Continuing our focus on providing Brooklyn audiences continuous access to independent Black cinema, The Luminal Theater is transforming one block on Tompkins Avenue during the 9th annual TAMA Summerfest Weekend Walks into a cinematic home, showcasing curated Black films with a focus on talent from Brooklyn-based creatives.

The day starts at 12 noon with:

• Young Adult films

• Indie films from Bed-Stuy and Brooklyn-based creatives, including Darius Clark Monroe’s “BLACK 14” and and Okema T. Moore’s “Shh..”

• “Sistas in Cinema” - films from Black female filmmakers, including Sewra G. Kidane’s “Proclamation Punctuation”

• Virtual/Augmented Reality presentation

• Then we take the fun over to Potomac Playground (on Halsey & Tompkins) for an 8pm closing presentation of “72 Hours: A Brooklyn Love Story?” from local filmmaker Raafi Rivero

  
  

See full film descriptions and more info at https://www.luminaltheater.org/events/2019/7/20/cinema-block-party

SCHEDULE

12pm noon - 1pm - Tent 1

Films for Tweens

WATERMELON by Toryn Seabrooks

COLD SWEAT - by Wi-Moto Nyoka

1:15pm-2:20pm - Tent 2

Local Filmmaker Showcase 1 - URBAN POETICS

AN ODE, TO US by Jalessa Montaque

TRAPPED FREEDOM by Allegra Earle

SHH… by Patrick Coker, produced by Okema T. Moore

PERCEPTION - by KarynRose Bruyning

JUSTICE FOR ALL by Ephraim Kirkwood

2:30pm-4:15pm - Tent 1

Sistas in Cinema showcase - hosted by Kissa Starr

PROCLAMATION PUNCTUATION by Sewra G. Kidane

NO TRAVELER RETURNS by Ellie Foumbi

DANA by Toryn Seabrooks

I WILL NOT FORGET YOU by Laila Patrone

YELLOW by Dominga Martin

3:30-5:00pm - Tent 2

VR/Augmented Reality (interactive)

PEER by Emir Fils-Aime

4:30pm-5:30pm - Tent 1

Local Filmmaker Showcase 2 - REALITY RIDE

BLACK 14 by Darius Clark Monroe

THE LET OUT (excerpt) by Ayanna Long

TALES FROM THE ‘VILLE by Chris D. Williams

HERE COMES A STRANGER by Seun Aladese & The Ville

BIG WIGS by Francis Agyapong

8pm-10pm

Potomac Playground (Halsey St & Tompkins Ave)

72 HOURS: A BROOKLYN LOVE STORY

By Raafi Rivero

TAMA Summerfest is organized by the Tompkins Avenue Merchants Association and Bridge Street Development Corporation and sponsored by NYC Weekend Walks, the NYC Dept. of Transportation, Coca-Cola, and ModernMD

The Luminal Theater's Cinema Block Party is sponsored in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).

The Luminal Theater is a sponsored organization of the New York Foundation for the Arts. NYFA is a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization founded in 1971 to work with the arts community throughout New York State and the United States to develop and facilitate programs in all disciplines.

(photo credit: Toryn Seabrooks' WATERMELON)