Urbanworld 2012 Mini Guide

SEPTEMBER 19-23 | NYC | 2012

SUNDAYS AT 9PM © 2012 Home Box Office, Inc. All rights reserved. HBO® and related channels and service marks are the property of Home Box Office, Inc.

Executive Producer Welcome

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Presenting Sponsor Welcome

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Special Screenings

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Narrative Features

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Documentary Features

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Narrative Shorts

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Screening Schedule

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In Shorts Program Overview | Ticket Information

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

2012 URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL MINI GUIDE

PRESENTING SPONSOR WELCOME Friends, Welcome to the 16th Annual Urbanworld® Film Festival! As BET Networks enters its fifth year in our partnership with this superb event, we are excited to celebrate the amazing creativity and work of such talented filmmakers. Our continued support of the Urbanworld® Film Festival brings BET¹s core audience closer to the new wave of emerging talent, while driving our commitment to embrace multi-cultural filmmaking. We know that African Americans are voracious consumers of movies, often going to see a movie they love in the theaters more than once. However, there still remains a significant void in Hollywood when it comes to the production of new African American films. We are excited to announce the launch of our new television movie franchise, BET Premiere Cinema, which will serve our audience with a fresh supply of original, intriguing and captivating movie content.

To kick off the charge, we are honored to share our new original movie “Being Mary Jane” premiering as the festival¹s Opening Night film, as well as one of our great acquisitions, Ava DuVernay’s critically acclaimed “Middle of Nowhere,” which will be featured as the Closing Night film.

This year¹s festival will feature forty nine film selections, including seventeen world premieres, as well as present the work of five Urbanworld Screenplay Competition finalists in live readings. BET Networks is proud to sponsor the Screenplay Award category along with the Teleplay Competition.

We applaud the Urbanworld® Foundation Inc. for preserving its legacy as the premiere showcase for multicultural films and thank everyone who has diligently strived to set the standard and make this event a success.

Kind regards, Loretha Jones President of Original Programming BET Networks

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Executive Producer Welcome Gabrielle to provide

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Opening Night Film Being Mary Jane (World Premiere) USA/2012/63min/Color DIRECTOR: Salim Akil Mary Jane Paul happens to be part of a growing American statistic - the single, black female.

Journey with this successful television news anchor as she manages her life as a mature single woman. Although she does not have a family to call her own, she does have parents, brothers, nieces and close friends to keep her well-balanced. Mary Jane may report on everyone else’s lives every night on the evening news, but now we will pull the curtain back and see how it feels “BEING MARY JANE.” ThurS., September 20, 8pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Closing Night Film Middle Of Nowhere (New York Premiere) USA/2012/100min/Color DIRECTOR: Ava DuVernay Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE follows Ruby, a bright medical student who sets aside her dreams and suspends her career when her husband is incarcerated. As the committed couple stares into the hollow end of an eight-year prison sentence, Ruby must learn to live another life, one marked by shame and separation. But through a chance encounter and a stunning betrayal that shakes her to her core, this steadfast wife is soon propelled in new and often shocking directions of self-discovery caught between two worlds and two men in the search for herself.

Sat., September 22, 8pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Spotlight Screenings An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Presented by Afropunk) USA/2011/93min/Color DIRECTOR: Terence Nance With arresting insight, vulnerability, and a delightful sense of humor, Terence Nance’s explosively creative debut feature, AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY, documents the relationship between Nance and a lovely young woman as it teeters on the divide between platonic and romantic. Utilizing a tapestry of live action and various styles of animation, Nance explores the fantasies, emotions, and memories that race through his mind during a singular moment in time.

Fri., September 21, 8:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

BMF: The Rise and Fall of a Hip Hop Drug Empire (World Premiere) USA/2011/60min/Color DIRECTOR: Don Sikorski The Black Mafia Family or BMF as they were called made close to $300 million trafficking cocaine from Atlanta to Los Angeles. Two brothers, Demetrius “Meech” Flenory and Terry “Southwest T” Flenory, ran a drug enterprise that had 200 members and was connected to one of the major Mexican cartels. In the Hip-Hop music industry, they created a front company called BMF Entertainment, which was a perfect mix of drugs, violence, and street cred that makes their story Hip-Hop’s version of The Godfather.

