BIFF Panel: Racial Justice in View
Panel
Oct 11 @ 3:00pm-4:00pm – live discussion streamed to social + website
This panel is comprised of filmmakers presenting work in Buffalo Int’l Film Festival’s Racial Justice in View Shorts Block – a curated program of shorts that includes documentary, experimental, video essays, and everything in between – exploring racism, protest, police brutality and inequality in the United States, Canada and sovereign Indigenous lands. Discussion will focus on the film selections and related topics.
Panelists:
"The Ascendants" Director Ladan Osman + Producer/DP Joe Penney
"Graffica" Director Yogi Data
"Hustle" Director Xavier Cousins
"Ego of a Nation" + "Monologue Harmonic" Writer, Producer and Performer Janet Rogers
"Monologue Harmonic" Director Yuma Dean Hester
"Shoulders Deep" Director John Fiege
Moderators:
Rachael Homewood + Tammy McGovern + Anna Scime
Video from
BIFF Panel: Racial Justice In View
Video from
The Ascendants (Episode 2)
Directed by:
Ladan Osman
Video from
Graffica!
Directed by:
Yogi Dada

Still from
Hustle
Directed by:
Xavier Cousens

Still from
Ego of a Nation
Directed by:
Wes Da
Video from
Monologue Harmonic
Directed by:
Yuma Dean Hester
⏰ Coming up at 3pm ⏰
— BIFF 2022 | Buffalo Int’l Film Festival (@BuffaloFilmFest) October 11, 2020
Racial Justice In View Roundtable
Filmmakers in #BIFF2020’s new shorts block discuss exploring racism, protest, police brutality and inequality in the US, Canada and Indigenous lands.
🧑🏽💻 FREE LIVE-STREAMING EVENT on https://t.co/gssy9h4oBa
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