Orison Shorts
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TW: This event contains films with trigger warnings
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Open captions in-person
A series of experiments and prayer offerings by Black women filmmakers.
Thank you to our screening partners: SIFTMedia 215 Collective, New Negress Film Society
Films in this Program
Philadelphia PremiereExperimental
Celestine (Florida Storm)
This trancelike experimental film captures a starry night sky over rural North Florida. A recording of “Florida Storm,”…
World PremiereExperimental
Oríkì Oshun
A visual praise poem honoring the mother of the sweet waters, Oshun.
Philadelphia PremiereExperimental
Twenty Three
Twenty Three is a visual interpretation of loss of childhood inspired by Alice in Wonderland and the IU song…
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TW: Flashing lights - 0:43-0:46, 1:57-1:59
Philadelphia PremiereExperimental
Untitled (How High the Moon)
Rashida Bumbray’s short film Untitled (How High the Moon) reimagines her mother’s childhood visits to the Metropolitan…