BMF is an 60-minute documentary that explores the story of the 15 year investigation by the DEA, FBI and an elite drug task force called HIDTA that resulted in 41 defendants across the country being charged in one of the largest drug conspiracy cases ever. The film is a tale that combines the story of a criminal syndicate that lived on a code of honor and conduct that rivaled any of the five Mafia families, and ended just as dramatically.

Sat., September 22, 10:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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Narrative Features The Girl Is In Trouble USA/2011/94min/Color DIRECTOR: Julius Onah From executive producer Spike Lee comes the thriller “The Girl Is In Trouble,” a Lower East Side bartender becomes entangled in a murder mystery involving a desperate woman, a missing drug dealer and the scion of a powerful investment firm.

Fri., September 21, 8:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

The Triptych (World Premiere) USA/2012/71min/Color DIRECTOR: Terence Nance AFROPUNK Presents The TRIPTYCH, a series of bio-pics with three of the most resonant voices in art: Wangechi Mutu, Barron Claiborne and Sanford Biggers. These films contrasts the art, views and experiences three artists who are contemporaries, luminaries and friends. From fine art to pop culture, in media ranging from album covers and billboards to canvas and sculpture, these artists have used their canny observations to explore beauty and beastliness. The films are a perfect platform to explore the intersection between art, music and the Brooklyn experience.

Candid (World Premiere) USA/2012/95min/Color DIRECTOR: Vishnu J. Seesahai A voyeur stalks women throughout the city with a DSLR camera until he crosses paths with a beautiful model who harbors a dark secret, she’s a serial killer.

Sat., September 22, 10pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till (New York Premiere) USA/2012/70min/Color DIRECTOR: Rob Underhill In an acting tour de force, one man performs 36 roles in the telling of the Emmett Till tragedy.

Experience the story, trial, and unbelievable confessions of those accused of Emmett’s murder in this riveting drama. ‘His death was a spark that ignited the Civil Rights Movement in America’, Ed Bradley, Emmy Award-winning journalist.

Fri., September 21, 1:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Sat., September 22, 8:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Elza (New York Premiere)

Won’t Back Down

Guadeloupe/France/2011/82min/Color DIRECTOR: Mariette Monpierre

USA/2012/117min/Color DIRECTOR: Daniel Barnes Two determined mothers, one a teacher, look to transform their children’s failing inner city school.

Facing a powerful and entrenched bureaucracy, they risk everything to make a difference in the education and future of their children.

Fri., September 21, 6pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

A single mother in Paris, Bernadette tried hard to give her daughters everything. She is thrilled when her eldest, ELZA, the first college graduate in the family, completes her master’s degree.

But, ELZA breaks her mother’s heart by running away to their native Guadeloupe in search of a distant childhood memory: the father she barely remembers. This feature debut by writer/director Mariette Monpierre offers an unusual insider’s view of lush island culture as she captures the passion and contradictions of this family.

Sat., September 22, 6pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

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Tunnel Vision (World Premiere)

USA/2012/75min/Color DIRECTOR: Joshua Sanchez

USA/2012/82min/Color DIRECTOR: Delila Vallot

A steamy July 4th night brings four people together in two tales of seduction and conflicted desire. Joe is a black, middle-aged, married man out on an Internet date with June, a white teenage boy. Abigayle is Joe’s precocious daughter, out herself with a hot, wisecracking, Latino basketball player named Dexter. As the two couples get to know each other intimately, their realities are tested, and the outcome is bracing. Based on the play by Pulitzer Prize finalist and Obie-winning playwright Christopher Shinn.

