Join us Tuesday, November 24 at 8pm CST for a Facebook Live Q&A with Angela McCrae (Director), Cathleen Campbell (Director) and Washington Kirk (Writer/Director) from the "Color Me Creative" shorts program.

Moderated by Producer/Black Harvest Community Council Co-chair Troy Pryor

 

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Seven short films celebrate creativity and the imagination.

 #WHERE IS BEAUTY
#WHERE IS BEAUTY
Angela McCrae
USA
2018
11 min

An introspective visual artist dealing with the pressures of social media embarks on a journey of self-discovery capturing everyday life through hashtags which unexpectedly transforms her perspective on beauty.  (Description courtesy of the director)

LANGSTON HUGHES: NO CRYSTAL STAIR
LANGSTON HUGHES: NO CRYSTAL STAIR
Cathleen Campbell
USA
2020
6 min
With
Cecilia Antoinette, Khadem Kiop

An evocative interpretation of Langston Hughes’s poem Mother to Son.  (Description courtesy of the director)

LONNIE HOLLEY: I WOKE UP IN A FUCKED UP AMERICA
LONNIE HOLLEY: I WOKE UP IN A FUCKED UP AMERICA
Matt Arnett
Ethan Payne
USA
2018
6 min

Artist/composer Lonnie Holley’s steady stream of American artifacts, iconography, and sculptures confront our country’s grim racial legacy.  (Description courtesy of the director)

RAYMOND
RAYMOND
Scott Ashby
USA
2020
12 min
With
Angela Gibbs, Sola Bamis

Needing cash to get his horn out of hock, a young musician gets caught up in a drug heist.  (Description courtesy of the director)

FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOULEVARD AKA FOOD & DRINK BOULEVARD AKA F.D.B.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS BOULEVARD AKA FOOD & DRINK BOULEVARD AKA F.D.B.
Washington Kirk
USA
2019
15 min
With
Washington Kirk, Matthew DiLoreto

In this satirical comedy, a struggling music-writer-cum-attorney living in Harlem concocts a ludicrous scheme to de-gentrify the neighborhood.   (Description courtesy of the director)

SNOWBALL
SNOWBALL
Paul Rivet
USA
2018
14 min
With
Eden Atsu-Swanzy, Toni Belafonte

A struggling actor finds hard-won success bitter when appearing in whiteface brings him the lead role in a hit TV series.  (Description courtesy of the director)

OPUS
OPUS
Kgosana Monchusi
Javier v González
South Africa
2019
18 min
With
Kagiso Rathebe

Set in the buzzing city of Johannesburg, OPUS follows a day in the life of Lebo, a young aspiring bassist whose dream is to play in the national orchestra.  In Tswana with English subtitles.  (Description courtesy of the director)