2025 Denton Black Film Festival

Short Stories Around the Globe: Forbidden Sound(China); Love Sweet Sound (Kenya); Ma Naye ka Masaala a se ke (From God to Man) (Sierra Leone); Weave (UK); We Need To Talk Abiut Consent (Jamaica)

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Available January 27, 2025 2:00 AM UTC
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5 films in package
Forbidden Sound
The Art, Culture, and Politics of Chinese Hip Hop
Love Sweet Sound
Keya is a young woman who is in denial of her blindness.
Ma ŋaye ka Masaala a se ka Wɔmɛti (From God To Man)
On the day that Lansana Mansaray was born, a tree was planted in his name in his father’s Limba village. Now an Emmy and Peabody nominated filmmaker, Mansaray returns to the same village to better understand the essential relationship that Limbas share with the trees that define every aspect of community life.
Weave
When a young black girl is being coaxed to hide her Afro by her fiercely protective father, she learns his motivations and concerns are to save her from suffering the same fate as her mother.
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We Need To Talk About Consent
While in a meditative state, a 40 year old woman traverses her memories and finally faces difficult experiences from her past.
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When a young black girl is being coaxed to hide her Afro by her fiercely protective father, she learns his motivations and concerns are to save her from suffering the same fate as her mother.

  • Year
    2023-10-23
  • Runtime
    00:12:00
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United Kingdom
  • Genre
    Age, BIPOC Director, BIPOC Narratives, BIPOC Producer, Black Director, Black Narratives, Black Producer, British Culture, Children // Youth, Culture, Drama, Educational, Family Issues, Female Narratives, Grief, Health, Live Action, Mental Health, Narrative Fiction, Racism, Short, Social Issues
  • Note
    https://www.adira.org.uk/weave/
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  • Director
    Martyn Lee
  • Screenwriter
    Nigel Wilkes, Jaz Craddock-Jones
  • Producer
    Hugh Mann Adamson
  • Cast
    Sophia Beech, Nicholas A. Newman, Pauline Tomlin, Shereen Walker, Rhiannon Cannonvile-Ord, Marsha Millar, Ali Mylon
  • Cinematographer
    Exec Producer: Nigel Wilkes, Ursula Myrie; Director of Photography: Jermaine Edwards; Editor: Grace Mosley; Sound Designer: Marcus Anuzis; Composer: Vanessa Wilkes; Production Designer: Emilia Lester; Costume Designer: Charlotte Van der Haer Richardson; Hair & Makeup: Cassandra Brown, Sunita Claxton, Simone Grant, Darcey Kentworthy, Sara Mckenzie, Summer Nicholson; Casting: Nicci Topping
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