In the Dominican Republic , a tropical island-nation, tourists flock to pristine beaches unaware that a few miles away thousands of dispossessed Haitians have toiled under armed-guard on plantations harvesting sugarcane, much of which ends up in U.S. kitchen.  

Prime of Life (Screening with short program – Where Is the Love?)
8/2/08 Wentworth Institute of Tech.     4pm
Narrative Short, 13 minutes
Directed by David W. Boykins and Produced by Evelyn Brito

Prime of Life is the story of Jacob and Grace Warner an elderly couple counting down the minutes until they die from sickness and old age.  They do absolutely nothing but sit in their home and wait for the Lord to take them away.

The Project
8/2/08  MassArt    3pm
Documentary Feature, 90 minutes
Directed by Ryan  Piotrowicz and Produced by Tim Duff

Three ambitious yet naive filmmakers Dana and Justin move to Brooklyn intent on making a revealing documentary about clashing factions of inner-city life. Dana follows Thomas, a black teenager poised to rise above the pitfalls of ghetto life. Justin follows the day to day lives of NYPD officers, Dan Masterson and his partner, Alex Mora.

Rabia (Screening with short program – Women’s Stories)
8/3/03  Museum of Fine Arts   3:40pm
Narrative Short, 23 minutes
Directed by Muhammad Ali Hasan and Produced by Adrian  Brevard

Rabia is a woman who must blow herself up in order to exist. From the moment she straps explosives to her bare body, we are exposed to flashbacks of Rabia's past, filled with abuse, rejection, and struggle.

ReachBoston 2010
(Screening with short program – Health Disparities in Our Community I)
8/2/08  Northeastern University  2pm
Documentary Feature, 19 minutes
Directed and Produced by REACH Boston

Racial and ethnic approach to Community Health 2010 (REACH 2010).  This project was designed to eliminate health disparities for minorities in the United States of America by the year 2010.

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