VISIONS IN BLACK CINEMAFOR THE 21st CENTURY
The 4th ANNUAL FESTIVAL
WHERE SOCIAL JUSTICE
& CINEMA TAKE A SEAT
APRIL 22 – 25, 2021
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2021 FILMS
Films Available Thursday, April 22, 8:30 p.m. until Sunday, April 25, 8:30 p.m.
FEATURES
BALLOON MAN
Director – Chantal Potter
Running Time: 1h 40min
HIGHER LEARNING
Director – John Singleton
Running Time: 2h 7min
LA LEYENDA
Director – Benito Marquez
Running Time: 1h 0min
LOW KEY
Director: Rocky White
Running Time: 1h 33min
RESTORATION: The Concert
Directors – Benny Starr, Rodrick Cliche
Running time: 1h 7m
SKY BLOSSOM: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation
Director – Richard Lui
Running Time: 1h 28m
TELL THEM WE ARE RISING
Director – Stanley Nelson
Running Time: 1h 25m
TRY
Director – Megan Ebor
Running Time 57min
SHORTS
A BLOSSOM IN THE NIGHT
Director – Tayo Amos
Running Time 16min
A NATURAL CHOICE
Director – Harrell Williams
Running Time 17min
BLACK BIRTHING/BLACK MOTHERHOOD THROUGH THE LENS
Director – Ade Adewunmi (Ade) Osinubi
Running Time: 8min
DAYIE
Director – Anthony Nti
Running Time: 20min
I HATE THIS FKN’ JOB
Director – Monique Lola Berkley
Running Time 18min
MAMA. BEAR
Director – Adeiyewunmi (Ade) Osinubi
Running Time: 8min
THE LUCKY ONES
Director – Debra Wilson
Running Time: 25min
WOW
Director – Justice Gamble
Running Time: 33min
THE DIRECTORS’ ROUNDTABLE
Join us in discussion with the director’s of several of this year’s films.
Taya Amos
Monique Berkley
Richard Lui
DA Yie Anthony Nti
Adeiyewunmi Osinubi
Rock White
Harrell Williams
Debra Wilson
ABOUT RIBFF
The Rhode Island Black Film Festival hosts panels, roundtables, and workshops, author events covering every nook and cranny of the art, craft, and business of storytelling through the platform of film. Serving as a creative space for conversations, ideas, and projects by filmmakers of African-American, Caribbean, and Afro-Latin descent. RIBFF is where social justice and cinema take a seat.