Welcome back to FRESH BLACK FILMS! This second edition of our NYC Black filmmaker series introduces you to fresh and dynamic work you can only see here!
The theme of this edition is WAYFINDING. Our characters are trying to find their way. Will they succeed...or will they fall far off the desired paths? Find out!
FILM LINEUP
Laura Fielder’s THE COMPANY YOU KEEP
A painfully shy woman is pushed to the brink of insanity by a friendship she should have ended long ago.
Erica Mann’s STATE OF INDEPENDENCE
With backdrops of Paris, London, and New York City, this personal look into Ghanaian-American DJ and music curator Gabrielle Kwarteng, shows her beginnings and how she is breaking old standards to define her own life path through her art.
Domingo Martin’s DRIVER
When a crew pulls up to a neighborhood for a meticulously planned heist, their leader, "Driver," suddenly has second thoughts.
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Steven Russell’s THE DARK STRUMS
In this twist on the Robert Johnson blues music myth, a young singer has to decide what cost they are willing to pay in order to realize their dreams.
Garrick Wade’s THE READING
Produced by Justin D. Jenkins
After a devout Christian makes an unexpected visit to a psychic, she learns that there is no medical cure or cause for her son's terminal illness, and must now go beyond her faith to face the truth about her husband's last marriage...and the possibility that her son is paying for the sins of his father.
From August 17 to 26th ONLY!
ALSO: We'll be having Audience Award CASH PRIZES for the filmmakers - WHICH YOU GET TO VOTE ON starting on the launch date - August 17, so stay tuned for that
FRESH BLACK FILMS Q&As
with Erica Mann and Domingo Martin
with Steven Russell, Laura Fielder, and Garrick Wade & Justin D. Jenkins
a note on why we charge for our programming
We charge for our programming - both virtual and select previously live programming - so that we can maintain an ethically sustainable organization. The Luminal is a small, grassroots, Black, and volunteer-led; and this structure is crucial to maintaining the integrity of both our programming and operations.
We use our ticket sales to offset the costs of paying filmmakers and providing honoraria to our hard-working volunteers. The price you pay for a ticket supports the price we pay as ethically forward Black cultural organizers.
If you can, please consider donating additional tickets to those who can't pay.
Fresh Black Films is sponsored in part by the Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation and by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
