All About Love Film Series: Shorts
This special three-part film series is presented in conjunction with the Barnes Foundation’s latest exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love. Curated by BlackStar’s founder and CEAO Maori Karmael Holmes, each screening explores a theme reflected in All About Love—kinship, femininity, and desire.
Desire is the focus of today’s short films, which showcase lush, joyful, and tender longing for a world beyond patriarchy. The screening will be followed by a conversation with some of the featured filmmakers moderated by broadcaster and producer Dyana Williams.
This program includes access to the Barnes collection and Mickalene Thomas: All About Love.
Where
Barnes Foundation
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA 19130
2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy
Philadelphia, PA 19130
When
Saturday, November 9
2-4 PM ET
2-4 PM ET
What
Short film block
Film Program
1-800-Lovable (2020)
Directed by Rebeca Huntt
Are you a single Black woman yearning to be loved and desired? 1-800-Lovable provides the je nais se quoi that makes dreams come true in this satirical short film shot on 16mm.
Duration: 2 min.
La Petite Mort (2009)
Directed by Numa Perrier
La Petite Mort travels the landscape of a woman’s loneliness and sensuality and shows how her femininity affects the male psyche.
Duration: 5 min.
An Ecstatic Experience (2015)
Directed by Ja’Tovia Gary
A meditative invocation on transcendence as a means of restoration.
Duration: 6 min.
Me Time (2019)
Directed by Iyabo Boyd
After a stressful workday, Deborah settles in for some intimate me time at home, until three other aspects of her psyche appear and dredge up deep-seated inhibitions.
Duration: 11 min.
Directed by Rebeca Huntt
Are you a single Black woman yearning to be loved and desired? 1-800-Lovable provides the je nais se quoi that makes dreams come true in this satirical short film shot on 16mm.
Duration: 2 min.
La Petite Mort (2009)
Directed by Numa Perrier
La Petite Mort travels the landscape of a woman’s loneliness and sensuality and shows how her femininity affects the male psyche.
Duration: 5 min.
An Ecstatic Experience (2015)
Directed by Ja’Tovia Gary
A meditative invocation on transcendence as a means of restoration.
Duration: 6 min.
Me Time (2019)
Directed by Iyabo Boyd
After a stressful workday, Deborah settles in for some intimate me time at home, until three other aspects of her psyche appear and dredge up deep-seated inhibitions.
Duration: 11 min.
A Song About Love (2019)
Directed by Rikkí Wright
A Song About Love explores the complex relationship between sexuality and religion and the filmmaker’s experience navigating redemptive love and finding themselves and real love within that paradigm.
Duration: 14 min.
Tender (2020)
Directed by Felicia Pride
After an unexpected one-night stand, two women at very different stages of their lives share an even more intimate morning.
Duration: 15 min.
To Be Free (2017)
Directed by Adepero Oduye
In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.
Duration: 12 min.
Directed by Rikkí Wright
A Song About Love explores the complex relationship between sexuality and religion and the filmmaker’s experience navigating redemptive love and finding themselves and real love within that paradigm.
Duration: 14 min.
Tender (2020)
Directed by Felicia Pride
After an unexpected one-night stand, two women at very different stages of their lives share an even more intimate morning.
Duration: 15 min.
To Be Free (2017)
Directed by Adepero Oduye
In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.
Duration: 12 min.