2008 RFF Film Database
FILMS: # - B C - D F - L M - O P - R S T - Y
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 Sarbane's Oxley: Mistresses, Mergers
& Mayhem! (Screens with Light
Fingers)
8/2/08 Wentworth Institute of Tech.
8:30pm
Narrative
Feature, 90 minutes
Directed and Produced by Ramcess Jean-Louis
An ambitious
attorney must grapple with his inner conscience and the invisible forces of
corruption surrounding him while dealing with the equally challenging and
deceptive force taking hold in his sordid love life.
 A Second Look
(Screens with Youth Produced Films) ages 6-12 free
8/2/08
Roxbury
Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall
2:15pm
Youth
Produced Narrative Short, 5 minutes
Directed and Produced by Tina Truong
This short
documentary is an in-depth look at the causes and effects of homelessness in
inner cities with real life interviews of the homeless. Filmed as part of the
Real To Reel Digital Filmschool at Raw Art Works in
Lynn,
MA.
 Secrets (Screening with short program – Health
Disparities in Our Community II)
8/2/08 Northeastern University
4pm
Narrative
Short, 13
minutes
Directed and Produced by Sheryl Lee Ralph
Three
childhood friends gather to celebrate a wedding. However their joy soon turns
into intrigue and deception when a deadly secret is revealed.
 Serve and Protect - Reshaping Police
Teen Relationship
(Screens with Youth
Produced Films)
8/2/08
Roxbury
Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall
2:15pm ages 6-12 free
Youth
Produced Documentary Short, 35 minutes
Directed by Clark Hunt & Susan Owusu and Produced by Shaq Clark & Dan Owusu
It explores
the relationship between teens and police, particularly within the
Boston area, and how this dynamic is
shaped and affected by the media.
 Shadow Worlds
(Screening with short program – Women’s
Stories)
8/3/08
Museum of
Fine Arts
3:40pm
Narrative
Short, 18
minutes
Directed and Produced by James Higgins
Gangs,
addiction, and alienation... where is
the love? American culture becomes a dark dreamscape in these three short
stories about young Khmer women struggling to keep their identities alive.
 Sharpening Our Oyster Knives: Living
with HIV/AIDS today
(Screening with short program – Health
Disparities in Our Community II)
8/2/08 Northeastern University
4pm
Documentary
Feature, 55
minutes
Directed and Produced by Meagan C. Redman
The
demographics of HIV/AIDS in the
United States is changing. The epidemic is having an increasingly
disproportionate impact on communities of color. This documentary film takes a look at the
issue locally, and what effect this is having on programmatic approaches, funding,
government policy, and the individuals infected and affected by the disease
here in
Boston.
 Sister's Keeper (Screening with short film “Your Daughter’s
First Date”)
8/2/08 Northeastern University
8pm
Narrative
Feature, 1
hour and 41 minutes
Directed and Produced by Kent Faulcon
Sister's
Keeper is an action-drama about a military-trained assassin, Jacob Tate, who
has been sent by his handler to eliminate a small-town, school teacher, Diane
Shaw. Diane mistakes Jacob for her
long-lost brother and he finds himself drawn to her colorful, Southern family.
 Smoke Gets into Your Eyes
(Screens with short program)
8/1/08
MassArt
6pm
Documentary
Short, 11
minutes
Directed and Produced by Jorge Moran
An artistic dark and powerful documentary, using imagery from American movies to illustrate how blacks have been treated.
Along with an interview of the New Black Panther Party's National Spokesperson
Yusef Shabazz.
 Spent (Screening with short program —
CHOICES)
8/2/08
MassArt
7pm
Narrative
Short, 15
minutes
Directed by Boris Schaarschmidt and Produced by Phyllis Toben Bancroft
Cheryl has
realized the American Girl 'Shop until you drop' fantasy and has done just
that. Now this ambitious real estate
agent is desperate to sell a house in order to stay afloat. Little do those around her know, her ship has
already sunk and she is secretly living in the house that she has been assigned
to sell.
 Steam (Closing night film)
8/3/08
Museum of
Fine Arts
5:30pm
Narrative
Feature, 2
hours
Directed by Kyle Schickner and Produced by Kyle Schickner
Three
women, all at different stages in their life, meet at the local gym steam room
and talk about their struggles to find fulfillment in their lives. (Screening supporter Links, Inc).
 Steep (Screening with Short Program II)
8/3/08 Northeastern University
1pm
Narrative
Short, 6
minutes
Directed by Adetoro Makinde and Produced by Adetoro Makinde and Jonell Kennedy
A woman's
day out shopping becomes far more complex than usual when she daydreams about
the day when, as a child, someone used a racial slur against her for the first
time.
 Stone
Mansion (Screening with
short program – CHOICES)
8/2/08
MassArt
7pm
Narrative
Short, 14
minutes
Directed and Produced by J.J. Goldberg A Black middle-class couple struggles to keep their home
intact as riots ensue following an accusation of a white woman being raped. The
backdrop for this film, from J.J. Goldberger, centers on the 1920's Tulsa, Oklahoma race riots. (Screening supporter Links, Inc).
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