When a jury fails to convict the serial killer who savagely murdered his family, one man must rise above his desire for revenge and descend into the deranged world of a sadistic predator to uncover the truth and finally get justice. What begins as a classic revenge tale takes a dramatic turn into a haunting land of horror and murder.

Sat., September 22, 6:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Small Of Her Back (World Premiere) USA/2011/87min/Color DIRECTOR: Russell Leigh Sharman A suicidal shut-in. A man at her door. And neither is who they seem. SMALL OF HER BACK is a dark romance about Piper, a troubled young woman who never leaves her apartment, and John, who appears one night offering to help. All they have in common is Mollie, John’s sister. Piper met Mollie online, and Mollie changed everything.

She sent John to talk Piper out of things she’s threatening. But the truth about John may be more troubling than Piper can imagine.

Fri., September 21, 3:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10 Sat., September 22, 8pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

The Last Fall USA/2012/95min/Color DIRECTOR: Matthew Cherry An NFL journeyman struggles to deal with life’s complexities after his professional career is over.

Sat., September 22, 3:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

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Fri., September 21, 7:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10 Sat., September 22, 10:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Wolf (New York Premiere) USA/2012/86min/Color DIRECTOR: Ya’Ke A family is shaken to the core when they discover their son has been molested. As they struggle to deal with the betrayal, their son heads towards a total mental collapse because of his love for his abuser, while his abuser attempts to exorcise his own past demons.

Fri., September 21, 9:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10 Sat., September 22, 12:00pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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Documentary Features Benji

From Fatherless To Fatherhood

USA/2011/78min/Color DIRECTORS: Coodie & Chike

USA/2012/82min/Color DIRECTOR: Kobie Brown

In 1984, 17-year-old Ben Wilson was a symbol of everything promising about Chicago: a beloved, sweet-natured youngster from the city’s fabled South Side, and America’s most talented basketball prospect. His senseless murder on the day before his senior season sent ripples through Chicago and the nation. BENJI tells the story of a legend who might’ve been.

FROM FATHERLESS TO FATHERHOOD is a documentary film that explores the causes, effects and possible solutions to father absence in African-American communities. Additionally, the film provides examples of Black men who are fostering quality relationships with their children, families and therefore, their communities. The film is rooted in the real lives of men, women and children and buttressed by the perspectives of Multi Grammy-Award winning Gospel Recording Artist, Kirk Franklin, Dr. Steve Perry (CNN’s Eduction Contributor), Reverend DeForest B. Soaries (CNN’s Black in America: Almighty Debt) and Jeff Robinson (MBK Entertainment).

Sat., September 22, 5:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Doin’ It In The Park (World Premiere) USA/2012/85min/Color DIRECTORS: Bobbito Garcia, Kevin Couliau

Sat., September 22, 1:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

Pick-up basketball is the truest essence of the sport. There is no governing body, no schedules, no coaches or referees; only unwritten rules that change from park to park. People from all walks of life voluntarily step on the asphalt wholeheartedly for the love of the game. Over decades, this passion has manifested a rich culture with its own unique language, attitude, behavior, and style. DOIN’ IT IN THE PARK: PICK-UP BASKETBALL, NYC lovingly uncovers this movement through the voices of playground legends, NBA athletes, and most importantly the common ballplayer who dreams all day about getting off work.

Getting Up: The Tempt One Story (New York Premiere)

Fri., September 21, 5:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

USA/2021/73min/Color DIRECTOR: Caskey Ebeling Tony ‘TEMPT’ Quan is a legendary LA graffiti artist, social activist and publisher. In 2003, he was diagnosed with ALS (also called Lou Gherig’s Disease), a degenerative nerve disorder, which has rendered him unable to move, breathe or speak. But his mind and creative spirit are still intact. In 2009, Mick Ebeling and his Not Impossible Foundation brought a motley crew of international hackers and artists to Los Angeles to attempt the impossible: invent a low-cost, open source DIY device that allows Tempt to once again create art, using the only part of his body that still moves, his eyes.

