BLACK VOICES SHORTS PROGRAM

BLACK VOICES SHORTS PROGRAM
Sunday, August 28, 2022 at 4:00 PM
SHORTS PROGRAM | 74 min
General Admission $10 | Student + Children $8

THE BLACK FOXES
SHORT DOCUMENTARY | 15 MIN | ENGLISH | USA
Directed by B. Monet

The Black Foxes is an international collective of unapologetically Black cyclists reclaiming the freedom and joy of the outdoors. On their first anniversary in June 2021, The Black Foxes gathered to celebrate, reflect, and envision the road ahead.

ROGUE: THE WESTERN
SHORT NARRATIVE | 18 MIN | ENGLISH | USA
Directed by Carly Miller

1870s New Mexico, a Black American saloon girl plots her escape from her backwater town and devious employer. Her plans are complicated when an old flame rides into town asking for help.

THE PRATT IN THE HAT
SHORT DOCUMENTARY | 15 MIN | ENGLISH | USA
Directed by Susan Hillary

“Your remarks should be like a lady’s dress, short enough to be attractive and long enough to cover the subject.” Just some of the words of wisdom from activist, pioneer, and sharp dressed woman, Dr. Frances Pratt.

IN-A-ME
SHORT NARRATIVE | 3 MIN | ENGLISH | USA
Directed by Kathy O Lofton

A hybrid avant-garde/experimental short on images of female self-oppression, mental health, and self-imposed bias.

REASONS
SHORT NARRATIVE | 23 MIN | ENGLISH | USA
Directed by Yvette Pabon

Reasons follows the life of a young and single mother, Mercy, during the late 1950s in rural Georgia. In a time and place where women had very little authority over their own lives, she is willing to sacrifice her own happiness to give her child the family life she has always longed for.