Second Annual Harlem Teen Film Festival
The 2nd Annual Harlem Teen Film Festival
at The Harlem School of the Arts
645 Saint Nicholas Avenue at 141st Street
New York, NY 10030
July 12, 19, and 26, 2008
3:00pm – 5:00pm, Studio 104
Admission is FREE!
Saturday, July 12, 2008
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Born into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids- 85 mins.
Born into Brothels, by Ross Kaufman and Zana Briski, is the winner of the 77th annual Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. A tribute to the resiliency of childhood and the restorative power of art. The film is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in the red light district of Calcutta, where their mothers work as prostitutes. Zana Briski, a New York-based photographer, gives each of the children a camera and teaches them to look at the world with new eyes.
Saturday, July 19, 2008
3:00pm – 5:00pm
War Dance-107 mins.
War Dance by Sean Fine and Andrea Nix, set in Northern Uganda, a country ravaged by more than two decades of civil war. The film tells the story of Dominic, Rose, and Nancy, children whose families have been torn apart, their homes destroyed, and who currently reside in a displaced persons camp in Patongo. When they are invited to compete in an annual music and dance festival, their historic journey to their nation’s capital is also an opportunity to regain a part of their childhood and to taste victory for the first time in their lives.
Saturday, July 26, 2008
3:00pm – 5:00pm
Bling: A Planet Rock- 97mins.
Bling by Raquel Cepeda is a documentary film, which focuses on the complex relationsiip between “blood” diamonds, conflict, the influence of Hip-Hop music and culture, and community development. Produced by VH1 Rock Docs, Article 19 Films and UNDP, the film features the participation of Hip-Hop artists from the US and Sierra Leone.
The objective of the film is not to shame peoople into boycotting diamonds. Instead it is to raise a voice on behalf of the millions of diamond diggers to help disadvantaged communities and entrepreneurs reach their full economic potential. Promoting conscious consumerism and using the power and influence of the hip-hop music, Bling tries to encourage the purchase of “clean” diamonds.
The film will be preceded by a drum and dance performance by Les Merveilles de Guinea.
Director Raquel Cepeda will join us at this screening.
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