Saturday June 19, 2010 – Opera Plaza

2:00pm

The Dynamite Gang

Director: Chriss Williams

Shorts | USA | 10 minutes

The Dynamite Gang re-imagines the civil rights movement IF some turned to violence....

Choice Of Weapons

Director: Brian MacArthur

Student | USA | 59 minutes

A Choice of Weapons follows the story of San Francisco youth as they discover the threats of eviction, toxic waste, and redevelopment facing their Bayview Hunter's Point community.

3:45pm

Burn: The Evolution of an American City

Director: Harold JacksonIII

Documentary | USA | 57 minutes

A Filmmaker and a Journalist set out t tell the story of the little known 'Worst recorded race riot in American history', The 1921 Tulsa Oklahoma Race Riot. But are struck by the amazing complexity of what seems to be such a simple place.

Train

Director: Darius Clark Monroe

Short | USA | 7 minutes

It's late, and Carl's just off from work. As usual, he takes the Brooklyn bound F Train home.

5:20pm

Empty Space

Director: Rob Underhill

Short | USA | 13 minutes

'Empty Space' is based in part on the Mike Wiley one-man play, Dar He: The Lynching of Emmett Till.

Pro-Black Sheep

Director: Clayton Broomes Jr.

Feature | USA | 98 minutes

Rashad is a young extraordinary intellectual discovered to be sending anonymous emails to black leaders, criticizing them for undermining the progress of black America.

7:40pm

Ije (The Journey)

Director: Chineze Anyaene

Feature | USA | 100 minutes

As a child growing up in the Nigerian countryside, Chioma had warned her restless sister, Anya, about the trappings of the American Dream. Now ten years later, Anya is accused of killing three men in a Hollywood Hills mansion, one of them her record producer-husband. Chioma travels from Nigeria to Los Angeles, and with the help of a young, unproven attorney, she discovers that the dark secret her sister wants to keep hidden might be the only thing that can win her freedom.

9:20pm

NiWakati

Director: Michael Wanguhu

Feature | USA | XXX minutes

NiWakati (It's Time) is a story that realizes it's time for African unity, where Africans and those that support the continent combine their efforts to solve the problems of this continent.