¡Llámame Chinita! – Stacy Chu (Los Angeles, California)Lulu, a 30-year old woman from China, travels alone to Mexico in the middle of the Pandemic. Despite her distance from home, her daily life and pressures seem to follow. In Chinese and Spanish, subtitled. 2021; 22 min.

¡Llámame Chinita!

Lulu, a 30-year old woman from China, travels alone to Mexico in the middle of the Pandemic. Despite her distance from home, her daily life and pressures seem to follow.

Threads of Desire – Bianca Di Marco (New York, New York)Threads of Desire tells the story of Bettina, a lonely and overlooked farmer who steals an elegant dress from a small Italian town. Riddled with guilt, Bettina must choose between following her conscience or her fantasies of owning a beautiful gown. In Italian, subtitled. 2021; 9 min.

Threads of Desire

Threads of Desire tells the story of Bettina, a lonely and overlooked farmer who steals an elegant dress from town.

Memory Builds The Monument – Isaac Yowman (Houston, Texas)Compelled by the vivid memories of the legendary Club Matinee by aging citizens, this film leaps into the music, the art, and the community of Houston's historic 5th Ward. The doc highlights the impossible to ignore cultural and social challenges of African-Americans in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s living in the South. The through-line of this story showcases how the music of these eras played a part in defining generations and bringing people of all ethnicities and backgrounds together and how memories, at the verge of being lost can be shared to propel the future. 2021; 15 min. "This event is offered in connection with&nbsp;<a href="https://healourcommunities.org/day-of-racial-healing/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The National Day of Racial Healing</a>, part of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Truth, Racial, Healing &amp; Transformation efforts, and is supported&nbsp;by the Creating Change Network&nbsp;in partnership with the <a href="https://www.newark.rutgers.edu/truth-racial-healing-and-transformation-center" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Center at Rutgers University - Newark</a>. The Creating Change Network is&nbsp;a program hosted by <a href="https://njtheatrealliance.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Jersey Theatre Alliance</a> and <a href="https://artpridenj.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ArtPride New Jersey</a> that aims to build a more equitable, just, and anti-racist arts community. The activities of the Creating Change Network are made possible by the generous support of the <a href="https://gruninfoundation.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Grunin Foundation</a>."

Memory Builds The Monument

Compelled by the vivid memories of the legendary Club Matinee by aging citizens, this film leaps into the music, the art, and the community of Houston's historic 5th Ward. The doc highlights the impossible to ignore cultural and social challenges of African-Americans in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s living in the South.

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It's our 40th Anniversary!!  Our Festival -- which will be taking place on the Fridays and Sundays between September 10 and October 10 -- will be a hybrid one this Fall as we will be presenting the Festival online as well as doing live screenings at Rutgers University in September. All the films will be available virtually via Video on Demand for 24 hours on their show date. Each ticket or Festival Pass purchased is good for the live and virtual screenings. The live screenings will be held in Voorhees Hall #105/Rutgers University, 71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ beginning at 7PM for each program on their show date but only for the September Showings. Ticket buyers will also have special access to Filmmaker Introductions and Q+A Sessions for many of the films.  Tickets: $15=Per Program; Festival All Access Pass=$100. To buy tickets for individual programs click on the photos below and click on the pre-order buttons.

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