THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM PRESENTS ITS FOURTH ANNUAL FILM SHOWCASE, SHORTS AT CAAM

The California African American Museum (CAAM) invites the community to attend CAAM’s fourth annual Shorts at CAAM, in a one-day only event, Saturday, August 16, 2014, from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

“CAAM is excited to present to the community, the next generation of talented filmmakers,” says Woody Schofield CAAM’s deputy director of operations and special programs. 
“Each year we present this showcase, which affords emerging artists and filmmakers the opportunity to connect with new audiences.”

Shorts at CAAM is designed to promote the work of emergent screenwriters, directors, actors and producers in Los Angeles.  One of CAAM’s enduring goals is to provide a platform from which new voices and new ideas can be expressed. Shorts at CAAM will feature shorts by breakout directors such as Issa Rae and Evita M. Castine,

This event is free and open to the public. CAAM is located at 600 State Drive, Exposition Park. Parking is $10 and located at 39th and Figueroa Streets. For more information on CAAM visit www.caamuseum.org or call 213.744.7432. Find CAAM on social media at www.facebook.com/CAAMinLA and www.twitter.com/CAAMinLA.

 

Order of Shorts at CAAM

 

Stronger Than a Sword:  a Portrait of Langston Hughes (Documentary)

10:00 -10:22 a.m. Director: Zarian Hadley

In a genre-defying documentary, full of organic artistry, painter and graphic designer Ian S. Young collaborates with music producer and cinematographer, Zarian Hadley. Set to original music, it is an interpretation of strength through penmanship as message and melody are synthesized.

 

A Profile in Courage: Linda L Smith (Documentary)

10:25 ‐11:03 a.m. Director: Reginald D Brown

This documentary shares the story of Linda L Smith’s journey to starting and owning her own nursing school. Today, she remains the only African-American to have a fully accredited vocational career college in California.

 

A Family Like Mine (Documentary)

11:05 -11:42 a.m. Director: Katherine Kearns

This documentary follows the laughs, pains, struggles and triumphs of kids and couples who belong to transracial and/or gay families in the US.

 

Only Light (Drama)

11:45 a.m. -12:13 p.m. Director: Evita M. Castine

When a young girl is kidnapped from the Congo and sold as a sex worker to the U.S., she finds an escape from reality by watching a teenage girl next door.

 

Jonestown (Docudrama)

12:15 -12:53 p.m.

Reporter Jessica Levin battles with notorious cult leader, Jim Jones, in this dramatization of the last 24 hours in the lives of The Peoples Temple Church. 

 

Freeloader (Comedy)

12:55 - 1:28 p.m. Director: Tarina Pouncy   

A habitual freeloader gets a taste of her own medicine when a colorful but mysterious guest talks her way into her apartment.

 

The Unwritten Rules (comedy)

1:30 - 1:55 p.m.        

“The Unwritten Rules” is a web-series that examines the comedic realities of being a Black Co-worker in a predominantly white workplace.

 

Bored of the Rings (Comedy)

2:00 - 2:35 p.m. Director: Rashim Cannad

A married man meets the woman of his dreams during a business trip and loses his wedding ring during a night spent in her company.  Now he must find the ring before his wife finds out it’s missing, or face the consequences.

 

‘Bout That Life (Suspense)

2:40 - 3:04 p.m.        

A man is greeted with a few startling surprises as he attempts to purchase an unregistered gun from a man in a dark car.

 

The Choir (Comedy) Mature Audience

3:05 – 3:38 p.m. Director: Issa Rae

“The Choir” is a racy “dramedy” that follows the United Church of Holy Christ in Fellowship’s choir as they attempt to rebuild their dying congregation. Watch as they band together to try to find new, innovative, sometimes inappropriate, ways to make the church thrive as it once did.

 

Crazy Beats Strong Every Time (Drama) Mature Audience

3:40 - 4:21p.m. Director: Moon Molson      

An African American, in his twenties, finds his Nigerian-immigrant stepfather passed out drunk in their apartment building hallway, and is manipulated by a friend to murder him.

 

Karim (Narrative)

4:25 - 5:52 p.m. Director: Carl Seaton

This silent film shines a spotlight on the many ways urban violence affects the community.  A custodian who witnesses a traumatic event attempts to take steps to rectify the situation.

 

ABOUT THE CALIFORNIA AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM

CAAM is a state agency charged with researching, collecting, preserving and interpreting for public enrichment the history, art and culture of African Americans. Collaboratively operating in partnership with its 501(c)(3) non-profit organization Friends, the Foundation of the California African American Museum, CAAM houses a permanent collection of over 4,000 objects of art, artifacts and historical documents, and a publicly accessible Research Library containing more than 20,000 volumes.

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