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(East Coast Premiere)(Philadelphia Premiere)(World Premiere)Short DocumentaryShort NarrativeShorts Program

Antecessor Shorts

A film still from Della Can Fly shows an older Black man and young Black girl standing next to each other, looking beyond the camera. The man wears a blue beret and a red multicolored fuzzy cardigan. The young girl is wearing a black polka dot top, and her black hair is styled in braids, with the first two on each side being red.

Cause old folks is the nation. — Toni Cade Bambara

Thank you to our screening partners: Black Soul Vintage, African American Museum in Phialdelphia

Films in this Program

A film still from Della Can Fly shows an older Black man and young Black girl standing next to each other, looking beyond the camera. The man wears a blue beret and a red multicolored fuzzy cardigan. The young girl is wearing a black polka dot top, and her black hair is styled in braids, with the first two on each side being red.
World PremiereShort Narrative

Della Can Fly!

Della Can Fly! is a Black folktale set in the early 2000s. In hopes of reuniting with his long-lost sister, an eccentric...

A film still from Last Hoorah at G-Baby’s shows two Black women sitting on a plastic-covered couch. They both look with concern at a phone one of the women holds. They are surrounded by bath towels and other articles of clothing.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative

Last Hoorah at G-Baby’s

After blowing through her cash inheritance, an aimless and apathetic art school grad must come up with five months of ba...

A film still from Maqluba shows a serene living room lit up solely with various candles. From the back of the couch an older woman can be seen speaking to a young woman as they share a close moment.
East Coast PremiereShort Narrative

Maqluba

Laila, a Palestinian American drummer, visits her grandmother in her new apartment during a powerful storm under the gui...

A film still from Taking Walls shows an older Black woman standing at the doors of a brown building. A small sign on one of the doors reads: “Closed for Remodeling”. The woman grins, holding a bouquet of purple and pink flowers, and looks to the side off into the distance.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Documentary

Talking Walls

Multiple voices reflect on the language, sounds, touch, history, and choice of public and private Black and queer spaces...

Tickets

In Person

5:00PM EDTPerelman Theater @ Kimmel
5:00PM EDTPerelman Theater @ Kimmel

Virtual

6:30PM EDT

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