INTERNATIONAL BLACK MAN FILM FESTIVAL November 19th, 2011

INTERNATIONAL BLACK MAN FILM FESTIVAL

Saturday Nov. 19

Shrine of the Black Madonna

946 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd SW
Atlanta, Ga. 30310
10 am to 6 pm
All-day pass $10 advance on sale Shrine Bookstore; All-day pass $12.00 at door
SPECIAL: $5 all-day pass at door for arrivals 10:00 am -10:30 am

www.blackmanfilmfest.net

info@blackmanfilmfest.net

 

This year IBMFF will be showing the same films in both Atlanta and Accra, Ghana at the same moment! That way, the two audiences can share the same experience, and talk to each other over the Internet after the films! 

 

Check out the film line-up...

 

10 AM

"Wind of Change"

The movie shows how one Kenyan man and his family are fighting against climate destruction in East Africa. The family works together to keep the drought from defeating them, and we see them fight to save their crops and their home. We see the human face behind the drought.

Documentary / Kenya / 45 mins 

Director: Julia Dahr

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film**

 

11 AM

"A Bridge, Not A Barrier"

Live discussion across the Atlantic between audiences in Accra Ghana and Atlanta USA. Filmmakers in both countries tell of their current work, and film lovers tell of their likes and dislikes about films in Ghana and USA. Come join in this live interactive time. [Not a film.] We will help break down the barriers between peoples and nations.

 

**Live discussion / Ghana and USA / 45 mins  

 

12 PM

 "Pumzi"

In a futuristic East Africa, world war has forced people to live underground. The environment is high-tech, but water is scarce. Freedom is scarce. One woman escapes, and carries a single plant up to the surface to rekindle hope in a barren land. This film is our praise to Black women from our Film Festival.

Sci-Fi / Kenya / 22 mins 

Director: Wanuri Kahiu / With: Kudzani Moswela /

 

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film**

12:40 PM

"African Palestinian"

Did you know there are Black people born and raised in the Middle East? We journey to this world hot spot, also known as Palestine. We visit the ancient city of Jerusalem, and see where Africans live, to talk to community leader Ali Jiddah. He explains what it's like being a Black man in the "Middle East", and how Africans resist Israel's occupation.

Documentary / Palestine / 25 mins 

Director: Andrew Courtney / With: Ali Jiddah

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film*

 

1:20 PM

"Native Sun"

We follow the life of an imaginative little boy who goes from a small village to the big city in search of his father. He is befriended by a woman living on the street, and they bond together for survival and friendship. A highlight is the music by Blitz the Ambassador, including Afrobeat, old-school hip-hop, highlife and kora music.

Drama / Ghana / 22 mins 

Directors: Terence Nance and Blitz the Ambassador

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film**

 

2 PM

"From Fatherless to Fatherhood"

We explore the problems, but emphasize the solutions, to absent fathers. Interviews with fathers, their children, and experts. We include talks to children whose fathers - whether absent or present - have impacted them in a major way. We offer hope among the difficulties.

Documentary / USA / 25 mins 

Director: Kobie Brown / With: Fathers, their children, experts.

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film** 

2:40 PM

"Black Love Lives"

Real-life couples share their strategies for making love work. We especially hear the insightful, yet often-unheard voices of men in loving relationships.

Documentary / USA / 21 mins 

Director: Nisa Ra / With: Black couples.

**Live discussion between USA and Ghana after the film**

 

3:20 PM

"Permanent Bond"

We celebrate and conclude our time of live, international interaction between our Ghana and USA audiences. We discuss our favorite films, and our two audiences vote for the Audience Award favorite film. We share resources for ongoing relationships between our people. [Not a film.] We say good-bye to our friends across the Atlantic.

 

**Live discussion / Ghana and USA / 40 mins**

 

4 PM  

Atlanta only  

"Wolf Call"

It is 1956, the year after 14-year-old Emmett Till's mutilated body was found in a river. Two whites have been acquitted of his murder. In this film, a Black man plays the role of a white reporter, and he also plays the role of Klansmen, to give us insight into how those two white men could be freed.

Drama / USA / 15 mins 

Director: Rob Underhill / With: Mike Wiley

 

4:30 PM

**Atlanta only**

"Keeper of the Flame"

In New Orleans, the Black leader of a prominent Native American nation dies unexpectedly. He passes the leadership on to an unlikely candidate: his young grandson Michael, who has the heart of a warrior but the appearance of a sheep.

Drama / USA / 30 mins 

Director: Brian Nelson / With: Big Chief Alfred Doucette, Kenneth L. Brown, Harold Sylvester, Mykel Shannon Jenkins

 

5 PM

**Atlanta only**

"Beyond the Bricks"

Film offers solutions for the low performance of Black males in public schools. The film follows two tough and inspiring students as they struggle to stay on track in the Newark, New Jersey school system.

Documentary / USA / 35 mins 

Director: Derek Koen / With: Shaquiel Ingram, Erick Graham, Mayor Cory Booker, Pedro Noguera, John Jackson, Al Sharpton, Ivory Toldson.