2022 American Black Film Festival: Movie Guide
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- DirectorNadia HallgrenStarsJohn BoydKara BoydKougnum BrownCrump's mission to raise the value of Black life as the civil lawyer for the families of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Black farmers and banking while Black victims, Crump challenges America to come to terms with what it owes his clients.Opening Night Film
- DirectorCarlos MillerStarsGeorge A. TaylorRigoberto DuvalCarolyn JohnsonAfter serving five years in prison, Coy returns home with determination to avoid the people and situations that sent his life spiraling out of control. After Pudda, Coy's old friend comes back around expecting things to pick up where they left off, Coy's determination to change is put to the test when the things he thought to be true now appear to be a lie. Now he must distinguish between what is temporary, and what is forever. Between Sins is a tale about the "art of living", originally known to be the definition of philosophy. In Between Sins, the characters reveal character.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorRon DiasStarsJoanne JansenOrville CummingsYana Gold2020 comes with enough challenges of its own, but as four best friends each attempt to overcome their own trying situations, they are left unsure if the group can survive.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorPaul TanterStarsMichael BacalsoKen BressersAndrew Davis IIA young couples' anniversary trip turns deadly in a foreign land.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorKali Baker-JohnsonStarsNican RobinsonMisha MolaniMysti AdamsTwo recent exes with an undeniable connection confront what could have been if their cultural differences hadn't pushed them to new lives on opposite coasts.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorJurian IsabelleStarsBill BognerOmar CookKemuel CrosstyWelcome to the future, where dreaming is illegal. Set in the dystopian urban south of the not-too-distant future, a group of social misfits must band together to navigate an oppressive system in hopes of changing the future. Outnumbered and outgunned, their hope may lie in the world of the subconscious.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorEllie FoumbiStarsBabetida SadjoSouleymane Sy SavaneJennifer TchiakpeAn African refugee's quiet existence in a sleepy mountain town in the south of France is upended by the arrival of a charismatic Catholic priest whom she recognizes as the warlord who slaughtered her family.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorCas Sigers-BeedlesStarsNicole AcostaSean Anthony BakerBrii Renee'Four friends who are down on their luck decide to rob a ruthless Rastafarian jewel thief by conning his second in command.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorDamon JamalStarsMiguel A. Núñez Jr.Demetrius GrosseElise NealA car-jacked mother, and entrepreneur is forced to bond with her violent assailant in order to escape.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorJamal DedeauxStarsAndrea LewisBrittany S. HallToccara JonesSexually awkward Stacey Johnson decides to take control of her life, cancel her ex, and conquer her fears by having a threesome with her new beau and a mysterious woman she's never met. What could possibly go wrong?Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorDame PierreStarsJuhahn JonesAudra KinkeadApryl JonesBased on the series "YOU HITTIN DAT???" Characters by Juhahn Jones and Dame Pierre. Story by Byron Manuel, Tarek Abdelkhalig, and Juhahn Jones.Category: Narrative Features
- DirectorZara KatzLisa Riordan SevilleStarsKristal BushNyvae ScottKristal SpeaksKristal is a young, ambitious Philadelphian driven to keep families connected to their incarcerated loved ones. But when her father and brother return from prison, she confronts the ultimate question: can she reunite her own family?Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorKen MilesStarsJorge ColinaCamillus HouseNathaniel WhiteUncut truth about the homeless experience in New York and Miami and how to get out of that experience.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorMicheal RiceStarsMicheal RiceMichael RobersonCharlene SinclairMicheal Rice's kaleidoscopic journey through the fault lines of race, gender, history and sexuality in America, focuses on the intersectional lives of black queer people fighting for equality within their own community.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorAshwin ChaudharyStarsGlenn FuhrmanJustin WadlingtonThe origin story of painter Justin Wadlington, blind in his left eye.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorChezik TsunodaA mother goes on a healing journey to investigate the silent epidemic of childhood drowning after losing her son.