Celebrating African American Cinema since 1998
SCREENING BACK BOY’S DON’T TALK AT THE ROXIE
TUESDAY OCTOBER 8TH
BLACK BOY’S DON’T TALK
A FILM BY MARC STALLION
Lynn, a rookie journalist, gets assigned on her first week to do an exclusive with Duffman Brown, a failed college football star. The narrative that her boss gives her to follow quickly falls apart as Duffman sees right through her attempts to make him look like a bad guy. Lynn learns who Duffman really is and changes the narrative of his article, her boss isn’t happy about this or Lynn’s new attachment to Duffamn. After Duffman attempts to use Lynn as a suicide note, the two of them build a friendship while he’s in recovery. They agree to embark on a journey together to ensure that this will not happen to any other black boys like Duffman, suffering from mental health challenges.
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Timeless: A Virgin Island Love Story
Followed by a live Q&A with
D’Wayne Wiggins and Ed Laborde
TIMELESS is the story of Ajuwa, a young Ghanaian warrior, who loses her soulmate to the slave trade. Their souls reunite in the present in the form of Malinda Benjamin, a Senator in the U.S. Virgin Islands and Alphonse Walcott, a gifted writer who has returned home from New York. The kindling of the relationshipgoes sour when Alphonse meets Bianca, an illegal immigrant from the Dominican Republic, sent to work in a seedy brothel in St. Thomas and falls in love with her instantly. Tension builds to a brewing storm as details of the pastrelationship are revealed, mirroring the present and the true nature of thespiritual misconnection in the transcendental love triangle is revealed.TIMELESS is a love story that brings the beautiful colors, emotion and culture ofthe Virgin Islands to the big screen. Carnival serves as a significant backdrop tothis production contributing to the presentation of the history and culture of thisisland nation and the Caribbean region, as it relates to the African Diaspora.
A Film Written and Directd and Produced by Edward La Borde, Jr.
A Film Jr. Executive Produced by David Edgecombe and the bays very own D’Wayne Wiggins
West Wind Artists presents TIMELESS, written, produced and directed byEdward LaBorde, Jr. Starring K’misha-Victoria Counts, Brummell Germain,Monai Greene, Julien Baa, SulayPeñalo, Elaine Jacobs, Bianca Castillo,Shanaka Harris, MargariteAqustine, Laurel Samuel and Americo Cabrera.
LIVE POETRY WITH DONTE BLACK
2024 FILM SCHEDULE
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