2020 Black Femme Supremacy Film Fest

The theme of the festival this year is Legacy.

They want you to believe that the world is ending so that you are so distracted by fear that you forget about your legacy. What are you leaving for the others who will certainly come behind you? What have you created for your descendants?

FEATURES

PIER KIDS (OPENING)

Pier Kids by Elegance Bratton

Black Butterfly by Wide Angle Media Youth

Opening our festival is Elegance Bratton’s revered documentary PIER KIDS: a poetic glance into the life of Krystal Labeija and her friends seeking shelter and stability on the west side of Manhattan. Played alongside short film BLACK BUTTERFLY. Runtime: 90 mins

SAY MY NAME

Say My Name by Juliana Chagas

Combust, Tyler Washington

SAY MY NAME follows two Black trans women, Selem and Diana, in the process of changing their names in Brazil. Met with obstacles and loopholes, the process becomes a long battle for respect in a transphobic society. Click to view trailer. Preceeded by COMBUST, these films personify frustration, acceptance, and release. Runtime: 83 mins

ANATOMY OF WINGS (CLOSING)

Anatomy of Wings by Nikiea Redmond, Kirsten D’Andrea Hollander

Love, Ava, Ava Dee, James Burkhalter

Closing off our 2020 festival is a documentary spanning multiple years, made in our home of Baltimore. ANATOMY OF WINGS is an emotional masterpiece of young girls blossoming into women through their support system and after school program, Wings. Click to view trailer. Short film LOVE, AVA graces the screen before the film. Runtime: 90 mins

SHORTS

DEFINING FEMME

Every year we select short films that we feel redefine what it means to be “femme.” These 8 short films speak to what being a femme in 2020 feels like.

  • In the Shadows

  • Mamas

  • Divina Gracia

  • Breathe (Neefso)

  • Trans of Thought

  • Tori

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Breathe (Neefso)

    by Aisha Jama

  • Trans of Thought

    by Brittony Mckenney

  • Tori

    by Eric Cotten

  • In the shadows

    by Charmaine Bingwa

  • Divina Gracia (Divine Grace)

    by Ana Paula Teixeira

  • Facão (Machete)

    by Camila Hepplin

  • Memaw

    by Zanah Thirus

LEGACY OF RIGHTEOUS ANGER

Being perceived as an “Angry Black Woman” keeps certain Black femmes from expressing valid emotions. What happens when the anger is revered instead of suppressed?

  • Suicide By Sunlight

  • Rising Power: Building an Intersectional Justice Movement in the United States

  • Keep Your Flowers

  • Sweet Rind

  • Omi

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • Keep Your Flowers

    by Sekou Brown

  • Sweet Rind

    by Andre Wynter

  • Omi

    by Vatora Godwin

  • Suicide By Sunlight

    by Nikyatu

  • Rising Power: Building an Intersectional Justice Movement in the United States

    by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy

LEGACY OF THE WAP

To be femme, Black and horny… These shorts explore a space that’s not quite love, not necessarily romance, but certainly lust.

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • “Friends”

  • So What Happens Next?

  • Tender

    by Felicia Pride

  • Sex is a God Thing

    by Zarinah Ali

  • Drip Like Coffee

    by Anaiis Cisco

  • “Friends”

    by Joy Lamont-Smith

  • So What Happens Next?

    by Sohkna Samb

LEGACY OF BEAUTY

Beauty is currency, and for the black femme somedays are plentiful while others may feel sparse. These short ponder the way aesthetic informs the lived realities of the black femme.

SHORT FILMS IN THIS BLOCK

  • In Praise of the Shadow