Experimental Film Shorts Program, Black Diaspora Short Film Festival
Thursday, March 4, 2021 5:30pm to 6:30pm
About this Event
This festival is brought to you by the Center for Black Diaspora at DePaul University. All film screenings are also co-sponsored by the Department of International Studies and the Department of African & Black Diaspora Studies.
We invited to watch these two short films that intrigued the festival jury.
Baloji is an artist in motion, a musician, poet, film director, a man of images and ideas.
ABOUT THE FILM, NEVER LOOK AT THE SUN
“Bleaching is never done to reject Black or African identity, but to decrease the effect their skin has in society,” says Congolese-Belgian hitmaker and visual artist, Baloji, about his short film Never Look At The Sun.
It is a powerful visual cadenced by Baloji’s own songs. This short celebrates the shades of Blackness" @bajoli
Zeke Walker Rainge is the Chicago filmmaker formerly known as Alexis Hester. They have worked with major studios and Independent Chicago filmmakers in the production of progressive and inclusive media.@walkerrainge (Director)
Gabby Henderson is a Chicago based musician, sound designer, composer and a recent graduate of DePaul University (class of 2020). She is currently working on self producing her debut album. @gabrielle_maya (Producer)
ABOUT THE FILM, RAISIN
Raisin is a song for and about Black women. It is about how being objectified and erased from society feels. While the song is a lament, the film itself seeks to uplift and celebrate what it is to be a Black woman.
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