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 DiasStarsOrville CummingsDorren LeeYana 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 TanterStarsDeji LaRaySimon PhillipsShayla HaleA 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