BLOCK 10 - HE, HIM, HIS, BROTHAS

A combination of a documentary feature, a student film and a narrative short that focus on Black men feelings, and functionality in different settings & circumstances. (4 films)

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Animation
By: Drew Tank Garrett 

​April 29, 2021 Will be exactly on year that I lost my Father. This is dedicated to him and to anyone that lost and love a parent. Enjoy !! 

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BLACK DADDY THE MOVIE(​01:23:00)

Documentary Feature
By: Damon Jamal Taylor  

​Black Daddy is unadulterated storytelling from the black father's point of view because it is often overlooked and the assumption is that black fathers are not involved in their children's lives. Black Daddy: The Movie is a passion project covering a space that is near to our hearts; black fatherhood. I followed the lives of a few like-minded men as they told compelling stories of the joy, pain and the complexity of what it means to be a black father in America. The project has original music by Dame Drummer and new music in collaboration with other Oakland-based musicians Mike Blankenship, Kev Choice, Karega Bailey, and Ryan Austin to name a few.

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FAREWELL MY SON(22:55)

Student Film
By:  Chibuzor Pascal Onyemenem  

Ten years ago in their small village in Nigeria, Ruth’s husband-to-be left her and their young son to make a new life in the United States. Now, as the eleven-year-old Afam approaches his twelfth birthday, his estranged father has returned to take Afam to live with him. Ruth is struggling within herself, unsure whether she can let him go, and with how to break the news to her son, his two siblings, and the rest of the family.

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WHAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY(​9:03)

Narrative Short
By:  Eric Bomba-Ire 

​Clive (52) walks daily for miles. He seeks no direction. It is freestyle fitness and meditation all-in-one, but what seems like simple routine exercise reveals an act of grieving and persevering through loss.  Three years ago, with big plans ahead of his 49th birthday, Clive couldn’t have anticipated the life changing decision he had to face on his birthday: Keep his mother alive or remove her  from life support.  Told from the heart in this meditative portrait, he recounts the events leading to that decisive moment; the pain, guilt and confusion, that will set his life in motion, and the transformative power of loss into guiding.

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