SFBFF - Friday, June 18th - Metreon

Superstar | Director: Jordan Hidalgo

A day in the life of Martin, a homeless man attempting to keep his individuality despite being dehumanized by everyday society.

Betas | Director: Keith Walker

A dark comedy webseries, about siblings from two different racial backgrounds, dodging racism and trying to look good while doing it.

Talk | Director: Trivelle Simpson

The story follows a man in his 40's who on the outside has everything that anyone would want. A great job, nice car, perfect family. However, on the inside, it is a different story. The man has been dealing with trauma that has been plaguing him since a child. These are issues that have sat with him for years and now they have begun to bubble over. The man is at the breaking point and is now contemplating suicide.

2003 | Director: Mallom Azia Liggon, Casey Gara

A young black screenwriter navigates the crazy world of early 2000's Hollywood

Atlanta Black Tech Mecca | Director: C'vonzell Dondrico, Vante' Gregory

Taking a look at the emerging Black Tech Ecosystem in Atlanta, Georgia while highlighting leaders in the industry and celebrating diversity and inclusion.

Ten Feet Wide: The Story of a Skinny House | Director: Cameron Munson

This is the inspirational family legacy story of Nathan Seely, a black carpenter who built an extraordinary ten-foot-wide skinny home in the Village of Mamaroneck, New York during the Great Depression.

HBCU Homecoming Tour | Director: Jon Wayne

HBCU Homecoming Tour is an exploration of Americans cornerstone historical black colleges and universities; recanting their contributions and involvement across the diaspora. With Homecoming being our center focus, we visit each institution awaiting a deeper look into the rich and vibrant history at the epicenter of these institutions.

I Love Ya'll | Director: Ismail Salahuddin

"I Love Y'all" is a love letter to humanity. While many focus on the negatives involved in our society's challenges, this film celebrates the positives, despite having every reason to do the opposite. We take a journey through one woman's lens as she pours love into her community.

It's Snowing in the Summer | Director: Gladimir Gelin

A thirtieth birthday forces two friends to wrestle with differing realities of the Black Harlem experience

Last Summer on Bainbridge Street | Director: Jessica Q Moore

Tyshawn, an Afro-Caribbean 12-year old boy, living in a changing Bed-Stuy enjoys living with his grandma and dad. Everything changes when his father is arrested and he faults the Caucasian neighbors. Tyshawn then plots his revenge.

No Entry | Director: Kaleb D'Aguilar

Against the backdrop of the Windrush scandal, a Jamaican mother, Valerie Powell, struggles to keep her relationship with her son Eli intact. She suffers in silence as she battles with the government's hostile environment tactics, as she keeps the threat of deportation a secret, her psychological state begins to deteriorate as she grapples with the fear of losing her son and the country, she calls home.

Thrones on the Rose | Director: Dennis Denard Haywood

2020 shined a light on the social injustices afforded to Black people in America. Pasadena is no different and Thorns on the Rose takes a look at the relationship between the Black community and the Pasadena police. The Tournament of Roses and the Rose Bowl stand as a camouflaged backdrop to a growing problem in the Northwest Pasadena community, the death of Black men at the hands of the Pasadena Police Department.

Little Drummer Boy | Director: Ellis Jamal Sutton

A homeless drummer boy, who romanticizes over a neighborhood girl, fights the path of a changing, gentrifying city in his attempt to show his affection.

The Night It Rained | Director: Lamont Lamar

After losing his scholarship, a queer college student makes a life-altering decision in his hopes to stay enrolled.

The Ice Cream Stop | Director: Raul Perez

When the American Dream meets tragedy, the course of many lives changes forever.

Battleground | Director: Kwesi Thomas, Mark Bone

"My Skin Color is a Battleground" This short documentary film was conceived by Kwesi Thomas birthed out of conversations after the George Floyd shooting. It addresses the life long confusion, struggle and confrontation that many black Canadians have had to navigate in silence growing up in the Toronto area. It’s a vulnerable and intimate look into the small, often overlooked moments of racism in a persons life that stays with them for life, shaping their identity. This film will be Kwesi Thomas directorial debut. Characters in the film include Poet Laurette George Elliott Clarke as well as a diverse cast of members from the black community in Toronto.

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