Blackfilm, in partnership with Black Film Space, Mann Robinson Productions and 4910 Rosalie Productions, is hosting a Blackfilm Movie Night – An Evening of Short Films on Wednesday, May 20, from 6pm – 12 midnight EST Live on Facebook Watch.
Join us a we celebrate and support Black independent filmmakers and writers during this COVID-19 crisis.
Blackfilm will showcase 16+ outstanding and award-winning Short Films with Live Director Q&A’s, Celebrity Guests, and Live DJs.
Short Films (as of 5/18/20)
A Gift For My Sister, Directed by – Angela Gordon
After That, We Didn’t Talk, Directed by – Tari Wariebi
An Anomalous Love, Directed by Reggie Williams
BlacKorea, Directed by – Christine Swanson
Black Card, Directed by – Pete Chatmon
Daddy’s Big Girl, Directed by – Damien D. Smith
DisordHer, Directed by – Caralene Robinson
Good Intentions, Directed by – Morocco Omari
Hair Love, Directed by – Matthew Cherry
Karim, Directed by – Carl Seaton
Light in Dark, Directed by – Lagueria Davis
Mulignans, Directed by – Shaka King
Privilege Unhinged, Directed by – Lande Yoosuf
Suicide by Sunlight, Directed by – Nikyatu Jusu
Tales from Shaolin Pt One Shakey Dog, Directed by – Louis A. Moore
Tender, Directed by – Felicia Pride
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Title: A Gift for My Sister
Directed by: Angela Gordon
Runtime: 17 min
Logline: A chance meeting of two single mothers in a hospital emergency room changes their lives forever.
Cast: Gwen- Rhonda Morman, Mariana-Karina Weeks, Jake- Ayden Ware, Annabella- Halie Aquino, Dr. – Rich Lee, Dr. Renay-Lynne Conner, Dr. – Alton Demore, ER Admission Clerk- Phillip O’Riley
Crew: Director/ Executive Producer- Angela M. Gordon, Producers – Lynne Conner, Angela M. Gordon, Associate Producer – Marie Y. Lemelle, Writer- Angela M. Gordon,
Filmmaker Bio: Angela has always had a passion for the creative performing arts and enjoyed acting in theatre, independent films and bit-parts in soaps in New York City. In 2004, Angela left her career in finance and telecommunications sales and consulting to pursue her passion full-time in the entertainment capital of the world- Hollywood, California. She came with her first project in hand, “The Velvet Cuffs” which premiered in the Pan African Film Festival- LA in 2004, and won the Audience Award at the Women of Color Film Festival in NYC.
She was excited to made her directorial debut in 2010 in the 48 Hour Film Project with ” How Do You Spell Love?”, which screened in the 2011 PAFF, The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora at which it won The Humanity in Film Award, and won the audience award in the 48HFP. October 2011, it premiered at the American Embassy in Manzini, Swaziland and in South Africa at the Gold Lion Film Festival. ” The Last Job” premiered at the 2014 Capital City Black Film Festival and screened at the 2015 The Hollywood Festival of New Cinema, Iron Mule, BHERC and Cine Fest-LA. She is active in Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., The Howard University Alumni Assoc, LA Chapter, and Women in Film. In her spare time, she enjoys painting, scuba diving , traveling the globe, scuba diving, movies, wine-tasting and entertaining family and friends. Angela holds a Bachelors Degree in Int’l Business and Finance from Howard University.
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Title: After That, We Didn’t Talk
Directed by: Tari Wariebi
Runtime: 7:58
Logline: When Rue, a young black man pays a surprise visit to his recent ex-girlfriend Ari, things take an unexpected turn.
Cast: Kegn Matungulu, Jessi Laday, Rovelt Laforet, Antjuan Tabias, Bullet Compton
Crew: Tari Wariebi, Veronica Bouza, Sesalli Castillo, Duran Jones, Ariel Brown, Luodawei Xiao, Bruce Chianese
Filmmaker Bio: Born to a Nigerian father and Liberian mother, Tari Wariebi is a first-generation American filmmaker who grew up in Philadelphia, PA.
