Author: Pablo More
Published: July 20, 2006
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Is there Black life in Boston? You bet there is! The 8th Annual Roxbury Film Festival: Featuring Films Celebrating People of Color is one of the best ways to discover it. This year's festival will take place July 26-30, 2006.
Co-sponsored by ACT Roxbury and The Color of Film Collaborative with assistance this year from the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, the RFF is an explosion of creativity in film. RFF shows films that make you laugh, films that make you cry, films that uncover unknown aspects of our history, and films that make you think and raise some questions. Nearly 70 films will be screened at RFF 2006 at more venues than ever before and featuring subjects from the United States, Brazil, Haiti, Trinidad, Cape Verde, Puerto Rico, India and more. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance to engage in Q & A with the audience after their films are screened.
Special Guests invited this years festival include actors, N'Bushe Wright (confirmed), Anthony Anderson (invited), and Michael Beach (invited); actor/comedian, Guy Torry (confirmed); and Radio/TV host and director, Russ Parr (confirmed). Additional highlights of the RFF 2006 include:
* Opening Night Feature - THE LAST STAND. Screening Thursday, July 27, 2006 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Followed by Q&A with director Russ Parr, and actor, Guy Torry.
* Engaging panel discussions about innovative ways to distribute your film and how to get a screenplay sold or produced.
* Workshops led by celebrity guests for both actors and aspiring comedians.
* Q & A with filmmakers after most screenings.
* Private and public receptions with special guests and filmmakers.
* Closing Awards Dinner. Awards include the Audience Favorite Award, the Henry Hampton Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking, the Award for Emerging Local Filmmaker, the Award for Most Original Voice (New England Filmmaker), the Award for Technical Excellence in Filmmaking, the Award for Best Short Film, the Youth Filmmaker Award, and the Best of Festival Award.
Fun, educational, inclusive, affordable, and full-of color - that’s what RFF is all about. We look forward to seeing you at the 8th annual Roxbury Film Festival. Check this website frequently for updates on featured films and Special Guests.
LE GO�T DES JEUNES FILLES (ON THE VERGE OF A FEVER), Directed by John L'Ecuyer and Produced by Andrew Noble
Narrative Feature, Adult Content
88 minutes
Haiti, 1971, against the backdrop of poverty, fear and a brutal dictatorship. Having lived a somewhat sheltered life with his protective mother, Fanfan is a 15-year-old boy who just wants to experience life for himself with his streetwise friend G�g�. Following a bizarrely terrifying incident involving a Tonton-Macoute, Fanfan decides to hide out at his beautiful neighbour's house for the weekend, where he is trapped between his fear of being caught and the fulfilling of his deepest fantasy. (In French with English subtitles)
Saturday, July 29 at 8PM in the Blackman Auditorium at Ell Hall, Northeastern University.
CUBAMOR, Directed and Produced by Joshua Alafia
Narrative Feature, Adult Content
131 minutes
Direct from the Cuban Underground, cubamor brings us into a colorful, mystical world where love knows no borders. American student, Lazaro, makes a promise to his fianc�e, Fatima, as well as the Yoruba Goddess Oshun, that he will remain faithful for the three months he will spend studying music in Havana. Meanwhile, Renato, a Cuban jinetero (gigolo) falls in love with an American tourist named Zoe.
Friday, July 28 at 8PM in the Tower Auditorium at the Massachusetts College of Art.
BURY MI FOOT CHAIN: THE WOODSIDE STORY (work in progress)
Produced and Directed by Julia John
Documentary Short
30 minutes
Woodside is a small rural village in the hills of St. Mary, Jamaica. Plagued by the loss of agricultural options, unemployment, and vanishing cultural traditions, the people of the community form a Development Action Group to address some of these issues. One of their projects is a unique Emancipation Celebration that has grown to attract visitors from far and wide. Developed under the guidance of the village historian, Erna Brodber, it's centerpiece is a dramatic reenactment of the events of August 1, 1838 from the perspective of the formerly enslaved Africans. Bury Mi Foot Chain tells the inspirational story of how one village battles the odds, using culture and history to revitalize their struggling community.
Sunday, July 30 at 11AM in the Annex Auditorium at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
FREE - NO TICKET REQUIRED.
BOOTYFUL WORLD, Directed by Avital Levy and Produced by Zak Mechanic
Documentary Short, Adult Content
25 minutes
>From Sir Mix-A-Lot to Brazilian butt lift surgeries, Bootyful World explores mainstream culture's growing fixation on the butt. As the world seems to be shifting towards this more liberated standard, Bootyful World asks if this is truly liberation or merely another mold that we are forced to fit into.
Friday, July 28 at 8PM in the Tower Auditorium at the Massachusetts College of Art.
BICENTENNIAL NIGGER, Directed and Produced by Matthew Jackson
Experimental Short, Explicit Language
4 minutes
Bicentennial Nigger is a haunting melange of photographs, film clips, and magazine articles that bestill the African-American experience in this country from Jamestown, through the Civil War to Hurricane Katrina and beyond.
Friday, July 28 at 4PM in the Annex Auditorium at Wentworth Institute of Technology.
ARISTIDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION, Directed by Nicolas Rossier and Produced by Nicolas Rossier and Roopa Choudhury
Documentary Feature
82 minutes
Through an investigative lense ARISITIDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION explores the events that led to the removal of Jean-Bertrand Aristide, the democratically elected President of Haiti. Filmmaker, Nicolas Rossier, takes the viewer into a journey of political intrigue, armed criminals posing as freedom fighters and economic fiascos. What emerges is a young democracy being constantly tested and ultimately destroyed.
Saturday, July 29 at 6PM in the Blackman Auditorium at Ell Hall, Northeastern University
