2024 Denton Black Film Festival

ADVENTURE/SPORTS/DANCE (Shorts): Interception: Jayne Kennedy American Sportscaster; KINGDOME; Unbelievable! The Art Williams Story; (Screendance) Oxowusi; Red Line; What's Bred in the Blood and Bone

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Interception: Jayne Kennedy American Sportscaster
When a bronze-skin bombshell rocks the world of Sunday Morning Football, millions tune in... but few know the tumultuous story of Jayne Kennedy, the first Black woman to boldly run interception on the racial lines of American sportscasting.
KINGDOME
"KINGDOME" is a documentary that chronicles the remarkable journey of the legendary basketball tournament in Harlem known as the Kingdome.
Unbelievable! The Art Williams Story
“Unbelievable!" provides the audience with a glimpse into the life of Art Williams.
Oxowusi
Oxowusi juxtaposes certain aspects of a Candomblé initiate with the Yoruba-based tale of how Oxossi, the one arrow hunter, became a deity. It seeks to reflect on the relevance of ancestral memory and our connection to the contemporary life.
Red Line
The flight or flight response to trauma in bodily form. Red Line examines the resilience of a Black woman in the face of allostatic load.
What's Bred in the Blood and Bone
Inspired by the work of Ida Bell Wells, whose writing documented the episodic period of lynching’s in the 1890’s, What’s Bred in the Blood and Bone is a study of space and place, girded by the collective experiences of brown bodies.
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Oxowusi juxtaposes certain aspects of a Candomblé initiate with the Yoruba-based tale of how Oxossi, the one arrow hunter, became a deity. It seeks to reflect on the relevance of ancestral memory and our connection to the contemporary life.

  • Year
    2023-05-26
  • Runtime
    00:13:48
  • Country
    Brazil
  • Director
    Augusto Soledade, Gabriel Yjalade
  • Screenwriter
    Guilherme Silva, Augusto Soledade, Gabriel Yjalade
  • Producer
    Fernanda Borges
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