COMMUNITY VIEWS:

Conversation with Mrs. Carter, Part 4 of 4 (2008/USA) – directors Lillian Anderson &  Johnnie Evans

Mrs. Delphine Carter is over 100 years old, and her life is recounted in her own words! Over 100 years of American history, told through the story of one amazing woman who is a testament to the perserverance and committment of the African American community to education, community service and faith.

A loyal member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. –a Black business women’s sorority that was founded in 1929– Mrs. Carter is interviewed and recorded by her sorority sisters, Mrs. Lillian Anderson and Mrs. Johnnie Evans.

COMMUNITY VIEWS:

Conversation with Mrs. Carter, Part 3 of 4 (2008/USA) – directors Lillian Anderson &  Johnnie Evans

Mrs. Delphine Carter is over 100 years old, and her life is recounted in her own words! Over 100 years of American history, told through the story of one amazing woman who is a testament to the perseverance and commitment of the African American community to education, community service and faith.

A loyal member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. –a Black business women’s sorority that was founded in 1929– Mrs. Carter is interviewed and recorded by her sorority sisters, Mrs. Lillian Anderson and Mrs. Johnnie Evans.

COMMUNITY VIEWS:

Conversation with Mrs. Carter, Part 2 of 4 (2008/USA) – directors Lillian Anderson &  Johnnie Evans

Mrs. Delphine Carter is over 100 years old, and her life is recounted in her own words! Over 100 years of American history, told through the story of one amazing woman who is a testament to the perserverance and committment of the African American community to education, community service and faith.

A loyal member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. –a Black business women’s sorority that was founded in 1929– Mrs. Carter is interviewed and recorded by her sorority sisters, Mrs. Lillian Anderson and Mrs. Johnnie Evans.

COMMUNITY VIEWS:

Conversation with Mrs. Carter, Part 1 of 2 (2008/USA) – directors Lillian Anderson &  Johnnie Evans

Mrs. Delphine Carter is over 100 years old, and her life is recounted in her own words! Over 100 years of American history, told through the story of one amazing woman who is a testament to the perserverance and committment of the African American community to education, community service and faith.

A loyal member of the Iota Phi Lambda Sorority, Inc. –a Black business women’s sorority that was founded in 1929– Mrs. Carter is interviewed and recorded by her sorority sisters, Mrs. Lillian Anderson and Mrs. Johnnie Evans.

Blue Covers (2008, USA) – dir. Indira Allegra

Length: 8 minutes

A visual poem that re-imagines the journey from childhood sexual abuse, where the lover, trauma and the possibility of healing all exist within the space of a moment

In Search of Consonance (2009, U.S.A.) – dir. Stacey Larkins

1 hour, 20 minutes

A hilarious comedy with a dramatic theme, Shelly’s therapeutic exercise turns out to be a lengthy document that exposes her deepest thoughts and shines a light on her dysfunctional family. Through a series of events, her “therapeutic exercise” gets in the hands of a literary agent who wants to publish it. Chaos begins…

The Hands (2008, U.S.A.) – Charise Studesville

11 minutes

The Hands is a story of the love between a father and daughter that can’t last in its original pure state. As the grown-up daughter now sits at her father’s bedside in his final hours, she becomes fixated upon his hands and what they represent.

Sushi (2009, U.S.A.) – dir. Ernest Robinson

Length: 13 minutes

Two Black women discuss a major commitment over a sushi lunch. Some commitments should be kept. What is the secret that binds, and tears them apart?

Cruzeiro (2009, Brazil/Netherlands) – dir. Patricia Maresch

Length: 45 minutes

Four young inhabitants from the favela Vila Cruzeiro film their own lives and each others. Despite preconceptions and violence, favela life is not only a life of misery. The favela has many beautiful things and beautiful people.

New York 45 (USA), dir. Jacques Zanetti

Length: 1 hour, 24 minutes

New York 45 is a film about how 45 people from different races, backgrounds and classes, perceive their city, New York City, along with all of its tragedy, complexity and wonder. 45 very different New Yorkers create a common voice… A real human voice… 20 born and raised New Yorkers, 11 new Americans and the rest, Americans but born in other states.
 
A magnificent testament and document of the heart and soul of New York City, post-9/11, and on the brink of change to a new President.