Year: 2021
SHORTS: UNSANCTIONED SURVIVAL
Oppressed (un)intentionally by the hands of the state, this special focus examines migration, status and citizenship in the Americas. (Total Running Time: 101 MIN)
Elena | Director: Michèle Stephenson
Following up on her film STATELESS, Director Michèle Stephenson chronicles one woman’s journey fighting the Dominican Republic’s anti-Black laws revoking citizenship for people with Haitian ancestry. – Samah Ali (USA, 30 MIN)
The Facility | Director: Seth Freed Wessler
First-time director Seth Freed Wessler documents the horrific circumstances of people locked in an ICE detention center as Covid slowly spreads through the facility. – Samah Ali (USA, 27 MIN)
Madame Pipi | Director: Rachelle Salnave
Madame Pipi follows the personal journeys of female Haitian bathroom attendants in Miami’s hottest nightclubs and their support to Haiti through their tips. – Samah Ali (USA, 25 MIN)
Same/Different/Both/Neither | Director: Adriana Barbosa, Fernanda Pessoa
Video diaries between two close friends capture the tensions and troubles of 2020 in São Paulo, Brazil, and Los Angeles, USA. – Samah Ali (BRAZIL, 18 MIN)
This screening will be followed by a Q&A with several members of the filmmaking teams.
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