BLM SHORTS III: Behind the Walls, 20|20: Revision, S.O.U.L of a Black Woman

Behind the Walls

Portuguese authorities keep no data on ethnicity or race because they find that identifying people by race is discriminatory. Yet, ignoring the data is giving people the right to accept that racism in Portugal does not exist, leaving those in minority communities angered and hopeless because their rights are being taken away. This story will capture the lives of people, and how they really feel about living in their homes. Uncovering their true thoughts fears, and struggles. It will uncover a system and is unjust and corrupt.

20|20: Revision

20|20: Revision is a documentary following ILL Doots, a tribe of musicians and dedicated community workers. "ILL" has come to stand for I Love Living & I Love Learning. It's the two-pronged mission statement at the core of the band's work, inside and outside of their music.

The documentary is comprised of viewpoints from audience members and artistic collaborators across the entire ILL Doots community. Tracking the band through the years, as they define their social mission as teaching artists, endure through personal loss and maintain their steady aim -- all in the process of growing into their ultimate purpose.

20|20: Revision presents life as a process of constant evolution, constant education, constant growth. A process to be embraced, upheld and protected in all its stages, for all its people.

S.O.U.L of a Black Woman

S.O.U.L of a Black Woman is an Afrofuturism film split into four chapters each representing what it is to be a black woman. Each chapter is accompanied by its own original unique music and spoken word poetry which will take you through the passages of time.

2020 BIBFF

7th Annual Baltimore International Black Film Festival - Teaser