2022 Denton Black Film Festival

Diaspora Dreams - Short Content

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10 films in package
A Blossom In the Night
In a future where low-income citizens are sold into slavery, Amara has to decide whether she should find her father or run for freedom with her brother.
A Galaxy Sits in the Cracks
A Galaxy Sits in the Cracks is a short experimental documentary exploring the ways Black communities in Chicago, Detroit, and Durham use Afrofuturism as a tool to inspire young people, organize politically and economically, and reimagine the spaces around them.
Closed captions available
All the Smoke
A struggling roadside diner finally gets the patrons they've desperately been waiting for.
House Blend
Summer, a spiritual healer, experiences bizarre happenings after receiving a gifted bottle of wine.
Lucy
Lucy is a coming of age story about an exceptional deaf girl who struggles with self-love while coming to grips with her own special powers.
Marny's Gift
Raised in the segregated South by a working-class family, Marny is a young girl with a special gift. Her brother is off fighting in World War 2, while her mother doesn't understand her special abilities
Rejoice Resist
Rejoice Resist is a film that celebrates and shows Black Joy and Black pleasure as the ultimate form of resistance
Silent Partner
Hank's Family is missing and he's not talking. Two detectives are hot on the case but have nothing to go with. Can they solve the case before it goes cold?
The Black Baptism
Informed by a mysterious voice, an imprisoned young woman must pass a series of enigmatic tests or face a terrifying.
Woke
It's the year 3000. A "woke" African-American woman wakes up in a post-apocalyptic ghost town after a "race war" has claimed the lives of all black women on earth. When she stumbles upon a pair of futuristic news goggles that shows her what this race war actually was, she becomes truly woke for the first time in her life.
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Theme: Diaspora Dreams

There is power in our dreams – those that remain imaginary and those that come to life. These films are supernatural, futuristic and mysterious explorations of the human experience and they will leave you with wonder.

Includes: A Blossom in the Night; A Galaxy Sits in the Cracks; All the Smoke; House Blend; Lucy; Marny's Gift; Rejoice Resist; Silent Partner; The Black Baptism; Woke

Rejoice Resist is a film that celebrates and shows Black Joy and Black pleasure as the ultimate form of resistance. It highlights the importance of allowing yourself to feel joy especially in the face of adversity.

The film, surreal and lighthearted despite its powerful themes, depicts a woman on a quest to discover this truth.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    0:05:13
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    UK
  • Director
    Elisha Smith-Leverock
  • Screenwriter
    Elisha Smith-Leverock
  • Producer
    Margo Mars
  • Cast
    Rhoda Ofori-Attah, Shaniqua Okwok, Shanice Weeks-Brown, Zakyia Wellington
  • Cinematographer
    Natahlie Pitters
  • Editor
    Ryan Boucher
  • Sound Design
    Rucyl Frison
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