Frank Bey: All My Dues Are Paid

Feature Documentary
Directors: Tom Dwyer & Lisa Palattella
Country of Origin: United States

In 1977, soul-blues singer Frank Bey quit singing after a deal went terribly wrong with James Brown. Forty years later, Frank was invited to record a CD in Nashville with Buddy Guy’s record producer, fulfilling the dream of his lifetime. Posthumously, in 2021, Frank’s final album, All My Dues Are Paid, was nominated for a Grammy. Follow Frank’s journey from performing in Philadelphia church basements, to making a record in one of Nashville’s most prestigious recording studios, to seeing Frank record one of the final tracks for his CD that received a Grammy nomination after his passing.

Preceded by

Big Guy

Music Video
Director: Nick Rohr
Country of Origin: United States

A couple struggling to make ends meet scrounge up a bottle of wine in this music video for “Big Guy” by Fake Baseball.

Past Prologue

Short Narrative
Director: Brian Russell
Country of Origin: United States

An interracial couple reconnects after 60 years. Robert and Claudette have a chance encounter in a coffee shop, their first meeting since they dated over 60 years ago. As a Black girl and a white boy in 1957, their relationship never had a chance. A re-connection to memory, and discovery of feelings long buried takes them on an emotional journey through their past.

Kassandra

Short Narrative
Director: Ivar Wigan
Country of Origin: France

Five girls born to French families of the African diaspora are confronted with a murder. On an uninhabited island near Marseille the girls battle to find the truth and escape back to civilization. Power dynamics within the group are tested and their mascot, partially sighted, Kassandra, could be the only one who can divine the crime and lead them back to safety.