Event

Harlem Short Cuts - 12th Annual Harlem International Film Festival

HARLEM SHORT CUTS
Uptown in Cinema
followed by a Talkback with the filmmakers

LET IT GO
Music Video
4 min
Director: Abdul Malik Abbott

Sergeant James Powell is suffering from severe PTSD. While self-medicating and contemplating his future on a cold and cloudy day in Brooklyn, he experiences a chance encounter with his estranged family.

HARLEM LOVE
Director: Rich Lites
9 min

14 STEPS TO HARLEM
Music Video
Director: Doug Webb
4min

THIS IS FAMILY
Director: Roan Bibby
14 min

A young father-to-be struggles with the decision to finally locate his birth father, only to find that he was not looking for answers about his past as much as he was running from questions about his future.

I PROMISE TO REMEMBER
Director: Jimmy Castor Jr.
15 min

When you lose a parent memories may fade but their words linger

KIMCHI TACO
Director: Seran Kim
14 min

When Mrs. Han returns to work alone after her husband's murder at the very liquor store she has to maintain now, even her only employee quits on her. Despite of her raw trauma and fear for the uncaught robber still roaming in the neighborhood, she steps outside in desperation of hiring someone new. While no one wants to work at the store out of fear, Yolanda, a quiet but eager woman with a large suitcase, follows Mrs. Han.

WHITE FACE
New York Premiere
Director: Mtume Gant
USA, 20min

New York Actor Charles Rogers hates his skin and all the hardship that comes with it. Feeling trapped by his race, Charles believes he has finally found the solution to his problems.

Filmmaker Talkback will follow the screening