Session 11
Sunday April 19, 5:45pm – 8:00pm
AMC/LOEWS Boston Common: 175 Tremont St. Boston
Petrolfame                                         3min

In the blistering desert, a man agonized by his
memories comes face-to-face with his inner demon,
turning damnation into salvation.

Director, Producer: Esteban Valdez








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The Hands                                         10min

The Hands is a story of the love between a father and
daughter that can’t last in its original pure state. As
the grown-up daughter now sits at her father’s
bedside in his final hours, she becomes fixated upon
his hands and how they have come to represent all of
who he was, as a man and as a father. Each glance
connects her to the man she knew—the loving and
doting new father, the ambivalent man who was forced
to launch his daughter out into the world, and the
imperfect human being who allowed his own
weaknesses to separate them. In the end, she is left
alone to determine for herself what she will allow his
life and love to mean to her.

Cast: Celeste Sullivan, Clayton Hunter, Kayla
Simpkins, Anna Colona, Aria Easter, Georgiana
Young, Grigsby Poland, Mari Endo
Writer: Charise Studesville
Director: Charise Studesville, Jerry Moushay
(Assistant Director)
Producer: Charise Studesville, Edward Osei-Gyimah,
Nabila Lester, Michael Boykins (Executive Producer)
DP: Andrew Russo
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Mississippi Damned                         120min

What's swept under the rug rarely stays hidden.
Taking place in 1986 and 1998 and based on a true
story, three poor, Black kids in rural Mississippi reap
the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse,
addiction, and violence. They independently struggle
to escape their circumstances and must decide
whether to confront what's plagued their family for
generations or succumb to the same crippling fate,
forever damned in Mississippi.

Cast: Adam Clark, Chasity Hammitte, D.B. Woodside,
Jossie Harris Thacker, Kylee Russell, Malcolm
Goodwin, Malcolm David Kelley, Michael Hyatt, Simbi
Kali Williams, Tessa Thompson, Charles Parnell,
Michael Pagan
Writer: Tina Mabry
Director: Tina Mabry
Producer: Tina Mabry, Lee Stiff, Morgan Stiff
DP: Bradford Young
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