Monday October 25th at QUAD Cinema 34 W 13th St, New York, NY 10011

Art House Matinee | 2pm

Black Picture Show

JD and Alexander, father and and son filmmakers who have achieved different measures of success, connect, spar, and commune. It is a son’s elegy for his father. A poetic and tragic work about the struggle to maintain artistic and intellectual integrity in the face of the financial rewards and glamour of Hollywood.

Originally premiering at the Vivian Beaumont Theater in 1975, this filmed staged reading was commissioned by Artists Space in New York City as part of an exhibit on the work of Bill Gunn titled ‘Till They Listen: Bill Gunn Directs America’. Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes

Director: Awoye Timpo | Writer: Bill Gunn | Original Score: Alphonso Horne | Producers: Artists Space, Bell Pattern Productions, F.A.M. Creative, and CLASSIX / Cast: André Holland, Jason Bowen, Brittany Bradford, Leslie Fray, Lee Aaron Rosen, Korey Jackson, and Jasmin Walker

Q&A to follow with filmmakers and cast. Moderated by Keith Josef Adkins (writer for P-Valley, The Outer Banks, For the People).

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Shorts That Shine | 7pm

A curated selection of 10 short films that encompass a wide range of genres and styles. Program running time approx. 2 hours.

After You Left

The memories come flooding back when Andrea's ex-girlfriend returns the last few items from their prior life together.

Writer/Director: April Maxey | Producers: Maron Warhaftig, Jatnna Villalona | Featuring: Adriana Santos, Marija Abney

Cupids

In this playful comedy, three kids worry that their beloved school bus driver will be lonely this summer without them. They set out to find her a partner and imagine the perfect matches.

Director: Zoey Martinson | Writers: Zoey Martinson & Julie Sharbutt | Original Score: Avi A. Amon | Producers: Korey Jackson, Devin E. Haqq, Tribeca Studios, Saturday Morning, and P&G | Featuring: Melanie Nicholls King, Toryn Isabella Coote, Julius Sampson, Scarlett London Diviney, Susanna Guzman

The Key Change

An excerpt from the short Sole Variations, ‘Key Change’ is a Brooklyn poet’s investigation into his past in order to figure out how he arrived at the present in life and in love. — An excerpt from the short *Sole Variations*, ‘Key Change’ is a Brooklyn poet’s investigation into his past in order to figure out how he arrived at the present in life and in love.

Director: Korey Jackson | Writer: Kareem Lucas | Adaptation: Korey Jackson | Original Score: Avi A. Amon | Producers: Korey Jackson, James T. Cernero, Aaron Dean Eisenberg, Devin E. Haqq | Featuring: Kareem Lucas, Nikiya Mathis, Majorie Johnson, Arthur French, Carolyn Michelle Smith, and Bjorn DuPaty

Last Fair Deal

A bluesman, a crossroads, a stranger. He knows how this ends... or does he?

Writer/Director: Nicholas Gray | Producers: Anthony Argento Jr, Ricardo Vilar, Nicholas Gray | Music by: Chris Thomas King | Featuring: Clarke Peters, Mack Wilds

The Mark

A young single mother struggles against ominous forces, which she believes are bent on taking her infant daughter.

Writer/Director: Devin E. Haqq | Producers: Korey Jackson, Devin E. Haqq, Bill & Kumi Martin | Featuring: Kana Hatakeyama, Maho Honda, Catherine Curtin

Murika

Leya and Tyler are forced to grapple with their elation over Biden's win and the gut punching reality of the 74 million who voted the other way.

Directors: Marchánt Davis & Fedna Jacquet | Writer: Fedna Jacquet | Producers: Marchánt Davis & Fedna Jacquet

Pink & Blue

After a surprise first-time pregnancy, a Trans couple of color wrestles with how the new baby will affect their relationship and how to raise their child in a binary world.

Director: Carmen LoBue | Writer: Kaydx | Producer: Kaydx Featuring: Kaydx, Jojo Brown

Process

A meditation on grief and loss, dedicated to all those we have lost during these unpredictable and tumultuous times. This film is for all those in mourning, all those just putting one foot in front of the other to get through each day, and all those supporting each other.

Director: Christian Padron | Writers: Christian Padron, Kassim Norris | Producers: Samora Pinderhughes, Jesse Sachs | Original Score: Samora Pinderhughes | Featuring: Jojo Nwoko, Nicolette Omoile, Chinai Hardy

The Snakes

Set in an alternate future where Roe v. Wade has been overturned, a depressed Black woman deals with the culture of fear by channeling her rage into violent fantasies.

Writer/Director: Michelle Beck | Producers: Clea Alsip, Mara Alcaly, Michelle Beck | Featuring: Carra Patterson, James Wallert, Jacob-Ming Trent, Stacey Sargeant, Nilaja Sun

A Storybook Ending

A dark comedy about a black man who accidentally kills a white cop in self-defense. The subsequent cover-up sets off a chain reaction of deceit, blackmail, and murder.

Writer/Director: Lanre Olabisi | Producers: Lanre Olabisi, Tiffany Smile-Olabisi, Ross Vedder | Featuring: Carra Patterson, Rotimi Paul, Toni Ann DeNoble, Sawandi Wilson

Post Screening Panel Discussion, Representation in Media: In Front & Behind the Camera (moderated by Keith Josef Adkins)

Keith Josef Adkins

(Writer: P-Valley, Outer Banks, For the People)

Radha Blank

(Director|Producer|Writer|Actress: 40 Year Old Version, She’s Gotta Have It, Monster)

Karen Pittman

(Actress: The Morning Show, Yellowstone, Luke Cage)

Atit Shah

(Producer: Remember Me, Money, Brown Nation)

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