He is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he was awarded the McNair Scholarship and found his passion for filmmaking. Instead of turning in a research presentation for his final project, Tari created a feature-length documentary on Urban Renewal and gentrification in Syracuse, NY.
Tari was recently named a semi-finalist at the Slamdance Screenplay competition for his feature screenplay entitled “Empty Spaces”. He also has two films that are presently in the film festival circuit – the narrative short “After That, We Didn’t Talk” & a documentary short “Normal”. Currently, Tari is a Directing Fellow at the American Film Institute Conservatory preparing to direct his thesis film, “We Were Meant To,” a coming-of-age tale set in a world where black men have wings.
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Title: An Anomalous Love
Directed by: Reggie Williams
Runtime: 16:34
Logline: A man in his mid 20’s and a woman in her early 40’s navigate a casual relationship.
Cast: Trisha Jeffrey, Khiry Walker
Crew: Executive Producer/Reggie Williams. Co-Producers/Tari Wariebi & Jasmyne Pope
Filmmaker Bio: Reggie Williams is a screenwriter/ director and a co-founder of Black Film Space, a non profit organization dedicated to enhancing the careers of black filmmakers. His latest short film, an anomalous love, has screened at the Urban World Film Festival, Pan African Film Festival, and Roxbury Film Festival.
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Title: BlacKorea
Directed by Christine Swanson
Runtime: 25 min
Logline: The story is set in the late 1980s in Chicago. Two children, born to a Korean mother and African-American father, are forced to live with the tangled consequences of their parents decisions, while struggling to traverse a new life in the Windy City.
Cast: Jason Weaver, Erica Watson, Lincoln Gill
Crew: Director: Christine Swanson, Writers: Patti K. Gill
Filmmaker Bio: In December 2015, Christine received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture for For the Love of Ruth. Also in 2015, Christine directed three original cable movie premieres for TV One entitled, To Hell and Back (starring Ernie Hudson and Vanessa Bell Calloway), For the Love of Ruth (starring Denise Boutte, Loretta Devine, Gary Dourdan and James Pickens, Jr.) and Come Share My Love, The Miki Howard Story (starring Teyonah Parris, Darius McCrary and Gary Dourdan)
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Title: Black Card
Directed by: Pete Chatmon
Runtime: 14 minutes
Logline: In a culture requiring an ID Card and commitment to the code, an African-American couple is about to find out just how far the boundaries can be pushed.
Cast: Dorian Missick (“Monster”, “Animal Kingdom”), Simone Missick (Marvel’s “Luke Cage”, “The Defenders”), Hisham Tawfiq (“The Blacklist”), Stephen Hill (“Maniac”), Erika Myers (“Law & Order SVU”), Malikha Mallette (“Blindspot”), April Matthis (“Instinct”, CBS), Valence Thomas (“World of Warcraft”), Michael Markham (“Law & Order), Nasser Metcalfe (“Money and Violence”), and Vladimir Versailles (“Side Effects”).
Crew: Pete Chatmon, Written By Tony Patrick
Filmmaker Bio: With a deft ability to balance both half hour single camera comedies and one hour dramas, Pete Chatmon has directed episodes of HBO’s “Silicon Valley” and “Insecure”, ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”, “Black-ish”, “A Million Little Things” and “Single Parents”, Netflix’s “Atypical”, FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”, FreeForm’s “Grown-ish”, TBS’s “The Last OG”, OWN’s “Greenleaf”, and the upcoming Apple series “Mythic Quest” from Charlie Day and Rob McElhenney. For 2020 he’s already slated to helm ABC’s “Station 19”, “Mixed-ish”, and the season one finale of CBS’s “All Rise”. His debut feature as writer/director, “Premium”, starred Dorian Missick, Zoe Saldana, and Hill Harper and premiered on Showtime after a limited theatrical run. Chatmon also wrote, produced, and directed “761st”, a documentary on the first black tank battalion in WWII, narrated by Andre Braugher. He received the Tribeca Film Institute “All Access” Program’s Creative Promise Narrative Award for the heist screenplay “$FREE.99”. Through TheDirector, his Digital Studio, he has directed, shot, and edited content for advertising agencies and Fortune 500 brands. Chatmon’s career began in 2001 with the Sundance selection of his NYU thesis film, “3D”, starring Kerry Washington. His most recent short film, “BlackCard”, premiered on HBO. He is developing several episodic concepts and feature films while booking episodes for the upcoming cable, broadcast, and streaming seasons.