Sat., September 22, 4:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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In Our Heads About Our Hair USA/2012/79min/Color DIRECTOR: Hemamset Angaza IN OUR HEADS ABOUT OUR HAIR examines issues Black women confront regarding hair and self-esteem. Despite a current natural-hair trend in some urban areas, many Black women say conforming to mainstream beauty standards makes it easier to find mates and corporate employment. The film encourages viewers to celebrate their natural beauty, but offers differing opinions (and wisdom) from women who have chosen otherwise, while delving into underlying historical and social factors. Women of all ages, opinions, and, of course, hairstyles get IN OUR HEADS ABOUT OUR HAIR. Fri., September 21, 5:30pm | AMC 34TH Street Theater 10

Jake Shimabukuro: Life On Four Strings (New York Premiere) USA/Japan/2012/54min/Color DIRECTOR: Tadashi Nakamura JAKE SHIMABUKURO: LIFE ON FOUR STRINGS is a compelling portrait of an inspiring and inventive musician whose virtuoso skills on the ukulele have transformed all previous notions of the instrument’s potential. Through intimate conversations with Shimabukuro (she-ma-BOOkoo-row), Life on Four Strings reveals the cultural and personal influences that have shaped the man and the musician. On the road from Los Angeles to New York to Japan, the film captures the solitary life on tour: the exhilaration of performance, the wonder of newfound fame, the loneliness of separation from home and family.

Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Theater 11

Justice For Sale (New York Premiere) The Netherlands/2011/83min/Color DIRECTORS: Ilse van Velzen, Femke van Velzen Congolese lawyer Claudine Tsongo is determined to search for the truth in a rape case in which suspect Masamba has fallen victim to a miscarriage of justice. Without any proof, he has been sentenced to ten years in prison for raping a woman; refusing to accept a plea bargain, he maintains his innocence and Tsongo suspects that corruption is at play. Luckily, Tsongo’s elegant interview technique encourages the prosecutor and her fellow attorneys to be surprisingly open— and allows the documentary to make right what the judge did wrong. JUSTICE FOR SALE completes Ilse and Femke van Velzen’s trilogy about rape in the Congo, following on from the acclaimed FIGHTING THE SILENCE and the award-winning WEAPON OF WAR. Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

Men At Work: Voices From Detroit’s Underground Economy (World Premiere) USA/2012/59min/Color DIRECTOR: H. James Gilmore Set in America’s most segregated city, where black men are disproportionally the targets of unemployment and incarceration, this documentary profiles some of the creative and resourceful voices from Detroit’s underground economy. These are the stories of how, in an economic climate apparently designed to ensure their failure, people find work on their own terms, get food and shelter, and raise their children— often making up the means to do so as they go along.

Fri., September 21, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

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Narrative Shorts Soul Food Junkies

Advantageous (East Coast Premiere)

USA/2012/63min/Color DIRECTOR: Byron Hurt

USA/2012/22mins/Color DIRECTOR: Jennifer Phang

Baffled by his dad’s unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. He discovers that the love affair that his dad and his community have with soul food is deep-rooted, complex, and in some tragic cases, deadly

30 years in the future the unemployment rate in the United States has skyrocketed to unprecedented proportions, affording only the wealthy access to education. In a highly competitive New York City, Gwen, a hardworking single mother, suddenly finds herself on the verge of unemployment. Determined to send her daughter to an expensive Manhattan prep school so she may enter the American elite, Gwen considers an extreme, cutting-edge procedure in order to keep her job as the spokesperson for that very technology. In an increasingly competitive world, how far will a mother go to give her daughter an advantage?

Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 10

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Baby Half Lie (U.S. Premiere) Canada/2012/12min/Color DIRECTOR: Kimberly Miller Pryce Fourteen-year-old Amanda recently gained a new baby brother. But since the birth her mother hasn’t been the same. Her mother claims she has been raped by her step-dad and rushes her to the hospital for tests. Slowly things between the family begin to unravel, as Amanda searches for the truth.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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Barbasol (World Premiere)

Delivery (U.S. Premiere)

USA/2011/20min/Color DIRECTOR: Ralph K. Scott

France/USA/2011/12min/Color DIRECTOR: Fabien Mariano Ortiz

BARBASOL - A story about a man that desires a bond with his elderly father. He realizes that he is running out of time due to his father’s increasing dementia. What he comes to realize is he needs to now turn his attention toward his own son. Just as the twig is bent, so grows the tree. BARBASOL is a story that touches on themes that will certainly lead to well needed discussions about father and son relationships as well as mental illness.

Franck is a hustler from the Bronx, New York. He has a partner, Andre. One of Franck’s jobs is to smuggle clandestin people to New York. Franck is going through midlife crises of a crime officer, he wants to change his lifestyle. His next job will get him into a complicated situation where he will have to smuggle a person from the border and take him to New York. The problem is that he is not given the address where he has to take this stranger.

Franck is stuck with this “package” until his partner Andre calls him to tell him where he has to go.

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Cherry Waves (New York Premiere) USA/2012/15min/ Color DIRECTOR: Carey Williams Angie Adams, a hardened yet spiritual streetfighter, faces her biggest challenge of whether to continue living her life for others or finally for herself and the woman she loves.

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Crossover USA/2011/21min/Color DIRECTOR: Tina Mabry In 2028, in a world where separate but equal has been re-instated along socioeconomic lines, a struggling mother of two must decide whether to illegally sell her own organs in order for her kids to crossover to a community where opportunities are limitless. When she learns that her son’s autism will prevent him from crossing over, she has to make a heart-wrenching choice whether to allow her gifted daughter to crossover alone or to keep their family intact in an eroding, dangerous, and dead-end community.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Docket 32357 USA/2012/14min/Color DIRECTOR: Randy Wilkins In an eerily quiet courtroom hallway, Lois anxiously awaits the announcement of docket number 32357. Valerie, a successful retail buyer, rushes to take a seat along the bench we find Lois sitting on. The ominous voice that bellows from the speaker inspires a conversation between Lois and Valerie. What the two women discover will change their lives moving forward. DOCKET 32357 examines the need to overcome loneliness even from the most unexpected of places and how we feel once that opportunity is squandered.

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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El Cocodrilo (The Crocodile) (US Premiere) USA/2012/15min/Color DIRECTOR: Steve Acevedo When Eduardo, a Mexican journalist who has reported on the corrupt ties between the cartels and the military, is pressured to reveal the names of his sources, he flees to the U.S. with his young son. Little does he know that hot on his trail is Raul, a cartel sicario dispatched to assassinate him. In a cruel twist of fate, Eduardo must succumb to his darkest impulses in order to protect himself and his son.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

Forever In Hiatus (World Premiere) Vietnam/USA/2012/24min/Color DIRECTOR: Andy Nguyen A washed up former pop star lives in exile pedaling a xich lo (bicycle taxi) aimlessly in the streets of Ho Chi Minh City until he meets a 16 year-old girl who discovers who he is.

Grace (World Premiere) USA/2011/10min/Color DIRECTOR: Christina L. Bryant A distraught white woman tangles with a black male stranger in an isolated cabin and nothing is what it seems. Salli Richardson- Whitfield examines loss and reconnection in her short narrative directorial debut, Grace.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

High Card Trumps (World Premiere) USA/2012/19min/Color DIRECTOR: Adam Stein Watson Lois, a headstrong woman and soon-to-be champion grandmother, is anxious to share her good news with the volunteers of her monthly Support-Our-Troops bake sale. But when an Arab mother joins them, Lois’s pride and definition of patriotism are challenged.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

I Am John Wayne

Frisk (World Premiere)

USA/2011/17min/Color DIRECTOR: Christina Choe

USA/2012/7min/Color DIRECTOR: Tahir Jetter Detectives Byrd and Davis are on patrol, one night, in a shady section of AnyCity, U.S.A. But when the officers stumble upon a suspect whom Davis, himself recognizes, each will find his sense of duty complicated and with dire consequences.

