Saturday, March 29th - Limited

Live In-Person Screening

1:00 PM - (PST) 

(On-Demand Screening LineUp 3)

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In The Eye of the Beholder,  Director Brian John Selman

A poem about love. 

Spoken-word/Poetry - Runtime: 1:44

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"Ancestral Tears/Mist Me," spoken word by Jean-Sebastien Surena, Director Hector Sanchez Jr. (United States)

Project Feel presents “The Stories We Tell,” a digital campaign to examine and uplift poetic stories rooted in ancestral themes through spoken word performances. As children of immigrants, we’re deeply interested in the experiences of those who have migrated, are children of immigrants, or examine the connection to their heritage/ancestral roots. By shining a light on these powerful stories through our cinematic lens, we seek to explore the impact these experiences have had on each poet’s life and artistry, no matter how close or distant they may feel to their ancestry.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 3:15

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Hi Brian, Director Courtney Enea (United States)

This is a monologue about a stalker who just doesn't get it.​

Monologue /Soliloquy – Runtime 2:39

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Spoken Word Poetry, Director Megan Davis. (United States)

Captivating poetry on the Supreme Court nominations.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 1:59

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Magic, Director Brent Shuttleworth. (United States)

Like a cinematic cento or found collage on film, "Magic" is a manifesto of authenticity and possibility.

An anthem for the boundless constellations of masculinities, this project resists the destructive, one-dimensional ideas about being a man that haunt so many with the hope of giving boys and young men permission to be their truest and best selves.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 10:00

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Blue Handprint, Director Skya Theobald. (United States)

After a traumatic event, a young poet finds themselves covered in blue handprints and struggling to escape the blueness that begins to tinge everything they see in the world around them.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 4:53

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Fear Not, Director Dawn Westlake (United States)

Using musical poetry performed within typical American backdrops, “Fear Not Fear Itself” warns against the atypical rise of hate and authoritarianism in the United States.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 4:59

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Culture Starter - Cyano Sun Suite, Director Stefan Verna.(Canada)

Culture Starter is the first track off of CYANO SUN SUITE: a live concert film of poetry and improvised hipjazzsoulbopfunkhop shot at the iconic Montreal Biosphere. Directed by Stefan Verna; written, performed, and produced by poet Tawhida Tanya Evanson; and featuring improvised music by members of Kalmunity Vibe Collective. This visual album is an afro-ancestral dream told through word, sound, and science.

From culture starters on Earth to the concept of freedom in outer space, CYANO SUN SUITE contemplates an Afrofuturist worldview as each poem moves up the food chain, or rather, through scientific levels of organization. Metaphors begin at the cellular (Culture Starter), then tissue and organ systems (Incision); organisms (Ten Quintillion); population and community (Null Island); ecosphere and biosphere (The Mother of All Jams); planets and solar system (Extraterrestrial Diamonds); and ending with the galaxy and observable universe (Sun Solo). With Jean-Michel Frédéric (keys), Erik Hove (saxophone), Mark Haynes (bass), Jahsun (drums), Elli Miller Maboungou (percussion), and guest poet Kaie Kellough. Edited by Sharif Mirshak. Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 7:44

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Doubt, Director Ly Bolia  (United States)

A gardener's poetic perspective on self-doubt in motherhood is told through gardening metaphors.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 4:00

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Legacy, Director Giovannie Espiritu. (United States)

A look at generational trauma and triumph through poetry and pictures.

Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 4:00

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"Hiroko is 9 Months Old" Spoken Word by Leilani, Director Hector Sanchez Jr. (United States)

Project Feel presents “The Stories We Tell”, a digital campaign to examine and uplift poetic stories rooted in ancestral themes through spoken word performances. As children of immigrants, we’re deeply interested in the experiences of those who have migrated, are children of immigrants, or examine the connection to their heritage/ancestral roots. By shining a light on these powerful stories through our cinematic lens, we seek to explore the impact these experiences have had on each poet’s life and artistry, no matter how close or distant they may feel to their ancestry. Spoken-word/Poetry – Runtime 5:31

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Extra Days, Directors Nathanael Blair Hatchett, Mecca Islam Bryant (United States)

For what is supposed to be a milestone as a young black man but feels more so as though life has stricken one’s livelihood down to a routine chore, Hampton Cade Morrison's 30th birthday has just passed. He’s gloomy about the celebration of getting older, so he musters up the courage to take an extra day that his ancestors could not so that he may see himself in the flower, make a record of his identity, and be proud of where he’s going, growing and came from while taking his extra day.

Monologue/Soliloquy – Runtime 8:03

 

Boy, Director Angel Constantinou (United Kingdom)

When the school bully picks on a young boy struggling with loss, he struggles between contemplating suicide or listening to an otherworldly voice that starts to speak to him.

Extended Version Monologues & Poetry – Runtime 20:00

 

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