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BIFF Panel: Racial Justice in View

BIFF Panel: Racial Justice in View

Panel

October 11, 2021

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

Hustle

Still from Hustle

Directed by: Xavier Cousens

Ego of a Nation

Still from Ego of a Nation

Directed by: Wes Da

Video from Monologue Harmonic

Directed by: Yuma Dean Hester

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