BLACK LOVE MANIFESTO: A SUITE IN 5 MOVEMENTS

Black Love Manifesto; A Suite in 5 movements uses photography, video, poetry and music to illuminate and celebrate the beauty and power of Blackness. It is a poetic mosaic of Black history, Black resilience, resistance and revolution, Black excellence, Black Joy and Black Love. It’s a medicinal balm for a weary and wounded people during these horrifying times. It is a battery for perseverance, remembering and hope.

With the ongoing campaign of police terror and the violence of white supremacy, Black Love Manifesto is poetic mediation on the indelible spirit of African Americans that pulled a mighty people through centuries of trauma. It is a celebration of melanin magic, antiquity and the life force of love… the kryptonite. Black Love Manifesto honors our past, salutes our current journey and envisions freedom.

DIRECTORS: Liza Jessie Peterson, Jason K. Battle
WRITER: Liza Jessie Peterson
PRODUCERS: Liza Jessie Peterson, Hannah Shepard
CAST: Liza Jessie Peterson
EDITOR: Jason K. Battle
SCORE: Chris Rob
LANGUAGE: English
RUNTIME: 20:05

SAILCLOTH

Oscar and BAFTA shortlisted, multi-awarded short film by writer and director Elfar Adalsteins. This film stars the late, celebrated John Hurt.

An elderly gentleman orchestrates his disappearance from a nursing home before heading to the local pier, where an old companion awaits him, ready to embark on their last great journey.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Elfar Adalsteins
PRODUCER: Elfar Adalsteins
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Karl Oskarsson
MUSIC: Richard Cottle
SET DESIGN: Alan Munden
EDITOR: Gavin Buckley
CAST: John Hurt, Anna Maria Pitt, Rökkvi Adalsteins
RUNTIME: 17:40

WILD FOR THE NIGHT

Shot on 35mm, A lonely Los Angeles ride-share driver picks up a fare he thinks will change his luck but when things don’t go his way he makes a choice with a grave outcome.

WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jamieson Rhyme
PRODUCERS: Jamieson Rhyme, Rafael Leyva, Gabriela Durán
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rafael Leyva
CAST: Jamieson Rhyme, Ella Thomas, Joel Steingold
EDITOR: Dean Gonzales
COMPOSER: Jon Natchez
LANGUAGE: English
RUNTIME: 14:50