire and our very own viewers, our show is a journey through the latest news, styling techniques, products, enterprise, and discussions–the everyday beauty at heart of hair. 

FILMMAKER: Olu Gittens

Click the link below to purchase your ticket for Screening Program 1

https://www.freshtix.com/events/22nd-aawic-film-festival

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMS STARTS AT 12:01 AM NOVEMBER 5TH-12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 6TH

What does Trauma look like? How does it manifest if unresolved in our communities? Inspired by real-life events, TRY reveals the stories of 3 HIV+ support group members as they struggle to use new strategies for coping with the ups and downs of life's past and present. 

FILMMAKER:  Megan Ebor 

Revolve or Evolve? A young African American couple in Brooklyn seek assistance from an online family therapist during quarantine.  This seasoned therapist challenges the couple to dig deeper revealing transgenerational trauma as a cause of discord.

FILMMAKER:   Stephanie Johnson  

A woman is stood up on a first date at the park only to discover that her date was there and watching her search for him the entire time during a very revealing phone call.

FILMMAKER:   Venise Stephenson 

Click the link below to purchase your ticket for Screening Program 2

https://www.freshtix.com/events/22nd-aawic-film-festival

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMS STARTS AT 12:01 AM NOVEMBER 5TH-12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 6TH 

When these five Black lawyers set out on their journeys to receive a professional  legal education, they did not realize that they would have to struggle against additional battles  even more challenging than the rigors of learning the law in a hypercompetitive environment.  They discover the contradictions of studying in an institution that idealistically represents  "justice" for all. 

FILMMAKER:  Evangeline Mitchell  

" '1 Out of 8' explores the challenges Sias faces while working in Construction. The short  highlights a woman in construction, working extremely hard to break barriers and  stereotypes in NYC and in the construction business. Over 20 years she has been working to  challenge new heights ."

FILMMAKER:  Jacqueline Kennedy  

 Unhoused and formerly unhoused Black women and girls speak on Black women's  intersectional experiences with homelessness, misogynoir, foster care, sexual and domestic  abuse, trafficking, and educational disruption. Featuring Skid Row activist Suzette Shaw, WLP  alumni Clay Wesley, Imani Moses and Kyra Kellum, and Inglewood Helping Hands founder  Kaitlyn Parhm. Directed, shot and edited by teen filmmaker Zorrie Petrus, produced by  Women's Leadership Project.

FILMMAKER:  Zorrie Petrus 

Introspective look of ones life through trauma.

FILMMAKER:  Brandi Berry 

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Screening Program 3

https://www.freshtix.com/events/22nd-aawic-film-festival 

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMS STARTS AT 12:01 AM NOVEMBER 5TH-12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 6TH  

 I Hate This Fkn' Job tells the story of driven and professional, Naima Ali, seeking  the opportunity to make her mark as a leading editor with Winning Magazine.  However, she is met with various "isms" all too familiar in the American  workplace 

FILMMAKER:  Monique Berkley  

Webisode: Innerverse Episode 2, I don’t do Santa. A discussion on the belief in Santa Clause ensues during a game of Scrabble.

WEBISODE CREATOR:  Stacy Larkins 

Webisode: A college grad student quickly discovers that her lifetime friends and lover are not who she thought they were. As the show unravels, you witness the uncomfortable random experiences between Reggie (Soniya Mari Shabazz) and her best friend Corrinne(Wadiah Brown). Watch to see how Reggie’s journey spirals as she struggles to hang on to all she cares about. 

FILMMAKER:  Soniya Mari Shabazz  

Tina and Jackson know a thing or two about how to keep the romance alive in their marriage.  Jen, Kia, and Sharon admire their relationship and welcome some advice on how to spice it up with their spouses. Since Tina is their friend, they get the benefit of having her for their personal "Mistress Coach." She teaches them some of her tricks and secrets as a good coach should. But did she share too much information?

FILMMAKER: Shirelle Thorne 

 Maya, stifled by complicated memories of her overbearing father and on the verge of  becoming a recluse, begins a sexual relationship with a much younger man whose dark  side impedes his journey as he navigates his way as a Black Man in America.

FILMMAKER:  Nicole Sylvester 

Click the link below to purchase your ticket for Screening Program 4

https://www.freshtix.com/events/22nd-aawic-film-festival 

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMS STARTS AT 12:01 AM NOVEMBER 5TH-12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 6TH  

Halima is a woman who has been circumcised since she was young . Although she is now an  adult she still struggles to heal both the physical and inner scars that she experienced.

FILMMAKER:  Roseline Gnapi 

 Carpe Diem explores the relationship between a father (Mr. Femi) and his daughter  (Yobosa). Mr. Femi walked out on his daughter 21 years ago.

FILMMAKER:  Biodun Stephen 

Click the link below to purchase your ticket for Screening Program 5 

https://www.freshtix.com/events/22nd-aawic-film-festival 

FILM SCREENING PROGRAMS STARTS AT 12:01 AM NOVEMBER 5TH-12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NOVEMBER 6TH