Join us for Black Artstory Film: Re-Work/Re-Frame, a FREE Night of Short Films & Documentaries spotlighting voices under heard or unseen this coming Friday, February 19th, 7-9pm at Pratt Insitute’s Film /Media Center, 550 Myrtle Avenue. The screening will feature films by Yisa Fermin, Lindsay Catherine Harris, Jamal Lewis, Fredgy Noel and Esteban del Valle and re-frame perceptions and interpretations of lived experiences of people of color. Space is limited. Arrive Early. RSVP: http://blackartstoryfilm.eventbrite.com
Screenings Include:
SHADES by Yisa Fermin
Synopsis: SHADES is a new web series working to promote the visibility and representation of young artists and art administrators of color working in New York City. These video portraits examine the core beliefs, thoughts, and passions driving the subject’s endeavors and how their experience of race in the art world affects their work. SHADES will proudly premiere at this Black Artstory Month event.
Evoking the Mulatto by Lindsay Catherine Harris
Synopsis: Evoking the Mulatto is a multiplatform narrative examining black mixed identity in the 21st century, through the lens of the history of racial classification in the United States. Featuring filmed interviews with young artists and activists, photography, animation, and historical mappings, this interactive video art project seeks to address a relevant contemporary issue by glimpsing at its chronicle. www.evokingthemulatto.com
Too Little Time To Love by Esteban del Valle
Synopsis: Esteban del Valle recreated a 1963 Ford Galaxy built from wood, foam, cardboard, and covered in collaged images of the car itself. The Ford Galaxy functions as a set for a monologue comprised solely of quotes taken from speeches delivered by Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Mahatma Gandhi. The monologue rearranged exact quotes to create a script that resembled one side of a heated dialogue, resulting in a narrative involving love, betrayal, violence, and murder. The scene unfolds over the span of a simulated car ride down Martin Luther King Kr. Boulevard in New York, and was performed by del Valle while wearing mask composed of the faces of all three historical figures combined. www.estebandelvalle.com/illustrations
Milking It by Fredgy Noel
Synopsis: Milking It is a quirky yet thoughtful film that challenges notions related to aging, race, and female solidarity. The story follows a presumably motherless young woman (Josephine) through three successive relationships, as she seduces men with the sole purpose of befriending their moms.
www.milkingitmovie.com
No Fats, No Femmes by Filmmaker: Jamal Lewis
Synopsis: No Fats, No Femmes explores desire, the politics of desirability, and the ways in which they are informed and shaped by media, pop culture, and capitalism through interviews, archival research, and performance. The film engages the phrase “no fats, no femmes,” which is popularly used on queer social networking/dating sites, through the personal narrative(s) of 5 Black and Brown queer, trans, fat, femme, and disabled people. www.jamaltlewis.com/nofatsnofemmes/
Black Artstory Month/SOME ASSEMBLY REQUIRED is presented by the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership. FILM: Re-Work/Re-Frame is presented in partnership with Pratt Institute.