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Title: Daddy’s Big Girl
Directed by: Damien Smith
Runtime: 10 min
Logline: A father prepares his daughter for him not being in her life, as she is use to having him.
Cast: Jasmine Ashanti, Latham Ford, Khoi Murphy
Crew: Director Damien D. Smith Writer: Lathem Ford DP: Crystal Kelley
Filmmaker Bio: Damien D. Smith writer/director winner of the Gentleman Jack Daniels Filmmaker of the Year, he is currently working on pre-production for his film feature film “The V (Victory High) ” and in pre-launch of his feature documentary film “Target: St. Louis, Vol. 1.” That focuses on Post WW2 the government conducting secret chemical test on poor of St. Louis Mo. You can follow what Damien D. Smith has coming up next by visiting www.4910Rosalie.com and follow him at @damiendsmith on social media.
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Title: DisordHer
Directed by: Caralene Robinson
Runtime: 14:39
Logline: After the death of her father, Dahlia White just wants to move on. But her uber-religious family won’t allow her to forget. As she attempts to develop a new relationship, baggage from her past threatens her future.
Cast: Narci Regina, Yvette Ganier and Justin Schilling.
Crew: Chrystal Whaley, Producer
Filmmaker Bio: Caralene Robinson is a writer, director, producer and marketer committed to telling meaningful stories. She has worked for some of the biggest brands in the world, including Coca Cola, Sprint and VH1. Several years ago while working full-time Caralene expanded beyond marketing campaigns by producing classic documentary “Versailles ’73: American Runway Revolution”. After falling in love with film, she decided to pursue her passion full-time time, beginning with scripted short “The Bill”. “The Bill” premiered at more than a dozen festivals, won three awards and is available on Prime Video and Kweli.tv. Caralene’s recent projects include producing digital series “Sauce” and “King Ester”, and directing shorts “DisordHer” and “Lifeline”. Caralene also works with brands having produced, written and directed spots for Dove, AARP and Corcoran. Caralene is a graduate of Howard University and NYU.
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Title: Good Intentions
Directed by: Morocco Omari
Runtime: 23 min
Logline: When love is the driving force, does the means justify the ends?
Cast: Kevin Carroll, Ihuoma Ofordire, Jose Yenque
Crew: Director Morocco Omari, Writer Ihuoma Ofordire DP Edd Lukas
Filmmaker Bio: Morocco Omari is an American film, television, and theater actor, screenwriter, producer, and a director. He’s born in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for his role as Tariq in the Hip-Hop television drama series Empire, Chicago Fire on NBC, Prison Break, Homeland on Showtime, Malcolm & Eddie, Early Edition, NCIS on CBS; The Beast, and 24. Morocco directed Good Intentions, (Mis) Leading Man, and Mission Mom: Possible. He wrote and produced the short film The Male Groupie.
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Title: Hair Love
Directed by: Matthew Cherry
Runtime: 7 min
Logline: A father tries to do his daughter’s hair for the first time.
