Total Run Time: 10:00 Director: Alexia Oldini & Steven Gray Country of Origin: United States Ratings: None Synopsis: Ulysses Davis constructed an idiom distinctly his own and his extraordinary body of work speaks vividly to the nature of his experience as an African-American artist and barber in the American South in the 20th century. This film is a reflection on his work and an offering to the legacy of this singular man.
EDGECOMBE
Total Run Time: 14:32 Director: Crystal Kayiza Country of Origin: United States Ratings: None Synopsis: Edgecombe County is a predominantly African-American agricultural community in the eastern region of North Carolina. Crafted as a character exploration, Edgecombe highlights the exhaustion of overcoming individual circumstances while navigating shared systemic experiences. Through a small window of time and space, the film presents the numerous ways Black folks overcome across generations. By revealing this timeline the film exhumes a long lineage of survival.
LUMPKIN, GA
Total Run Time: 39:00 Director: Nicholas Manting Brewer Country of Origin: United States Ratings: None Synopsis: A fading southern town. A massive immigrant detention center down the road. A mosaic of life in the middle of America’s immigration crackdown.
