Feature Film Program

Black Women Film Conference 2022: Part II

Convening of Black women and non-binary filmmakers from all over the world to share work, discuss the craft, and build community.

FREE w/ RSVP

Sat Oct 1 7:30 PM

The Films

Mon père, le Diable (Our Father, the Devil)

Ellie Foumbi | US | 108

An African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.

You Can't Stop Spirit

Vashni Korin | US | 16

You Can’t Stop Spirit centers the Baby Doll Mardi Gras masking tradition: a group of self-liberated Black women who created an alternative social space where they are encouraged to be free.

Démayé

Simone Lagrand & Clairelaura | Martinique | 4

A woman is taking a “démayé” bath in her garden. She washes her underwear, her body, her soul. By cleaning her personal story, is she trying to mend the History she was born in. To unravel what is complicated, painful, stuck.

Hairat

Jessica Beshir | Ethiopia, US, Mexico | 7

Hairat tells the story of Yussuf Mume Saleh’s hypnotizing nightly ritual of bonding with hyenas in the outskirts of the walled city of Harar.

Event Details

7:30 PM

Shorts Screening Begins

7:55 PM

Conversation with filmmakers Vashni Korin, Simone Lagrand, Clairelaura, and Jessica Beshir

8:30 PM

Feature Screening Begins

10:05 PM

Conversation with filmmaker Ellie Foumbi and New Negress Film Society Members

10:40 PM

Closing Remarks

RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY; SEATING IS FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED.

Venue

AMC Magic Johnson Harlem 9

2309 Frederick Douglas Blvd., New York, New York 10027