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorRafiq NabaliStarsJekalyn CarrWalter Earl FlukerDarlene JacksonA young, African American filmmaker, journeys to the heart of the Black experience to find the answer to a daunting question: Is the Black church dead?Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorMatt WaldeckStarsMario BeverlyTom BruceDeshaun CarterAmerica's longest wrongfully held exonerated prisoner, Rickey Jackson, returns to the prison where his 39-year journey of survival began and guides his younger self from death row to freedom.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorDiane RobinsonStarsElena AshburnSophia DeLoretto-ChudyJeremy GruberFollows a diverse group of students and activists during the 2020 election to show young peoples' perceptions of voting and civic engagement.Category: Documentary Features
- DirectorRachel MyersStarsGiovanni AdamsJean BaiardiMichael ChenBourn Rich, a Black- Jewish street artist confronts the fear and isolation of the moment through art and creates a street mural project to celebrates kindness and connection in his community.Category: Web Series
- StarsDayna DooleyKimberly DooleyThe zany misadventures of two sisters navigating the ups and downs of life, as artists, in the wild and unpredictable streets of La La Land.Category: Web Series
- StarsDavid ChinKeith DouglasVirginia ElliotStriving to break free from a life of espionage, murder and destructive family ties, Mara sets out to fabricate a new life for herself, but soon realizes the truth will always reveal itself and all sins must be atoned for.Category: Web Series
- DirectorTyler d LambertStarsSophina DeJesusTyler d LambertCaitlyn MimsJonathans World is based on the story of a creative poetic genius Jonathan Stewart. In 1990, his freshman year at Wildcat University Jonathan arrives back from the future as he gives his younger self magical potion in hopes to live life happily ever after with the perfect girl. Jonathan sips the magical potion as he's placed under a demonic spell trapping him in his deepest thoughts of his wildest imagination.Category: Web Series
- StarsLj ScottAdiagha FaizahChakeefe GordonFollows several homeless youth residents of Beyond Hope Youth Shelter's who beat the odds, and find their place in society.Category: Web Series
- StarsKevin D. BentonLaPorscha S. RodgersAisha SaranFollows three black women from Philadelphia, two of them Muslim, trying to break into the media industry while being met with challenges in mental health, faith, and loss due to gun violence.Category: Web Series
- StarsSophina DeJesusBrandon Lee WardWyatt HinzA six-year-old girl with aspirations of being an attorney puts her little brother on trial after she discovers her toy is inoperative.Category: Web Series
- StarsDenny DillonKaya FraitesKhaya FraitesWhen the sudden disappearance of water threatens to upend a vibrant utopia, an intrepid teen named Blaze must save their community before it's too late.Category: Web Series
- StarsGordon GreeneMirlande AmazanJae KimDr. Rhemington Lee engages patients in an unwitting experiment of truth as each convene on The Green Couch.Category: Web Series
- StarsRyan A. ColeOG, Big Mama and Foegy, aka "The Oldheads," growing tired of the same routine, decide to use technology to become younger.Category: Web Series
- DirectorSherif AlabedeStarsLisaGay HamiltonTaylour PaigeMark WebberThe story of an interracial couple raising their mixed race child in the racially polarizing times of 1956 Mississippi.HBO Short Film Award Finalist
- DirectorElisee Junior St PreuxStarsTaj JohnsonDexter TillisErinn JonesIsolated from society in a deserted delta community with his austere father, a child musical prodigy prepares for the audition of a lifetime while navigating a newfound skill in ancestral dreaming. Cultivated by true experiences and spellbound by explicit dreams, "Aurinko in Adagio" is a love letter to the director's childhood as a young brass instrumentalist intertwined with fictional events. It is a fantastical coming-of-age drama on family and passion while shining a light on the beautiful, yet complicated father and son relationship.HBO Short Film Award Finalist
- DirectorGia-Rayne HarrisStarsChristy St. JohnShaw JonesTim Johnson Jr.A high school teacher finds herself on wild-goose chase to find a missing student that no one else seems to miss.HBO Short Film Award Finalist
- DirectorDestiny MaconStarsMystie SmithSh'KiaDon Henderson BakerA timid engineer develops a wild and expressive split personality to help her speak up to the boy's club at work.HBO Short Film Award Finalist
- DirectorRebecca UsoroStarsOkieriete OnaodowanSaidah Arrika EkulonaGeorgina Elizabeth OkonHBO Short Film Award Finalist