Cast: Issa Rae
Crew: Music by, Daniel D. Crawford; Film Editing by Nick Mantz; Art, 
Eunbeal Cho; Production Management, Brendan Burch
Filmmaker Bio: Matthew A. Cherry is an American film director, writer, producer, and former American football player. He wrote and directed two independent films, The Last Fall (2012), and 9 Rides (2016), and is currently an executive at Monkeypaw Productions. He is best known for the 2019 Academy Award winning animated short film, Hair Love, which was picked up by Sony Pictures Animation in March 2019 for distribution. The Kickstarter campaign for Hair Love raised over $200,000 and broke the record for the highest amount raised for any short film on the platform.
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Title: Karim
Directed by: Carl Seaton
Runtime: 13 min
Logline: The story of one unassuming man that witnesses a traumatic event. The event causes the man to decide to take action that will ‘rectify’ the situation.
Cast: Kevin Beard, Butterfly Rose Elise, Eddie Goines |
Crew: Director / Writer Carl Seaton
Filmmaker Bio: Carl Seaton, born in Chicago, grew up with a strong affinity for movies and television shows. The meteoric rise of the VCR turned his affinity for movies in to a full-blown addiction. Carl’s addiction led him to Columbia College Film School where he studied the crafts of Directing and Screenwriting. The creative environment at Columbia allowed Carl to flourish where he graduated with Honors. He is a director and writer, known for One Week (2000), Open (2015) and Batwoman (2019).
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Title: Light in Dark Places
Directed by: Lagueria Davis
Runtime: 11 min
Logline: A mother makes a shocking discovery when she’s left to pack up her daughter’s house after a tragic car accident.
Cast: Benita K. Nall, Brea Grant, and Virtic Brown
Crew: Lagueria Davis (writer/director/producer), Valeria Lopez (producer), Steak House (executive producer), Stephen Braun (executive producer), Aymae Sulick (cinematographer)
Filmmaker Bio: Lagueria Davis graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 2007 with a BFA in Media Art. Since graduating, Davis has established herself as an award-winning filmmaker. MAID OF DISHONOR a feature she co-wrote was a 2016 Nicholls Fellowship Quarter-Finalist. In addition, Davis has had four scripts place in the Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition, including her short script LIGHT IN DARK PLACES. In 2018, she shot LIGHT IN DARK PLACES, which hit the film festival circuit in 2019 and can now be streamed on Amazon Prime. In most recent news, Davis was selected as a 2019 BAVC Media Maker Fellow with her current project in development, BLACK BARBIE: A DOCUMENTARY. Currently, Davis resides in LA where she’s on the board of the Alliance of Women Directors.
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Title: Privilege Unhiged
Directed by: Lande Yoosuf
Runtime: 9:48
Logline: A 20-something black professional struggles with challenging the blatant white privilege at her job after getting an unexpected promotion.
Cast: Natalie Jacobs, Alana Raquel Bowers, John Charles Nagy, Marisa Vitali, Lauren Sowa, Reggie E. Williams
Crew: Lande Yoosuf, Arthur Woo, Alesa Andrew
Filmmaker Bio: Lande’s short film entitled Privilege Unhinged screened at festivals such as the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival and is currently airing on the television channel Shorts TV. She wrapped her festival run for her second film Second Generational Wedding and is now developing the feature version. She also directed Love in Submission by Antu Yacob and Harlem On My Mind by Taleah Griffin, that are both in various stages of production in 2020. The projects that Lande works on cover themes of media influence, sociology, gender and race relations, pop culture and self image. Lande has over 10 years of experience casting at networks such as MTV, NBC, WEtv, truTV and Bravo to name a few. Ultimately, Lande hopes to contribute to increased control, ownership, and management of media for content creators of African descent across all available content platforms. She is the co-founder of a nonprofit known as Black Film Space. Lande graduated from Brooklyn College with a B.A. in TV and Radio. She resides in the Brooklyn, New York.
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Title: Mulignans
Directed by: Shaka King
Runtime: 5:27
Logline: mulignan(s) /moo.lin.yan(s)/ n. 1. Italian-American slang for a black man. Derived from Italian dialect word for “eggplant.” See also: moolie. Source: Urban Dictionary and pretty much every mob movie ever.
