Film Titles
Sponsored by BEACON a New Hill Project
Radio Silence (20 min)
Tracey has made a career out of her love for music and its connection to the human experience, but when confronted with her mother’s illness, she's forced to reevaluate the soundtrack of her own life.
She’s Mine Now (6 min)
An assassin takes in the dog of a couple she has recently murdered.
Black Fire (28 min)
The Black Fire Record company was founded in 1975 by Jimmy Gray and J. Plunky Branch, two iconic names in the music business, synonymous with creativity and commitment. Black Fire Records was established to amplify and produce culturally relevant jazz and progressive original music for the Washington, DC community. This small, independent label would go on to revolutionize the music business, nationally and internationally.
Afri, The Coming Night (10 min)
When a rare natural occurrence overtakes a mythical desert village, a sister is forced to search for her alienated brother and face the mysterious, ineffable darkness of the coming night.
Essex Girls (15 min)
Flipping the "Essex Girl" trope, this coming-of-age film explores Black British girlhood and magical female friendships in 2009 Essex. Navigating adolescence in Benfleet, Essex hasn't been straightforward for British-Nigerian Bisola. She's done her best to fit in, but even her two best friends Charlie & Saffron, who love her to bits, seem to be understanding her less and less recently. However, after an incident at her high school shunts her into the orbit of the only other Black girl in her year - the gorgeous, irrepressible Ashlee, who is everything Bisola wishes she could be - Bisola is plunged into a journey of discovering a whole new side of herself.
Muna (15 min)
British-Somali teen Muna (Kosar Ali) is desperate to go on the school trip - to have fun with her mates, escape the monotony of her household and, of course, provide the greatest playlist of all time (!!). But her parents aren't so sure.Tragedy strikes when her grandfather dies back in Somalia, and Muna must navigate a confusing mourning period for someone she never really knew - all while still desperately hoping to persuade her mother to change her mind about the trip. As events collide at the wake, Muna reflects on her and her grandfather’s life, discovering there's more that connects the two of them than she ever realised...