2008 RFF Film Database
FILMS: # - B C - D F - L M - O P - R S T - Y
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 Flowers of
Rwanda
(Screening with
short program and
Africa Pride)
8/3/08 Wentworth
2pm
Documentary
Short, 24
minutes
Directed and Produced by David Munoz
Fourteen
years after the genocide that took away the lives of more than 800.000 people.
What's the current situation of the country? What feelings prevail in the
hearts of the victims? Can victims and killers live together? What's the
importance of education in a society that has lived through a genocide?
 Frankie D
(Screening with short film Drawing Angel)
8/3/08 MassArt
11am
Narrative
Feature, 1
hour and 42 minutes
Directed and Produced by Rosemary Edelman
The story
of an carpenter who catches two kids stealing from him. Instead of throwing
them in jail, because of having a similar background, he takes them in.
 Green Grass
(Screening with short program –
Home Is...)
8/2/08 Wentworth Institute of Tech.
2pm
Narrative
Short, 24
minutes
Directed by Jeffrey Craddock and Produced by Dawn Morrissey
Marcilio Filho, a Brazilian father who started his own landscaping service in the
US, works several jobs to take care of
his family both here and his native
Brazil. Patrick O'Brien is an
Irish-American father, whose landscaping business is faltering. Their responsibilities and chosen professions
are similar, their status in the
US is not.
 Hacking
(Screening with Youth Produced Films)
8/2/08 Roxbury Center for the Arts at
Hibernian Hall
2:15pm ages 6-12 free
Youth
Produced Film, 1 minute
Directed and Produced by Allen Chew
A noob's
hacking spree gets halted by a pro gamer. The short film based on counter-strike, the popular first shooter game.
 Hey…Shorty!
(Screening with Youth Produced
Films)
8/2/08 Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall
2:15pm ages 6-12 free
Youth
Produced Film, 20 minutes
Directed and Produced by Sisters in Strength
A group of
young
Brooklyn women grew tired of being sexually
propositioned by men on their city's streets. They funneled their frustration
into creating Girls for Gender Equity, an anti-harassment street campaign.
 Hope (Screening with short program – Health
Disparites in Our Community II)
8/2/08 Northeastern University
4pm
Narrative
Short, 9
minutes
Directed and Produced by Atiya Wheelings
A woman
named Hope has her faith tested during what should be the happiest time of her
life, her first pregnancy. She discovers that she is HIV positive and that her
baby's father, Chris, infected her with the virus and is leaving her.
 In Silent Spaces
(Screening with Short Program
II)
8/3/08 Northeastern University
1pm
Narrative
Short, 14
minutes
Directed by Safiya Songhai and Produced by Safiya Songhai & James A. Tyler
After the
death of her mother during the 9/11 attacks on
America, Sade becomes so consumed with
seeing signs of the dead that she neglects the world of the living. When her
young son wanders off into a deserted graveyard, that is anything but empty,
Sade's greatest wish and worst fear will come to pass.
 JellySmoke
8/1/08 Haley House
7pm Click here for this show
8/2/08
MassArt
8:30pm Click here for this show
Narrative
Feature, 1
hour and 30 minutes
Directed by Mark Banning and Produced by Mark Banning, Cliff Charles, Mas Matthewz
After his
latest stay in a psychiatric facility, Jacob (Michael Ealy) struggles to
prevent his mental health from spiraling out of control, as his manic episodes
become increasingly psychotic.
 Jesus Children of
America
(Screening with short program – Health
Disparities in Our Community II)
8/2/08 Northeastern University
4pm
Narrative
Short, 22
minutes
Directed by Spike Lee and Produced by 40 Acres and a Mule
Jesus
Children of America: Spike Lee shows a HIV positive girl called Blanca,
daughter of junkies' parents with AIDS and the cruelty of her schoolmates in
school.
 Lesson One
(Screening with Youth Produced Films)
8/2/08 Roxbury Center for the Arts at
Hibernian Hall
2:15pm ages 6-12 free
Youth
Produced Narrative Short, 4 minutes
Directed and Produced by
Bryan De
Leon
This short
film is a visual poem and a metaphor about running from regret in our
lives. Filmmaker Bryan De Leon
demonstrates a visual authority and beauty in his images as several young men
run from an unnamed mistake.
 Light Fingers
(Screening
with Sarbene’s Oxley: Mistresses, Mergers & Mayhem)
8/2/08 Wentworth Institute of Tech.
8:30pm
Narrative
Short, 22
minutes
Directed and Produced by Mervan Osborne
Tyrannical
and paranoid design company owner, Gavin Blackthorne is convinced that someone
in his employ has been stealing from the company. The self-absorbed Blackthorne
views this development as a personal affront and immediately sets out to find
and publicize.
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