I'm Free Now, You Are Free | SHORTS II: It’s Complicated

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JURY AWARD WINNERS!

Best Short Film - SLOAN HEARTS NECKFACE

Best Actress - Emily Tremaine, LIP SERVICE

Special Jury Mention for Excellence in Non-Fiction Storytelling - I'M FREE NOW, YOU ARE FREE

The complexities of love are laid bare in this program showcasing erotica audiobook voice acting, disastrous date conversations, a record-breaking phone call and a graffiti love story.

Sloan Hearts Neckface, dir. Justin Fair (USA), Lip Service, dir. Emily Tremaine (USA), I’m Free Now, You Are Free, dir. Ash Goh Hua (USA), Disarmed, dir. Rana San, Will Myers (USA), Wednesday, dir. Alex Kokenis, Alison Hale (USA), La Gloria, dir. Mary Evangelista (USA), Sinking Ship, dir. Sasha Leigh Henry (Canada)

I’m Free Now, You Are Free is a short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9. In 1978, Debbie, then 8 months pregnant, and many other MOVE family members were arrested after an attack by the Philadelphia Police Department; born in a prison cell, Mike Africa Jr. spent just three days with his mother before guards wrenched him away, and they spent the next 40 years struggling for freedom and for each other. In 2018, Mike Africa Jr. successfully organized to have his parents released on parole. “I realized that I had never seen her feet before,” was a remark he made when he reflected on Debbie’s homecoming. This film meditates on Black family preservation as resistance against the brutal legacies of state sanctioned family separation.

Year
2020
Runtime
15 minutes
Language
English
Country
USA

Director
Ash Goh Hua
Producer
Arielle Knight
Cast
Mike Africa Jr, Debbie Africa, Alia Africa
Cinematographer
Jude Chehab
Editor
Ash Goh Hua

8 films in package

Sloan Hearts Neckface

An anonymous, anarchic graffiti artist unexpectedly falls in love with a fan but can’t be with her until he reveals his true identity.

Lip Service

A woman records erotica fantasy audiobooks from her bedroom closet while her own life is far from perfect.

I'm Free Now, You Are Free

I’m Free Now, You Are Free is a short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9.

Disarmed

Some things are better left unsaid. This is a true story about one of those things.

Wednesday

Two friends stay on the phone for a whole day while one awaits medical news.

La Gloria

In the days following her suicide attempt, a queer lovelorn teen finds connection and solace with her Abuela through the secret language of dreams.

Sinking Ship

The short film SINKING SHIP is a hyper-stylized look at a changing relationship between a man and a woman hitting their early forties. While out for drinks, a couple find themselves in an intellectual discussion of how they feel about each other. Their clinical honesty is contrasted by the restaurant’s massive mural of open waters behind them that conveys the emotional truth of the state of their relationship. The ship is sinking, and it’s every person for themselves.

Shorts II: It's Complicated Q&A

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