A young black cowboy struggles with the death of his best friend.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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Impounded (World Premiere)

Lovers (World Premiere)

USA/2012/19min/Color DIRECTOR: Adam Stein Watson

USA/2012/23min/Color DIRECTOR: Alan Algee

Desperate to retrieve their stolen car, father and son embark on an urban odyssey finding compassion, cruelty and poetry along the way. Starring Colin Astor Gainey (six-and-a-half-years-old with an unmistakably old soul) and Eloy Mendez (BREAD & ROSES), and based on an injustice the director witnessed on his very first day in Los Angeles, a city he learned to love by making this movie.

IMPOUNDED trains its lens on neighborhoods in LA rarely photographed and channels the spirit of THE BICYCLE THIEF; the pulsing heart of AMORES PERROS and the lyricism of DAYS OF HEAVEN.

A poetic and cinematic account of a short lived yet passionate affair between two female lovers.

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Junior (US Premiere) USA/2012/11min/Color DIRECTOR: Jeffery Elmont Seven years after a police raid gone wrong, Detective Daniel Abrams Sr. and son Daniel Abrams Jr. (Junior) are confronted with the consequence of a mistake that proved fatal for the son of Marvin Williams Sr. Recently released from prison after a term of wrongful imprisonment, revenge-seeking Williams re-enters Abrams’ life with a sinister and unexpected plan to exact justice on his own terms.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Lock & Key (World Premiere) USA/2011/10min/Color DIRECTOR: Dana Verde A locksmith unlocks the door to a young musician’s apartment and discovers that he is the key to resolving his unresolved past.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

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In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Nani (New York Premiere) USA/2011/21min/Color DIRECTOR: Justin Tipping Oscar got caught spraying graffiti. Now doing community service at a nursing home, he meets Isabel who is suffering from dementia. At 84 years, Isabel may be a little “old school”, but soon the entire block is covered with her pink tag.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Record/Play (US Premiere) USA/2012/11min/Color DIRECTOR: Jesse Atlas War, fate, and a broken walkman transcend space and time in this sci-fi love story.

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

Sleep (World Premiere) USA/2012/12min/Color DIRECTOR: Donald Conley One morning changes the lives of two young brothers.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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The Bluest Note (World Premiere)

The Truth (World Premiere)

USA/2012/15min/Color DIRECTOR: Marques Green

USA/2012/15min/Color DIRECTOR: Hill Harper

Before losing his singing voice, Tony Mann was a well-respected recording artist. While hopeful for a change in his condition, he is silently slipping into a state of depression. His dutiful wife is concerned yet feels unable to reach him during this difficult time. Finding solace at a local nightclub, he drinks himself into an alcoholfueled fantasy. There, he envisions a mythical Siren named Niva. Through the night she offers him a chance to sing again if he will spend the night with her. Now Tony must decide at what cost will he pursue her.

After late work nights, unexplained whereabouts and suspicious behavior, Carter, suspecting that his wife Betty has been unfaithful and demanding to know the truth, receives news that devastates their marriage and forever changes their lives, while imparting an important life lesson.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

USA/2011/9min/Color DIRECTOR: Maya Washington

The Collegians (World Premiere) USA/2011/18mins/Color DIRECTOR: Bryan B.A. Lewis A swinging drama based on the story of trumpet legend Erskine Hawkins during his college days in the Depression. As a young trumpet sensation with a big ego he learns the hard way what it means to be a member of the Bama State college band, The Collegians. Horns wail as the group plays the night way, trying to raise the money to save their school.

In Shorts Program II Fri., September 21, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2:45pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9

White Space (US Premiere)

White Space, follows the inner life of a deaf performance poet as he makes his debut at an open-mic night for a hearing audience. Can the language of the heart emancipate the inner voice, transcending the white space between a hearing audience and a deaf man’s soul?

