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SUMMARY:Reel Sisters presents I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth
DESCRIPTION:Reel Sisters presents I Own Me: The Spirit of Resistance & Rebirth\, a collection of short films honoring women leaders and the spirit of resistance\, rebirth and healing. Untold stories about important historical and community leaders are celebrated in our showcase. From Reimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons to Angola’s Queen Nzinga in Before 1619: She Took Justice\, each film addresses the power to rise above oppression and injustice to rebirth a new future for generations to come. \nThe program will be held on May 22\, 2025\, 6:30 pm at Riverside Church\, 91 Claremont Ave. (121 St). Tickets: $7 (plus Universe fees). \nFIlm Showcase \nRock Island Prison 1864 \nnarrative\, 6:49 min. \nProducer/Director: Joy Shannon \nGuarding Confederate POWS in a Civil War prison\, a runaway slave now Union soldier\, desperately fights for power\, or faces returning to slavery. Inspired by a true story. \nNana & The Black Monarchy \n7 min.\, documentary \nProducer/Director: Yaania Bell \nWhat even is Black Girl Magic? Well\, it’s the miraculous alchemy Black women and girls synthesize from the adversity\, abuse and subjugation they endure throughout their existence. Yaania Bell’s radically profound short documentary on the slutty social worker\, @Nanagal_ and her sex positive\, anti-patriarchal demonstrations\, introduces audiences to a colorful reality of BIPOC sexual assault and domestic violence survivors. \nReimagining Queen Nanny of the Maroons \n32 min.\, documentary \nProducers: Leo R. Douglas \nDirectors: Leo R. Douglas and Udemba Mclean \nWriters: Leo R. Douglas and Marcia Douglas \nDrawing on African spiritualism in which nature itself is sacred\, and West African cultures where women are traditional leaders and the female-form is commonly ecologically deified\, the “Reimagining Nanny” Project retelling of the story of Queen Nanny\, national heroine of Jamaica\, as a shaman of the forests\, healer\, priestess and protector of the springs and watersheds\, and commander of energies of the earth\, creatures\, mountains and valleys of the Blue and John Crow Mountains of Jamaica. \nBefore 1619: She Took Justice \n29:58 min.\, documentary \nProducer: Gloria Browne-Marshall\, The Law and Policy Group\, Inc. \nDirector: Bobby John Field \nJourney to Angola and discover the feats of an extraordinary African warrior Queen who fought European invaders in the 1660s and her powerful connection today. \nThe program is funded\, in part\, by the West Harlem Development Corporation\, National Endowment for the Arts\, New York State Council on the Arts\, Concil members Crystal Hudson (CD 35) and Farah Louis (CD 45).
URL:https://africanvoices.com/event/reel-sisters-presents-i-own-me-the-spirit-of-resistance-rebirth/
LOCATION:Riverside Church\, 91 Claremont Ave\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Film Screening
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