Section List
Public Award for Best Film Directed by a Women of Color
Buried
Childhood friends meet for the first time in many years and start “a game” that unexpectedly brings out old demons.
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Finding Sally
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution that led to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Forgiveness For Whom?
A captivating film about the clash of cultures and customs. A couple in an arranged marriage must face the reality of what true love is and is not when a love interest from the outside threatens the very foundation of their lives.
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Jump!
“Jump!” follows the three-month journey of the JumpTT programme which used parkour and physical theatre as an aesthetic to tell the stories of young people transitioning from childhood to adulthood.
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The Last Mambo
The Last Mambo is an optimistic documentary that showcases Bay Area Afro-Latin music as a potent social force...
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Myopia
Fatem, sixth month pregnant, leaves her village perched in the mountains, to fill a frame with empty glasses for the elder of her village, the only person who can decipher the letters sent by members of the villagers’ families
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Slate One - 1 Friday, Nov. 27 9:00am to Wed, Dec. 2 11:59pm
St. Louis Blues – OPENING NIGHT FILM
Will Handy (Nat 'King' Cole) grows up in Memphis with his preacher father (Juano Hernandez) and his Aunt Hagar (Pearl Bailey).
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A Taste Of Our Land
Set in an unnamed African country, A Taste of Our Land is a film about greed told against the backdrop of the current Chinese influence in African countries.
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Buried
Childhood friends meet for the first time in many years and start “a game” that unexpectedly brings out old demons.
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Choco
Chocó ekes out a meager existence for her family by working in a gold mine while her abusive alcoholic husband does nothing. When he raids their daughter's birthday fund, Chocó is determined to end his deprivations.
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The Esmeraldas Beach
In today’s Ecuador, the black population, the descendants of slaves, continue to experience strong social discrimination.
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Finding Sally
A personal investigation into the mysterious life of the director's Aunt Sally, an Ethiopian aristocrat-turned-communist-rebel who disappeared after the revolution that led to the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie.
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Forgiveness For Whom?
A captivating film about the clash of cultures and customs. A couple in an arranged marriage must face the reality of what true love is and is not when a love interest from the outside threatens the very foundation of their lives.
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Intruder In The Dust
In 1940’s Mississippi, two teenage boys and an elderly woman combine forces to prevent a miscarriage of justice and clear a black man (Juano Hernandez) of a murder charge.
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Kafe Negro
Kafe Negro tells the story of migrations around a small grain that has become the second most important raw material on the global market.
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La Playa DC
La Playa D.C. from Colombia (Official Selection, Cannes 2012 and 2013 Colombia Oscar submission) is about an Afro-Colombian teenager who fled the country's Pacific coast pushed out by the war, and faces the difficulties of growing up in the city of Bogota.
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The Last Mambo
The Last Mambo is an optimistic documentary that showcases Bay Area Afro-Latin music as a potent social force...
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The Malê Revolt
After working hard for more than a decade, a muslim slave named Guilhermina finally saves up enough money to buy her manumission, as well as her 11-year-old daughter’s.
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The Missed Round
A washed-up boxer who gets paid to throw fights tries to turn his life around after meeting a young boy who claims to be his son.
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Papa’s Song
Papa's song is a drama of domestic tension and cross-cultural misunderstanding. Nico Verema (Rene van Asten), a decorous, somewhat gloomy Dutch magistrate, lives happily with his wife, Shirley (Roman Vrede), who is from Curacao.
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The Passing On
James Bryant, a renowned embalmer, hopes a promising mortuary student will overlook his feelings of rejection within the African American community to continue within the disappearing tradition of Black funeral homes.
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The Pawnbroker
A Jewish pawnbroker (Rod Steiger), victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man - including lonely client Mr. Smith (Juano Hernandez) - until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
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Sergeant Rutledge
Lieutenant Tom Cantrell (Jeffrey Hunter) is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge (Woody Strode), a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder.
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Sons of Benkos
An entertaining documentary that explores the African culture of Colombia through music. The film presents the music of...
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Something of Value
In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a Kenyan worker.
