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.
