curated by New Negress Film Society, hosted by MoMA PS1, March 17th, 2019
Photos by Derek Schultz
2019 PARTICIPANTS
Nuotama Bodomo
Shirley Bruno
Dyani Douze
Ja’Tovia Gary
Gessica Gènèus
Nikyatu
Adepero Oduye
Tchaiko Omawale
Chanelle Aponte Pearson
Numa Perrier
Stefani Saintonge
Yvonne Michelle Shirley
Cauleen Smith
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
BLACK WOMEN'S FILM CONFERENCE 2019 PROGRAM:
An Afternoon with Cauleen Smith (moderated by Ja’Tovia Gary)
SCREENING:
SONG FOR EARTH AND FOLK (2013, 11 min)
Triangle Trade (2017, 15 min)
The Changing Same (2011, 9 min)
THREE SONGS ABOUT LIBERATION (2017, 9 min)
SOJOURNER (2018, 22 min)
Douvan Jou Ka Leve (2017, 51 min) Screening + Gessica Généus in conversation (moderated by Yvonne Michelle Shirley & Stefani Saintonge)
(Re) Envisioning a New Creative World: an extended conversation with filmmakers Adepero Oduye, Shirley Bruno, Nikyatu, and Keisha Rae Witherspoon. (Moderated by Chanelle Aponte Pearson and Nuotama Bodomo)
SCREENING:
To Be Free (2017, 13 min) by Adepero Oduye
An Excavation of Us (2017, 11 min) by Shirley Bruno
Suicide by Sunlight (2018, 17 min) by Nikyatu
1968 < 2018 > 2068 (2018, 7 min) by Keisha Rae Witherspoon
Solace (2018, 80 min) Screening + Tchaiko Omawale in conversation (Moderated by Ja’Tovia Gary)
Reception + DJ Set with DOUZE