BraveMaker Film Fest: NEO SOUL

825 Middlefield Road,Redwood City CA 94063

10 July, 2022

Description

Two short docs, a short narrative and an electrifying film/album project exploring roots, rock and history amplifying African cultural influence and its impact on the world today. Into The Archives: The First Monument directed by Damien McDuffie (9) Into The Archives: Billy X directed by Damien McDuffie (15) Until 2021, there were no official monuments to the Black Panther Party in Oakland, the city where they became legendary. This finally changed through an effort led by Fredrika Newton, the widow of Minister of Defense Huey Newton. Following sculptor Dana King from conceptualization through unveiling, The First Monument chronicles the creation of the Huey Newton bust now raised in West Oakland. The story of White Jesus Black Problems (directed by Aerick Neal, 40 mins) begins roughly 270 years ago, when a white indentured servant from Scotland named Elizabeth Gallamore fell in love with an enslaved Black man whose name, like so much else, had been stripped away from him by his captors. The pair lived in the colony of Virginia, where interracial relationships were not only taboo, but legally forbidden, and their romance put their very lives in danger. The same laws that prevented the two from ever marrying, however, also affixed their offspring’s legal status to that of their mother, meaning that after seven years of their own indentured servitude, Gallamore’s children would be granted their freedom, as well. And so the unlikely couple begot a generation of free African-American children, who in turn begot another generation of free African-American children, who in turn begot another generation of free African-American children, on and on down the line until the birth of their great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandson, Xavier Amin Dephrepaulezz. Or, as you most likely know him, three-time Grammy winner Fantastic Negrito A Guide To Dining Out In Nairobi directed by Hugh Mitton (11 mins) A security guard in Kenya gets a $10 USD tip from his wealthy boss. How far can he make it go? https://www.instagram.com/agtdoinmovie/