Celebrating Black Stories (2022)

Celebrating Black Stories spotlights shorts from throughout the Festival and around the world that embrace the joy, resilience, and complexity of the lives of Black youth. Start your journey in the Southern Hemisphere with My Name Is Maluum, the story of a little girl with a big name who shares her history with her classmates. Then connect across continents and comic books with the father-son story of Comic Escape. Cross the Atlantic to see how you can still make joyful noise in the film Silence, a British tale of finding your true self solo and in pairs.

shorts in this program:


My Name is Maluum


Brazil | North American Premiere
Animation, Luísa Copetti, 2021, 8 min
In Portuguese; with English subtitles

Wolf and Cub


United States | East Coast Premiere
Animation, Marvin Bynoe, 2021, 8 min
In English

The Night I Left America


Uganda, United States | New York Premiere
Live Action, Laki Karavias, 2021, 14 min
In English; in Luganda; with English subtitles

Cupids


United States
Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min
In English

Room Rodeo


United States | East Coast Premiere
Live Action, Daniel Kayamba, 2021, 14 min
In English

Silence


Japan, United Kingdom
Live Action, TJ O'Grady-Peyton , 2020, 14 min
In English

Comic Escape


United States | New York Premiere
Live Action, Alphonso McAuley, 2021, 15 min
In English

Generation Impact: The Coder


United States | East Coast Premiere
Documentary, Samantha Knowles, 2021, 7 min
In English