2020 Black Femme Supremacy Film Fest

The theme of the festival this year is Legacy.

They want you to believe that the world is ending so that you are so distracted by fear that you forget about your legacy. What are you leaving for the others who will certainly come behind you? What have you created for your descendants?

FEATURES

PIER KIDS (OPENING)

Pier Kids by Elegance Bratton

Black Butterfly by Wide Angle Media Youth

Opening our festival is Elegance Bratton’s revered documentary PIER KIDS: a poetic glance into the life of Krystal Labeija and her friends seeking shelter and stability on the west side of Manhattan. Played alongside short film BLACK BUTTERFLY. Runtime: 90 mins

SAY MY NAME

Combust, Tyler Washington

SAY MY NAME follows two Black trans women, Selem and Diana, in the process of changing their names in Brazil. Met with obstacles and loopholes, the process becomes a long battle for respect in a transphobic society. Click to view trailer. Preceeded by COMBUST, these films personify frustration, acceptance, and release. Runtime: 83 mins

ANATOMY OF WINGS (CLOSING)

Love, Ava, Ava Dee, James Burkhalter

Closing off our 2020 festival is a documentary spanning multiple years, made in our home of Baltimore. ANATOMY OF WINGS is an emotional masterpiece of young girls blossoming into women through their support system and after school program, Wings. Click to view trailer. Short film LOVE, AVA graces the screen before the film. Runtime: 90 mins

SHORTS

DEFINING FEMME

Every year we select short films that we feel redefine what it means to be “femme.” These 8 short films speak to what being a femme in 2020 feels like.

  • In the Shadows

  • Mamas

  • Divina Gracia

  • Breathe (Neefso)

  • Trans of Thought

  • Tori

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Breathe (Neefso)

    by Aisha Jama

  • Trans of Thought

    by Brittony Mckenney

  • Tori

    by Eric Cotten

  • In the shadows

    by Charmaine Bingwa

  • Divina Gracia (Divine Grace)

    by Ana Paula Teixeira

  • Facão (Machete)

    by Camila Hepplin

  • Memaw

    by Zanah Thirus

LEGACY OF RIGHTEOUS ANGER

Being perceived as an “Angry Black Woman” keeps certain Black femmes from expressing valid emotions. What happens when the anger is revered instead of suppressed?

  • Suicide By Sunlight

  • Rising Power: Building an Intersectional Justice Movement in the United States

  • Keep Your Flowers

  • Sweet Rind

  • Omi

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Keep Your Flowers

    by Sekou Brown

  • Sweet Rind

    by Andre Wynter

  • Omi

    by Vatora Godwin

  • Suicide By Sunlight

    by Nikyatu

  • Rising Power: Building an Intersectional Justice Movement in the United States

    by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

LEGACY OF THE WAP

To be femme, Black and horny… These shorts explore a space that’s not quite love, not necessarily romance, but certainly lust.

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • “Friends”

  • So What Happens Next?

  • Tender

    by Felicia Pride

  • Sex is a God Thing

    by Zarinah Ali

  • Drip Like Coffee

    by Anaiis Cisco

  • “Friends”

    by Joy Lamont-Smith

  • So What Happens Next?

    by Sohkna Samb

LEGACY OF BEAUTY

Beauty is currency, and for the black femme somedays are plentiful while others may feel sparse. These short ponder the way aesthetic informs the lived realities of the black femme.

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • In Praise of the Shadow

LEGACY OF BLACK MAGIC

Black Girl Magic is given a variety of meanings in this shorts block program. Watch these Black Femmes use what they got to get what they need.

  • The Lobbyists

  • B.G.K

  • EQ

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • The Kall,

  • Pigment, Henrietta Biayemi

  • The Black Baptism

  • Herald of Blue,

  • The Lobbyists

    by Thomas Pace

  • B.G.K

    by Blayre Pichon

  • EQ

    by Bashi Rose

  • The Kall

    by Barbara Mamabolo

  • Pigment

    by Henrietta Biayemi

  • The Black Baptism

    by Stephanie Diane Ford

  • Herald of Blue

    by Jacqueline CJ Barnes

DEFINING BLACK

Every year we select short films that we feel redefine what it means to be “Black.” These selected short films speak to what being Black in 2020 is about.

  • Omobinrin Mi (My Daughters)

  • It’s a Little Complicated

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Naufraga

    by Juh Almeida

  • Tipsy Talk

    by Alexandra Ibarra, Amber Washington, Ian Wagner, Jacob Wyscaver, Xander Elmore

  • The Walk Home

    by Kendra Monet

  • Omobinrin Mi (My Daughters)

    by Ife Oluwamuyide, Claudia Owusu

  • It’s a Little Complicated

    by M. Emeraude Domingos-Mbuku

  • Sasha & Condi

    by Lucretia Stinnette

  • They Say I’m Your Teacher

    by Catherine Murphy, Lucy Massie Phenix

LEGACY OF THE CRAFT

What matters more, the relationship you have with your loved ones or the one you have with your art practice? These shorts grapple with what happens when given the chance to revisit past dreams, having to temporarily pause them in the middle of a pandemic and making it happen despite the obstacles.

  • Mothering in Quarantine: Episode 1

  • BackBurner Dreams

  • Southside Suplex

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell

  • Mothering in Quarantine: Episode 1

    by Kyisha Williams

  • BackBurner Dreams

    by Brenda Hayes

  • Southside Suplex

    by Antonio Hernandez

  • Kindred Spirits: Artists Hilda Wilkinson Brown and Lilian Thomas Burwell

    by Cintia Cabib

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