- DirectorMC LyteStarsTremayne NorrisAries SimoneBernadette SpeakesA couple on the verge of divorce are faced with the truth of why their marriage is ending. With hopes that consciously uncoupling will help them BREAK UP IN LOVE, Natasha and Richard must first accept their own flaws.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorArthur CartwrightStarsAli AmineOrlando BaileyJeremy EvittsA man struggles mentally to reconnect with his family after experiencing a devastating loss.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorMmabatho MontshoStarsS. Epatha MerkersonYolonda RossAngela DiMarcoAbigail battles moving her elderly mother with dementia out from the family home. When her mother unconsciously haunts her by continually questioning Desmond's whereabouts it forces her to finally face the question. The mother can't remember, the daughter can't forget.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorJames GrisomStarsAkin ColeyShawn FoxxWilliam L. JohnsonAfter the tragic death of a loved one, a young black pianist wrestles with guilt and the immediate pressure to retaliate. Jeremiah feels trapped-stuck in a fit of rage, sorrow, and guilt. He seeks answers from his father, but after finding no solace, chooses to act on his own. Set in Compton, CA, EYE FOR AN i is a contemporary meditation on grief and masculinity within our community.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorDavid OrantesStarsJacob RomeroHilary WardJ.D. HallAfter spending 7 years in prison, Malcolm seeks to mend his relationship with his mother while devoting himself as a consistent and faithful new convert to Islam.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorMorgan MathewsStarsFred FergusonChristian Dean WaltonJamal TruloveA boy learns about his estranged father through a visit to his step-brother's home.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorChristian KamaalStarsAndre K. BurlesonJolésaChristian KamaalAfter escaping from an insane asylum, serial killer UU, returns home to search for his deceased lover.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorMischa WebleyStarsCycerli AshBrynn BaronJosh DavisA grieving grandfather takes up graffiti to overcome the loss of his grandson, a talented graffiti artist.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorKaleb D'AguilarStarsSusan AderinLee Nicholas HarrisNtonga MwanzaAgainst the backdrop of the Windrush scandal, a Jamaican mother, Valerie Powell, struggles to keep her relationship with her son Eli intact. She suffers in silence as she battles with the government's hostile environment tactics, as she keeps the threat of deportation a secret, her psychological state begins to deteriorate as she grapples with the fear of losing her son and the country, she calls home.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorBrianna DevonsStarsLamar UsherRiki Yvette WestmorelandDarren Lee CampbellA young man in pursuit of his dreams balances an opportunity of a lifetime and the imminent threat of losing his family.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorJessie B. EvansStarsVarda AppletonNaomi AveryJessie B. EvansIn a world where oxygen is commodified, a young black man races against the clock to get clean air for his family from the wealthy family whom he works for.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorDanielle GibsonDanielle GibsonStarsDiana AcevedoIsaac AndradeMagaly CastellanosIf being black was chocolate ice cream, and being Latina was cherry, the world thinks of Aviva Ardor as a swirl of the two when she's really Red Velvet.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorYusuf NasirStarsYusuf NasirSteve PinderWhy are our fantasies so far removed from our reality?Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorEunice LevisStarsCindy De La CruzNadya EncarnacionElvis NolascoA free-spirited teen fulfills her terminally ill grandmother's dying wish of building a rocket ship to launch her into outer space.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorMonty ColeStarsMarcus TempleJamal GrantShinaul JonesAfter receiving the early morning news of his younger brother's murder, a mourning barber pushes through the muddy waters of grief to find the courage to do the impossible - give his brother one last cut.Category: Voices of Culture
- DirectorMatt Scott JonesStarsLandon MossAshley Denise RobinsonDarian Michael GareyEvery day is a new series of performances for Trevor, because he believes that the only way to be valued is to be, at all times, the most perfect version of himself possible. It's a gargantuan task. One that requires so much work, it's as if he has stagehands to assist in building the facades in his apartment. Throughout the day, his world reorganizes as the people around him come and go. But the exhaustion of performing starts to erode at the perfect illusion he's constructed.Category: Voices of Culture