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The Fight for Black Lives + Short Selections
April 14 @ 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
$15
The Fight for Black Lives
Feature Documentary
Director: Micere Keels
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
The Fight for Black Lives chronicles the ways that racial stress and the American healthcare system disadvantages the health of Black Americans. This health disparity is traced back to emancipation, which increased the Black mortality rate, in part, because formerly enslaved people had no access to formal health care even when they could pay. The film shows that there is nothing new about the disproportionate rate of Black mortality that was associated with the COVID-19 pandemic by showing that on almost all measures of health Black people in the United states live sicker and die younger.
Preceded by
Things I’ve Made My Roommate Do
Short Narrative
Director: Mylissa Fitzsimmons
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
Max thinks he loves Samantha, Olivia knows she loves Max. Samantha is leaving town, so Olivia convinces Max to tell her everything before she goes. What could go wrong?
Wider Than the Sky
Short Narrative
Director: Philip Taylor
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Jenny’s father has been diagnosed with Cancer. To cope, this deeply creative child makes scenes inside shoeboxes into which she escapes. One day a chance encounter with a seemingly ordinary cafe owner provides the catalyst for a truly magical happening.
Katele (Mudskipper)
Short Narrative
Director: John Harvey
Country of Origin: Australia
Language: English
Martha, an Indigenous woman works tirelessly in a laundromat loading machines and folding washing, ready for the collection of her boss. When a mysterious visitor arrives, Martha is reminded of the life she has left behind.
The Fire in Me
Short Documentary
Director: Terah K. Hensley
Country of Origin: United States
Language: English
When a horrific crash threatens his life, a downhearted, aging Muay Thai coach decides to dust off a forgotten dream, call his inner feral to life, and finally make his debut in the professional fighting ring, even though it could cost him everything.
