BLACK WOMEN CINEMA WEEK 2020 (BWCW2020)
November 9-13, 2020 *Virtual Event For CR8:BLK's 2nd Annual Black Women Cinema Week (BWCW 2020) we are doing something different. In lieu of the global pandemic of COVID-19, CR8:BLK is hosting Black Women Cinema Week 2020 (BWCW2020) online! A collections of short films will be a part of BWCW2020 and a special weekly online program that will air on CR8:BLK's website and CR8:BLK's Instagram account during November 9-13, 2020 FREE to the public. We are looking forward to connecting filmmakers with online panels, discussions, and workshops.
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CR8:BLK’s 2nd Annual Black Women Cinema Week (BWCW 2020) is about celebrating the voices of Black women artists from around the world and have them share how they define what it means to be Black woman artist (filmmaker) and how they want to define the work they create. This is an inclusive online event to celebrate the work of Black Women filmmakers and creatives. A collection of short films will be screened on CR8:BLK’s website www.cr8blk.org for BWCW2020 on November 9-13, 2020. Note: film screening links will be on the CR8:BLK website starting November 9, 2020 at 5PM Eastern Standard Time. Special guests Nadia Marie Sasso, Crystal Boyd, Jade Jenise Dixon, Iyadede, Akua Taylor, Esi Yamoah, and more along with filmmakers from BWCW2020 nominees! Follow @CR8BLK Instagram for live updates! |
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Winner of the Keturah Caesar Legacy Grant for BWCW2019 Sewra G. Kidane
Proclamation Punctuation A fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her missives. |
Winner of the Meridian Solution’s North Star Award Audrey Jai
Positive + A young woman learns that even though love may come easy, it doesn’t always stay that way. |
(WORLD PREMIERE )Distance Directed by Najma Nuriddin Fati meets Pascal in Jacmel, Haiti. This serendipitous rendezvous is short-lived once Fati returns home to New Orleans. Thereafter, distance becomes their relationship where Fati longs for Pascal's presence with oceans and borders between them. Crown & Confidence Directed by Bukky Adeyokunnu (For Viewing Password: Crown) Women embrace the unexpected confidence that comes after cutting their hair. I’m Press Directed by Emmanuel Fordjour & Written/Produced by Antaneise Henderson Presly Jones, a beautiful yet insecure environmentalist goes on her first date in a very long time. With the help of her best friends, Presly gets two ear fulls of advice during the date and soon realizes the extra assistance may be more problematic than depending on herself alone. GOALS N’ SHIT IS A COMEDY OF STRUGGLES Created by Alexandria Collins and Written/Produced by Alexandria Collins, Esi Yamoah, and Claytia Gonsalves Goals N' Shit follows Bispa, a woman that's JUST hit rock bottom. She's been spit on (literally), fired and broken up with -- and has never faced this kind of rejection in her life. |