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
Seven short films celebrate creativity and the imagination.
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)
An evocative interpretation of Langston Hughes’s poem Mother to Son. (Description courtesy of the director)
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)
Needing cash to get his horn out of hock, a young musician gets caught up in a drug heist. (Description courtesy of the director)
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)
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)
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)