Cast: Shaka King, Cavalier, David Andalman, Jerard Anderson, China Shavers, Scott Thorough
Crew: Shaka King, Kristan Sprauge, Daniel Patterson
Filmmaker Bio: Shaka King is a writer, director, and producer whose films Cocoa Loco and Herkimer DuFrayne, 7th Grade Guidance Counselor have screened at festivals and on various networks internationally. Newlyweeds, King’s first feature, was developed in the Emerging Narrative workshop at IFP and was awarded a postproduction grant from Rooftop Films/Edgeworx Studios. He lives in Brooklyn, where he was born and raised.
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Title: Suicide by Sunlight
Directed by: Nikyatu Jusu
Runtime: 9 min
Logline: Valentina, a day-walking Black vampire protected from the sun by her melanin, finds it difficult to suppress her bloodlust when a new woman is introduced to her estranged twin daughters. In a near future NYC, Black Vampires walk amongst us
Cast: Natalie Paul – Valentina, Teren Carter – Doctor Khadir, Motell Gyn Foster – Langston, Ellie Foumbi – Micah’s Mother, Souleymane Sy Savane – Pastor
Crew: Directed by Nikyatu Jusu. Written by Nikyatu Jusu, R.. Shanea Williams
Filmmaker Bio: Nikyatu Jusu is a Sierra Leonean-American independent filmmaker and Assistant Professor in Film & Video at George Mason University. Jusu focuses her films on the complexities of Black female characters. Her work deals with displaced, immigrant women in the United States. She is best known for her short film Suicide By Sunlight, which premiered at 2019 Sundance Film Festival.
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Title: Tales from Shaolin Pt One Shakey Dog
Directed by: Louis A Moore
Runtime: 14 min
Logline: Tales From Shaolin reinterprets the works of the Wu Tang Clan as a Shakespeare-meets-Tarantino, crime-filled action comedy. Part One: “Shakey Dog” stars Stephen Hill as narrator “Ghost” and Dominique Spencer as the quiet yet eager Frank in this tale of a stick up gone wrong.
Cast: Stephen Hill, Dominique Antonio Spencer, Ninja Devoe, Angel R. Sanchez II, Clinton Love, Nasser Metcalfe, Tony Cruz.
Crew: Directed by Louis A. Moore, Written by: J. Michael Neal
Filmmaker Bio: Director Louis A. Moore is a post graduate of The Los Angeles Film School having spent time since school honing his skills on a variety of music videos while also lending his talents on projects like One and Done, Three of Us, Broken Angles, Twenty Something, and Forgiving Chris Brown. Serving as the other half of 1193 Productions taken to all aspects of post-production, from editing to sound mixing, and color correction. Currently Louis is toiling away at his next project and first feature film.
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Title: Tender
Directed by: Felicia Pride
Runtime: 17 min
Logline: tender is a simple story, close to Felicia’s heart, about the bonds between women, black women. She’s fascinated and fortified by the bonds that she has with black women and aimed to capture that power, but between seemingly strangers.
Cast: Farelle Walker | “Kiana”, Trishauna Clarke | “Lulu”
Crew: Felicia Pride | Writer/Director, Regina Hoyles | Producer, Ivy Grant | Associate Producer
Filmmaker Bio: Felicia Pride is a writer on Ava DuVernay’s QUEEN SUGAR and is currently developing the feature DEEPER with Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions. She sold a drama pilot to NBC’s Universal Cable Productions and is the co-writer and executive producer of the film REALLY LOVE, produced by MACRO, which will premiere at SXSW. She recently made her directorial debut with tender, a short film she also wrote. Felicia is a Film Independent Screenwriting Lab Fellow and a graduate of NBC’s Writers on the Verge program as a comedy writer. Prior to, she worked as a film distribution executive and an impact producer, and is the author of six books. Felicia holds an M.A. in writing from Emerson College and runs The Create Daily, a resource for underrepresented storytellers that she founded in 2012.
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