8^th Annual TARGET KIDflix Film Fest of Bed-Stuy

Date:               Friday, August 3^rd

Film Short:                   Rubber Souls, Directed by Christine Turner from Reel Sisters                                  

Live Performance:     Afro Mosaic Soul (Guaranteed to kick the film festival off right)

Featured Film:   Kirikou and The Wild Beasts

Directed by:          Benedicte Galup & Michel Ocelot

Kirikou, the razor-sharp little boy who emerged from his mother's womb able to speak, and who moves as fast as the Road Runner, uses ingenuity, deductive reasoning and bravery to  outsmart the evil witch who threatens his resilient African village. If you loved "Kirikou and the Sorceress" you have to see Kirikou and The Wild Beasts. 

 

Date:                   Friday, August 10th

Film Short:            A Period Piece, Directed by Camille Holder-Brown from Reel Sisters                            

Live Performance: Sonali Mishra

Featured Film:    Born into Brothels,

Directed by:                 Ross Kauffman and Zana Briski,

Born into Brothels, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art, Born into Brothels is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.

 

Date:                    Friday, August 17^th

Film Short:            Sticks and Stones, Directed by Rehema Inami Triniew

                       from Reel Sisters Film Festival

                   

Featured Film:   Akeelah and the Bee

Directed by:          Doug Atchison

Akeelah and the Bee is the story of 11-year-old Akeelah Anderson (Keke Palmer) who is reluctant at first (and fearful of being labeled a "brainiac" by classmates at her under-funded middle school in South Central Los Angeles), grows determined to win the district, regional, and ultimately the Scripps National Spelling Bee, aided by the able coaching of an English professor (Laurence Fishburne) who, like Akeelah's overworked single mother (Angela Bassett) is slowly recovering from a devastating personal loss.

 

 

Date:                     Friday, August 24^th

Film Short:            Ladylike, Directed by Safiya Songhai from Reel Sisters

Featured Film:     Scenarios USA

Scenarios USA is a non-profit organization that uses writing and filmmaking to foster youth leadership, advocacy and self-expression in under-served teens. Scenarios USA asks teens to write about the issues that shape their lives for the annual "What's the REAL DEAL?" writing contest where thousands of teens have responded with their raw and revealing insights. MoCADA will screen five of the winning entries that were made into films from 2005 to 2007.

 

 

 

Date:                     Friday, August 31^st

Film Short:             A Girl Like Me, Directed by Kiri Davis from Reel Works 

                        

     Featured Film:    The Wiz

The film follows the adventures of Dorothy, played by Diana Ross, a shy schoolteacher from Harlem, New York who finds herself magically transported to the wonderland of Oz - which resembles a fantasy version of New York City - during a snowstorm. Befriended by a Scarecrow, a Tin Man, and a Cowardly Lion, Dorothy travels through the world of Oz to seek an interview with the mysterious "Wiz", who allegedly has the power to take her home.  Don't miss this opportunity to ease on down the road with live music, prizes, give aways and a costume contest.