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Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games

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NOFF 2023 Interview: Michéle Stephenson’s “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project” illuminates a reimagined future

by Rebecca Martin

November 8, 2023

I’m going to keep my intro brief because I feel filmmaker Michéle Stephenson speaks to the truth of her film “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” which she co-directed

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2023 Awards, Black History, Film Festivals, Interviews, Kamala for president, Short Films

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Emerging filmmakers empower audiences at Heartland’s 2023 Indy Shorts International Film Festival

by Rebecca Martin

July 25, 2023

“My poems and songs have no flavor without you.” The above quote comes from the end of the short documentary “Ayenda,” directed by Marie Margolius. A group of teenage Afghan

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