About this Event
On Saturday, June 25, from 1 pm-4 :30 pm, join Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Harlem Family Day celebration for an afternoon of family friendly films and a workshop on animation! Films are for teens 13+. The event will be held in Harlem at the Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Lenox Ave. (127 & 128 Streets).
Enjoy Proclamation Punctuation directed by Sewra G. Kidane and The Pratt in the Hat directed by Susan Hillary — two delightful fashion forward films. Esther Duran, Reel Sisters curator, will host the afternoon! The celebration is free but donations are welcomed!
Proclamation Punctuation continues Reel Sisters 25th Anniversary retrospective in honoring favorite films from past festivals.
Crush(ed)
Director: Amanda Gordon
narrative,
6:32 min.
Crush(ed) is a charmingly awkward coming-of-age story about transformation, identity, and the woes of having an unreciprocated middle school crush. After the last day of 7th grade, Maya straightens her natural hair in an attempt to get her childhood best friend, Will, to like her.
The Pratt in the Hat
Director: Susan Hillary
15 min., documentary
Beneath the brims of hundreds of colorful hats is a woman who shares her wisdom, humor, and personal experiences about being black in America, then and now. Frances Pratt’s hats make a bold statement as does her southern charm and pithy expressions, which she garnered through a lifetime of service to her community fighting for racial equality, voting rights and education.
Proclamation Punctuation
Director: Sewra G. Kidane
5 min., narrative
Proclamation Punctuation is an enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her missives. Periods are so period, where as an exclamation point livens up a sentence! There is simply nothing worse than a long dragged out sentence ending in an uninspiring dull dot! So when exclamation points are your philosophy on life, one must always keep it on the up beat!!
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Maysles Documentary Center, 343 Lenox Ave./Malcolm X Blvd., New York, United States
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