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Upon The Shadow
Exploring the daily life of Amina Sboui as she provides shelter for those rejected by family and society. At her home she welcomes her friends within the LGBT community and provides them with a safe place away from persecution.
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Women In Blue
Filmed between 2017 - 2020, this documentary follows the stories of the women police officers in Minneapolis who try to reform the department and restore trust in the community after a high-profile police shooting forces its first female chief to resign.
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Slate Two - Thursday, Dec. 3 12:01 am to Tue, Dec 8 11:59pm
Ava & Gabriel
The story takes place on the island of Curacao in the late Forties.Upon request of Father Fidelius, parish priest of St. Anna's, the Surinam painter Gabriel Goedbloed arrives from Holland to paint a mural of the Virgin Mary in St. Anna's Church.
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Back Of The Moon – GALA SCREENING
1958, Sophiatown. On the eve of his home being demolished by aparheid police, notorious gangster Badman decides that he will fight to the death for his home...
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Barrow: Freedom Fighter
Narrated by former United States Attorney General Eric Holder whose father is from Barbados, the Errol Barrow docudrama, BARROW: FREEDOM FIGHTER tells the story of The Right Excellent Errol Walton Barrow
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A Son
11 year old Aziz needs a liver transplant after being seriously injured during a terrorist ambush while on holiday in 2011. At the hospital, a family secret will be revealed.
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is an epic film made by and about the Inuit peoples of the Canadian arctic, telling a story of a crime that ruptures the trust within a closely knit group, and how justice is achieved and healing begins.
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Burning Night
Down on his luck and recently divorced, Paulo has begun driving a cab around Rio, hoping he'll make enough to send his ex money to support their ten-year-old son.
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Conscience Point
Exploring the roots of American inequity, greed and pollution, Conscience Point contrasts the values of those for whom beautiful places are a commodity - who regard land as raw material...
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Fevers
Benjamin is a child in war against the world, he has known violence and social care homes. One day his mother goes to prison, Benjamin learns he has a father, he will now go live with him in a city in the Parisian suburbs.
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Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker
Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker reveals the instrumental role that Ella Baker, a friend and advisor to Martin Luther King, Jr., played in shaping the American civil rights movement.
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Gramercy – GALA SCREENING
Shaq, a young man grappling with depression, returns to his New Jersey hometown, where his exploration of grief and brotherhood transforms into the imagining of an inner life.
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In Times Of Rain
In Times of Rain is a powerful story of economic migration between rural and urban Mexico, and the bonds of love, family and culture.
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Kuessipan
Adapted from Naomi Fontaine's acclaimed novel, Kuessipan is Myriam Verreault's first narrative feature.
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The Letter
Filmed with a gentle pace and incredible closeness, The Letter is an intimate family portrait that ascends into a dramatic climax of Shakespearean proportions.
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Mr. Weekend
Mr. Weekend is a neo-noir set in Black Los Angeles centered around a middling bookie and how his luck changes when he finds four pounds of crystal LSD.
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Rosa Chumbe
Critically acclaimed Rosa Chumbe is a rare film from Peru where the multiculturalism and multiracialism of Peruvien society is present everywhere.
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Spears From All Sides
Spears From All Sides follows the young, charismatic Waorani activist Opi as he tells the dramatic story of a vehement, community based resistance by tribal communities in one of the most remote and beautiful areas of the world.
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Sweet Country
Australian western set on the Northern Territory frontier in the 1920s, where justice itself is put on trial when an aged Aboriginal farmhand shoots a white man in self-defense and goes on the run as a posse gathers to hunt him down.
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The Tracker
The year is 1922 and The Tracker (David Gulpilil, Walkabout, Rabbit-Proof Fence) has the job of pursuing The Fugitive - an aborigine who is suspected of murdering a white woman - as he leads three mounted policemen...
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Three Blades
A day in the life of a family of three in contemporary Haiti. Child, adolescent, man – each with his dreams and frustrations and each finding a way to live.
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Thus Spoke The Sea
The Haitian Sea, as you’ve never seen or heard it before: the sea tells the story of its relationship with the Haitian people, showcases its riches, reveals its mysteries and raises the alarm.
