[All-postdocs] WHFF and WHDI 'Family Voices' Collaboration

[Woods Hole DAC]

The Woods Hole Film Festival is pleased to continue the 2021 season series
WHFF Virtual with the shorts program FAMILY VOICES (Thursday, March 4
through Sunday, March 7, 2021), a program of short films presented in
collaboration with the Woods Hole Diversity Initiative and its 2021 Black
History Month events (https://www.woodsholediversity.org/bhm-2021/
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Featuring six short films by up and coming filmmakers, FAMILY VOICES offers
snapshots of family life through the eyes of Black parents and children in
recognition of the 2021 Black History Month theme: The Black Family:
Representation, Identity, and Diversity. The Festival will host a live
online line Q&A with the filmmakers on Saturday, March 6th at 7 pm EST.

*Films in the program:*
*My Hero*
Dramatic short by Logan Jackson • USA • 2020 • 13 mins.
As last-minute plans for a babysitter fall apart, eight-year-old Brandon is
left alone to oversee his younger brother Mason.
*Cotton Candy*
Dramatic short by Fredgy Noël • USA • 2020 • 12 mins.
Age-old conflicts arise between two young entrepreneurs when they claim the
same cotton candy route.
*The Voicemail*
Dramatic short by Kyle Solomon • USA • 2020 • 15 mins.
A missed call. A tired heart. Another earth-shattering day of being Black
in America. “THE VOICEMAIL” explores the everyday traumas experienced by
Black people in America, told from the perspective of a son who takes heed
of his mother’s warning.
*Grab My Hand: A Letter To My Dad*
Animated short by Camrus Johnson & Pedro Piccinini • UK • 2019 • 6 mins.
Camrus Johnson's gift to his grieving father and a message to all to
cherish every second you have with loved ones while you still can.
*The Beez and The Chickadeez*
Comedy short by Chris MIlton • USA • 2019 • 19 mins.
A young couple in high school decide to lose their virginity, but it
doesn't go according to plan.
*Sundays At The Triple Nickel*
Documentary short by Jess Colquhoun • USA • 2020 • 13 mins.
On Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill, Harlem, Marjorie Eliot is making sure
her apartment building’s iconic jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son
have been hosting jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past
26 years, a pursuit of overcoming grief through music.
*The Heart Still Hums*
Documentary short by Savanah Leaf & Taylor Russell • USA • 2020 • 29 mins.
Five women fight for their children through the cycle of homelessness, drug
addictions and neglect from their own parents. Unique, yet undoubtedly
familiar to many; a story on fear, sacrifice and the unconditional love
between a mother and her children.

Tickets prices: $14 per person, $12, for Woods Hole Film Festival members
and $20 per household, $17 for Members and are on sale in advance at
www.woodsholefilmfestival.org.
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Ticket
purchasers will receive a custom link to view the film at home or on their
mobile devices and will have 48 hours to complete watching the film (ending
at 11:59 pm on March 7, 2021), once they begin playing it.

For the best community viewing experience, watch the film program at 5:00
p.m. EST on Saturday, March 6, and then join the filmmakers for the zoom
Q&A at 7:00 p.m. EST.
The film program will be available to watch between Thursday, March 4 at 8
am and Sunday, March 7 at midnight EST. If you purchase a ticket in advance
you will receive an activation link to view the film program via e-mail on
Thursday morning, March 4. If you purchase a ticket on or after March 4 you
will receive a watch link immediately after your order confirmation. A free
ticket to the virtual Q&A will be made available when you purchase your
ticket. You will receive a separate access link for the Q&A via email
approximately one hour before the start of the event. Once you start
playing the film you will have 48 hours to finish watching, or until
midnight on Sunday, March 7, whichever comes first.

The Festival is supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts
Cultural Council, the Woods Hole Foundation, the Falmouth Fund of the Cape
Cod Foundation, the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod and the Cape Cod 5
Charitable Foundation Trust. The WHFF Virtual series is part of the Woods
Hole Film Festival’s year-round independent film program. For more
information email info at woodsholefilmfestival.org or call (508) 495-3456.

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