In Shorts Program III Fri., September 21, 3:15pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11 Sat., September 22, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 17, 1:30pm | AMC 34th Street Theatre 12

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

The Last/First Kiss (World Premiere) USA/2011/16min/Color DIRECTOR: Andrea Ashton Two strangers meet-she, on the even of her marriage to the one man she has ever been intimate with; he a smooth talking charmer with an electric smile. As the words fly, fast, so too do the sparks, and soon only one question remains unanswered.

In Shorts Program I Fri., September 21, 12pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 9 Sat., September 22, 2pm | AMC 34th Street Theater 11

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SHORTS PROGRAM I I SHORTS PROGRAM (120) (120)

MEN MEN AT WORK: AT WORK:

JUSTICE FOR SALE JUSTICE FOR SALE (83)(83) JAKE JAKE SHIMABUKURO: SHIMABUKURO: LIFE LIFE ONON FOUR FOUR STRINGS STRINGS (54)(54)

SOUL FOOD SOUL FOOD JUNKIES JUNKIES (63)(63)

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WOLF WOLF (86)(86)

SMALL OFOF HER BACK SMALL HER BACK (87)(87)

VOICES VOICES FROMFROM DETROIT’S DETROIT’S UNDERGROUND UNDERGROUND ECONOMY ECONOMY

(59)(59) DAR DAR HE:HE: THETHE LYNCHING LYNCHING OFOF EMMIT EMMIT TILLTILL (70)(70)

SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM III III (117) (117)

SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM II II (121) (121)

SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM III III (117) (117)

AMC AMC 34th 34th St.St. Theater Theater 1010

SCREENING SCHEDULE

SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM II II (121) (121)

SHORTS SHORTS PROGRAM PROGRAM 3 3 FROM FATHERLESS FROM FATHERLESS (109) (109) FATHERHOOD TOTO FATHERHOOD (82)(82)

SHORTS PROGRAM SHORTS PROGRAM I I (120) (120)

THETHE LAST LAST FALL FALL (95)(95)

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OPENING OPENING NIGHT: NIGHT: BEING BEING MARY MARY JANE JANE (63)(63)

DOIN’ IT THE IN THE PARK DOIN’ IT IN PARK (85)(85)

IN OUR HEADS IN OUR HEADS ABOUT OUR HAIR ABOUT OUR HAIR (79)(79)

TUNNEL VISION TUNNEL VISION (82)(82)

WON’T WON’T BACK BACK DOWN DOWN (117) (117)

ELZA ELZA (83)(83)

FOUR FOUR (75)(75)

CANDID CANDID (95)(95)

WOLF WOLF (86)(86)

ANAN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF OF HERHER BEAUTY BEAUTY (93)(93)

CLOSING NIGHT FILM: CLOSING NIGHT FILM: MIDDLE OF OF NOWHERE MIDDLE NOWHERE (100) (100)

BENJI BENJI (78)(78)

GETTING GETTING UP:UP: THETHE TEMPT TEMPT ONE ONE STORY STORY (73)(73)

THETHE GIRL IS IS GIRL IN TROUBLE IN TROUBLE (94)(94)

SMALL BACK SMALL OF OF HERHER BACK (87)(87)

THETHE TRIPTYCH TRIPTYCH (71)(71)

TUNNEL VISION TUNNEL VISION (82)(82)

CANDID CANDID (95)(95) BMH: RISE BMH: THETHE RISE AND FALL AND FALL OF OF A A HOP DRUG HIPHIP HOP DRUG EMPIRE EMPIRE (63)(63)

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In Shorts Program I Advantageous

Sleep

Delivery

The Collegians

High Card Trumps

The Crocodile

I Am John Wayne

The Last / First Kiss

In Shorts Program II Baby Half Lie

Grace

Nani

Crossover

Junior

The Bluest Note

Frisk

Lock And Key

The Truth

In Shorts Program III Barbasol

Impounded

Cherry Waves

Lovers

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Record/Play

Forever In Hiatus

White Space

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