| Boston International Film Festival SESSION 14 Monday, June 9, 3:00pm – 5:00pm Urban Genesis – 15min After serving 20 years in prison, Clifford comes home to live with his daughter, Keisha, in hopes of making up for lost time. But the road to redemption will be harder than he thinks when he realizes that he has to deal with Keisha's live-in boyfriend, Boris, who is a mirror image of Clifford as a young man Director, Writer: Larry Bryant Producers: Nabila Lester, Rain Breaw Finding Our Folk – 60min The Finding Our Folk Tour, organized by high school and college students, sought to use the tools of education, documentation, healing, and organizing to explore and discuss the conditions that led to the devastating impact of Katrina; to join the voices of resistance, the veterans of past and continuing movements, with the voices of Hip-Hop, Blues and Jazz; to celebrate African and indigenous cultures as they have been expressed in New Orleans and through out the world; to reconnect the individuals, families and communities that were scattered across the country, living in exile. The tour visited 8 cities, gathering 150 to 400 people, a combination of displaced hurricane survivors and local community members. Young people documented all aspects of the tour. This is their story. Filmmaker: Omo Moses |