A showcase + mixer featuring a curated selection of shorts written and directed by Black women. Open to all, but especially for Black women filmmakers and the folx who love them. 🎞️ 🤍 📽️ 🩶

Come for the visuals, stay for the vibes. One (1) complimentary drink included with each ticket purchased. 🎟️🍹

FEATURED SHORTS

Writer, filmmaker and multidisciplinary artist Saaret E. Yoseph will show an episode from her visual docupoem anthology _JOURNEY(S)_, which she wrote, directed and edited, along with a preview of _ABYSSINIA & HARLEM_, her current archival project.

Filmmaker, director, and producer Najma Nuriddin will share a sample of BEFORE THE CALL (working title), a personal documentary exploring faith, memory, identity, and belonging through the lens of her Black American Muslim upbringing.

Filmmaker and programmer Britt Sankofa will screen CURIOSITY , a two-part reenactment film exploring intimacy, family stories, and inheritance, as well as in-progress clips from her upcoming MFA thesis exhibition.

_ODESSA'S REIGN_, directed by Robin Hamilton, is a portrait of the life of Odessa Madre, a Black queer female gangster who ran a widespread gambling and numbers-running ring in mid-20th century DC.

Kamilah Thurmon’s THE LEGACY OF LEE’S FLOWER SHOP chronicles the history of one of DC’s oldest continuously, Black family-owned businesses and a longtime fixture in the U Street community.