The Ann Arbor Black Film Festival presents A Look Within, 4 films about inner struggle.
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Running Star (New York 2022)
Directed by Sakinah Iman
Afraid that her success and freedom may have all been an illusion, a young woman, endlessly repeating the same enslaved history of her ancestors, finally breaks away.
A cautionary tale of self and societal oppression and the cyclical/intergenerational trauma of our past and present. It’s “Goldilocks and The Three Bears” meets “Get Out” by way of “Twelve Years A Slave.”
Mental (Illinois 2024)
Directed by Amari Neal-Dodgen
A man struggling with an unstable life and addiction works to fight his vice one last time.
The Knee Touch (Georgia 2024)
Directed by Miles Triplett
In this romantic comedy, Brandon and Corn scramble to keep 3 women away from each other at a celebratory party.
Food What? Looking for Food Sovereignty in Barbados (Barbados 2023)
Directed by Cloé Fortin
This documentary film is one of the outcomes of over two years of research on the food system of Barbados. Motivated by the multiple crises affecting the island since 2020, the aim of this study was to discuss the potential of the tenets of food sovereignty for Barbados, where the movement is mostly unheard of, obscured by a forced focus on food security. While food security ensures that people are fed, it avoids questions on how the food is produced, and to whom it profits. Beyond a written report, this project sought to give a voice to the local consumers, farmers, distributors, officials and experts about what kind of changes they wish for in their food system. The film also hopes to be a tool for further discussion on our problematic relationships to food, both in the Caribbean and in other regions of the world.