Reel Sisters @Nov 5, 2022 - Section D

Schedule

Sat Nov 05 2022 at 05:15 pm to 06:45 pm

Location

Maysles Documentary Center | New York, NY

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Reel Sisters screens The Blue Drum, Yae: Blind Samurai Woman,Jordan and Cranberry Chorus.
About this Event

The Blue Drum

Producer: Alicia Herder

Director/Writer: Angelita Mendoza

narrative, 17 min.

A woman mourning her father's passing is tormented by memories of a mother she never knew. A presence reveals secrets hidden within her family home.


Yae: Blind Samurai Woman

Producer: Akiko Izumitani

Director: Akiko Izumitani

Writers: James Doc Mason and Akiko Izumitani

narrative, 19 min.

In the mountains of the Edo Period Japan, when a blind woman’s samurai father is killed by a young samurai avenging his own father’s death, she agrees to be escorted to the nearest village, but she’s not as helpless as she appears.


Jordan

Producer: Pheobe Brown and Brandon Puncho Williams

Director/Writer: Ebony Blanding

narrative, 19 min.

When a tween mermaid enthusiast discovers an ailing water creature, she uses a magical wish to change the fate of their existence...and her own. JORDAN engages the genre of fantasy and cli-fi (climate fiction) to shape a fairytale where everyone has agency and representation.

Cranberry Chorus

Producers: Queen Kim and Christopher Ma

Director/Writer: Lina Yuchen Guan Li

narrative, 19 min.

An autistic boy becomes a new member of Cranberry Chorus, which made of deaf kids. He makes friend with the member Ken and finds out a secret about Cranberry Chorus.

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Where is it happening?

Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Lenox Ave./Malcolm X Blvd., New York, United States

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Tickets

USD 8.00 to USD 12.00

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