2024
Short Documentary(World Premiere)

Domino Days

CC
Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person

Dominoes is a game that can be played in different ways. With different rules for different cultures. Solo and teams. Tournaments. For money on the table. Six dots, nine dots. But what is consistent is the loud trash talking across the tables, the slamming down of “bones,” the strategy of predicting what the next player has in their hand. Throwing Bones. Caribbean Chess.

In an ever-changing digital world, where unscripted human interaction can feel limited, dominoes brings people together for games that take all night with friendships that last a lifetime.

Screenings

Virtual

August 3 – August 5
August 1 – August 3

Directors Spotlight

A picture of a man named Ché Williams sitting on an outdoor staircase. He is wearing a black New York Yankees baseball cap and a red New Jersey Devils hockey jersey, marked with a large white "C" on the right side. He has glasses and a short beard. His hands are clasped together resting on his lap, and he has a calm, composed expression on his face.

Ché Williams

Director

Ché Williams is a Jamaican-American filmmaker and artist from the fighting city of Newark, NJ. His work is informed by black youth, barbershops, basketball courts, train stations and any other place where strangers become family. His work could be described as raw, bright and subject focused. He deeply cares about this because of his commitment to learn through storytelling in an engaged and intentional manner that speaks to the experiences of underdogs everywhere.

Runtime
10 minutes
Country
United States
Language
English, Spanish
Director
Ché Williams
Premiere
World

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