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Warrior Women
Warrior Women is the story of Madonna Thunder Hawk, one such AIM leader who shaped a kindred group of activists' children - including her daughter Marcy - into the "We Will Remember" Survival School as a Native alternative to government-run education.
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White Lies
Based on a novel by Whale Rider writer Witi Ihimaera, White Lies - New Zealand's entry in the 2014 Oscar competition for best foreign-language film - is an intense drama that explores with great humanity and sensitivity such difficult topics as race relations, skin bleaching and abortion.
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Slate Three - Wed, Dec. 9 12:01am to Sunday, Dec. 13 11:59pm
Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Lil’ Buck: Real Swan – CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Bringing his experience in the ballet world with him, Lil Buck heads back to South Memphis to teach dance to the youth, offering them the chance of a better future.
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Angelica
ANGELICA, after a long absence from Puerto Rico, returns when her father, Wilfredo, suffers a stroke. This forced return and her father's illness, forces Angelica to re-evaluate her relationship with her mother, and with her family...
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BaddDDD Sonia Sanchez
This film offers unprecedented access to the life, work and mesmerizing performances of renowned poet and activist Sonia Sanchez who describes herself as "a woman with razor blades between my teeth."
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Bezness
Bezness takes place in one of Tunisia's beautiful coastline tourist cities. it tells the contemporary story of a young man trapped between Arab tradition and prostitution.
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The Golden Child / Bilatena
Abi, a dynamic and resourceful twelve year old boy, lives with his mother Degua and his 26 year old university graduate unemployed brother Zelalem (Zele).
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Dark City Beneath The Beat
Dark City Beneath The Beat is an audiovisual experience that defines the soundscape of Baltimore city.
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
The Mali-Cuba Connection
In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries.
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Mama Africa: Miriam Makeba
Miriam Makeba was one of the first African musicians who won international stardom and whose music was always anchored in her traditional South African roots.
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Mary Lou Williams: The Lady Who Swings The Band
She was ahead of her time, a genius. During an era when Jazz was the nation's popular music, Mary Lou Williams was one of its greatest innovators.
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Myopia
Fatem, sixth month pregnant, leaves her village perched in the mountains, to fill a frame with empty glasses for the elder of her village, the only person who can decipher the letters sent by members of the villagers’ families
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Nafi’s Father
A fight between an Imam and his powerful brother over their childrens' marriage. At stake: how a small community slowly drifts towards extremism.
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Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond The Mask
Documentary on the life and legacy of the first African American to achieve national fame as a writer.
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Pink Opaque
While struggling to finish his thesis documentary required to graduate, Travis Wolfe reconnects with his estranged uncle and navigates a budding romance against the wishes of his girlfriend’s older brother.
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Placido, The Blood OF The Poet
Plácido portraits the dramatic story of Gabriel de la Concepcio Valdes (Placido), a mulatto Cuban poet accused of leading a conspiracy against the Spanish colonial government.
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Quilombo
This historical saga is a stirring fusion of folklore, political impact and dynamic story-telling, realized in vibrant tropical colors and set to the pulsing beat of Gilberto Gil's musical score.
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Francophone Cinema, Slate Three
Return To Goree
A musical road movie, Return to Gorée follows Senegalese singer Youssou N’Dour’s historical journey tracing the trail left...
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River City Drumbeat
Edward "Nardie" White devoted his life to leading the African-American drum corps he co-founded with Zambia Nkrumah in Louisville, Kentucky three decades ago.
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The Story of Lovers Rock
Lovers Rock developed into a successful sound with national UK hits and was influential to British bands (Police, Culture Club). It became a global brand through artists like UB40 and Maxi Priest.
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Take Out Girl – GALA SCREENING
Tera Wong delivers Chinese food for her mother's struggling restaurant located in a territory referred to as the "Low Bottoms" in south central Los Angeles.
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Time and Judgement
Time and Judgement is an overview of the African Liberation Movement that spans a period of 400 hundred years.
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The Writer From A Country Without Bookstores
Juan Tomás Ávila Laurel is the most translated writer from Equatorial Guinea but he had to flee the country in 2011, after going on a hunger strike against Teodoro Obiang’s dictatorship, the longest lasting in the world.
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