San Francisco DocFest 2020

Shorts Program 3 - The Real World

Expired September 21, 2020 6:45 AM
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5 films in package
I Could Tell You 'Bout My Life
19-year-old Michael Martin reflects on his life in Harlem, his interests in music and art, and how his incarceration on Rikers Island affected him.
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In this short essay-style documentary, a Black filmmaker reflects on present-day struggles of marginalized people on a tour devoted to challenging conventional historical narratives through the legacy of a slave revolt.
Legendary: 30 Years of Philly Ballroom
An inside look into the effort to preserve Philadelphia's ballroom scene, a black LGBTQ safe-space that has endured for 30 years.
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We Are Free Because Of Harriet Tubman
This lyrical film is a meditation on resistance, nature, and history. Prof. Sonia Sanchez’s Haiku speaks to us today as many in America struggle to find their own liberation. The other text, contributed by filmmakers Marlene and Nadine Patterson, is a list of enslaved Africans Tubman freed.
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Shorts Program 3 - The Real World: Four ways to tell unique African-American stories: through self-reflection, poetry, essay, and oral history

In this short essay-style documentary, a Black filmmaker reflects on present-day struggles of marginalized people on a tour devoted to challenging conventional historical narratives through the legacy of a slave revolt.


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  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Naeema Jamilah Torres
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