PVIFF Pre-Event Schedule:
Heritage Arts Festival
(Underground ATL)
JULY 25, 11 A.M.- 6 P.M.
Showtime: 11:15 a.m. - Keys (Encore)- 23 mins.
When Leann receives a grim diagnosis of cancer, she and her bi-racial son Eli travel back to her childhood home in theMidwest, in order for Leann to make amends with her estranged father. Upon her arrival, the healing between these two takes shape in the most unlikely of ways.
Directed by Christopher Babers, Produced by Wendy Raquel Robinson
(The Steve Harvey Show&The Game)
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Showtime: 11:45 a.m. - Blood Over A Broken Pawn (Encore)-18 mins.
Traumatized by a violent robbery, a Brooklyn coffee shop owner lashes out against an innocent kid, and stumbles into a dangerous confrontation with a chess-master, kingpin.
Directed and produced by Chadwick Boseman (Lincoln Heights, Cold Case, ER etc.)
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Showtime: 12:10 - Basket Bronx- 14 mins.
Alex is an African-American kid from the Bronx who dreams of playing basketball as his idols. However, the gang of older guys in the neighborhood keep reminding him that he cannot. One day Kiat, a newly arrived Chinese girl, appears in his life and using some Zen philosophy teaches him to overcome his fears, to enjoy life as much as possible and to stop worrying about his results.
Director: Martin Rosete (NY Film Academy Student)
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Showtime: 12:50- A Child Shall Lead Them- 23 mins.
The story of a few first-grade children who initiated the desegregation of schools in Nashville, Tennessee, one of the first cities in the South to act on the Supreme Court's 1954 decision, Brown vs. The Board of Education, the film compares briefly the Nashville story with events that took place the same week at Little Rock High School. Meet three African-Americans who entered the first grade in Nashville on Sept. 9, 1957, at previously all-white schools. Also, hear some of the parents discuss the events of those first two days, including the bombing of one of the schools, and the courage required to respond to the Court's landmark decision. The story is told through the use of first-person narratives, archival photos and archival footage. Executive Producer: Rachel Lawson
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Showtime: 1:20 - Everyday Black Man
Quiet and thoughtful, and yet, hiding an extremely violent past that still haunts him, Moses Stanford lives a peaceful existence running a small grocery store in an old, but quiet neighborhood in Oakland, California. Although he spends most of his time at the store, he has nothing to show for it. He wants to expand his store, but he is broke and needs money just to survive. However, when he goes to the bank they refuse to give him a loan because he has no way of showing a profit.
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Showtime: 3:45 Sparkle
Three sisters (Sister and the Sisters) from Harlem who become singers. Sister (Lonette McKee) becomes involved with drugs and Sparkle (Irene Cara) ends up being the one who gets famous. This movie tells about how drugs ruined Sister's relationships and eventually ended her life.
It is also about the relationship between Sparkle and Philip Michael Thomas.