Shorts Program: Rinse & Repeat
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Full list of Films
The Cleanse
This video is an offering to OYA. Wendy La Roche (Mother) and Luis Vasquez La Roche (son) make offerings to Oya on a Sunday afternoon in a sugar cane field in Trinidad and Tobago. Some parts of the ritual are intentionally not filmed since camouflaging and concealing these practices have been essential for their survival.
Filmmaker: Luis Vasquez La Roche
Runtime: 9 min 21 sec
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: Trinidad and Tobago
Year: 2022
tether
Tether meditates on agwuncha's subconscious childhood memories of performance. It documents a new ritual that bridges their memories of playing the American recess game, "tetherball" and witnessing traditional Ojiọnu Igbo masquerade figures gesture at various Nigerian-American celebrations . This multi-layered spiritual performance becomes a meditation on the power dynamics of a self-imposed restraint on a body. Live screenings are often live accompanied by video jockeying and musical scoring performances by kelechi agwuncha and their musical collaborator, Eva Marie Gonzalez Ruskiewicz .
Filmmaker: kelechi agwuncha
Runtime: 16 min
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2022
Leviathan
Leviathan' is an experiential meditation on the violent and dehumanizing origin of the African-American identity, materialized through the images and sounds of the James River, and the inhabitants of its underbelly.
Filmmaker: Jalen Adams
Runtime: 4 mins 39 secs
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: United States
Year: 2023
ANTI-RACIST COLLECTION SHORTS: "Black Women"
On the one hand, black women worked to build Brazil's wealth. On the other hand, women like Zacimba Gaba, Angola's warrior princess, and Marielle Franco, who was murdered in 2018, have played pivotal roles in Brazil's history through political and cultural activism. Who are the women who lead the country's anti-racist struggle?
Filmmaker: Val Gomes
Runtime: 14 mins
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: Brasil
Year: 2022
This Is Not a Pipe
“We live in a world that is being made as it goes. The building’s with their fragile windows; the streets and what’s beneath them; the fences and traffic cones; the turnstiles, chainsaws, books and junkyards; surveillance monitors, grocery carts and prison bars. The pipe that knows how to sing…” 'This Is Not a Pipe' is a short, experimental film made by Joshua Satyam Milowe and Zakaria Ismail Kronemer in collaboration with a quarter-mile-long chunk of lead pipe, placed along the route of what some intend to be a natural gas transport project.
Filmmaker: Zakaria Ismail Kronemer and Joshua Satyam Milowe
Runtime: 6 mins
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2023
Healing Embodied
Healing Embodied is an investigation into healing modalities within the Black Diaspora that extend past talk therapy to honor ancestral practices that affirm Black healing knowledge and practices. This project document the common practices and ordinary movements by everyday people in the pursuit of wellness, healing, and joy. Healing Embodied is a series of 3 short experimental films: Perle Noire Reflection, Liana Explains and Soma’s Hands.
Filmmaker: Bianca Mońa
Runtime: Perle Noire Reflection - 10:34, Liana Explains - 6:39, Soma’s Hands - 6:18
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2022
Na Zongi
Three individuals face obstacles while trying to find their way back home after being lost. Guided by nature and water they come home
Filmmaker: Lauriane Almeda
Runtime: 7 min 2 sec
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: Angola
Year: 2023
An Interview with the Earthlings
“An Interview with the Earthlings” is an experimental documentary that works to unpack human behaviors and connections. As the film begins the character “Blu” is introduced, as is her understanding of the nature of the ocean. In lieu of Blu's rare and deep understanding of her, the ocean calls upon Blu in an effort to become more informed on the inner workings of the human experience. After providing the ocean with her own viewpoints on the topic, Blu then goes deeper into the world searching for more answers. She ultimately finds them through conversation with her peers.
Filmmaker: Amber Maria Stokes
Runtime: 12 min 43 sec
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2023
CARTOONS
“CARTOONS” is a music video exploring the natural versus the supernatural. More specifically, it represents my new journey: navigating the physical and spiritual world to communicate with my mother. The title “Cartoons” alludes to the role that each person plays in this life before transitioning into the next. Am I a “two dimensional” being too afraid to fulfill my true purpose? Or will I find inspiration from the “fourth dimension” to become “three dimensional” here on Earth by expressing myself artistically? The lyrics reference past connections, chasing happiness, and the desire to “see between” in order to maintain our personal connection. The goal is to visually represent loneliness, solitude, and nostalgia through captivating imagery that leaves plenty of room for the viewer’s interpretation.
Filmmaker: Myles Brown
Runtime: 4 min
Program Block Title: Saturday Shorts
Screening Date & Time: Saturday Loop 11:00a to 4:00p
Location: ADA Gallery 228 W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220 [map]
Country: USA
Year: 2023