New York International Children’s Film Festival – Celebrating Black Stories
Attend:
| Free with general admission |
*General museum admission is FREE for residents of Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties.
Black stories take the spotlight to highlight short films that share the joy, determination, resilience, and complexity of being Black and young. Explore a range of genres and styles in a program that spans the globe. These amazing short films were audience favorites and award-winners at the 2022 New York International Children’s Film Festival and are sure to inspire curiosity and conversation for viewers big and small.
Recommended for families with children ages 9 and up. In English, Portuguese, and Luganda with English subtitles. (76min)
Black History Month programs are generously supported by the Arn and Nancy Tellem Foundation.
Comic Escape
- United States, Live Action, Alphonso McAuley, 2021, 15 min.
A young boy unexpectedly finds a comic book that changes his reality.
Cupids
- United States, Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min.
This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
Generation Impact: The Coder
- United States, Documentary, Samantha Knowles, 2021, 7 min.
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.
My Name is Maluum
- Brazil, Animation, Luísa Copetti, 2021, 8 min.
Maalum comes from a home surrounded by love and Afro-centered references. When her classmates tease her about her name, Maluum discovers the lovely legacy of her name and ancestry.
The Night I Left America
- Uganda, United States, Live Action, Laki Karavias, 2021, 14 min.
While anxiously awaiting the results of his mother’s visa renewal request, a teenage boy living in Texas conjures memories of his life in Uganda.
Room Rodeo
- United States, Live Action, Daniel Kayamba, 2021, 14 min.
Grounded and with a last-minute school project due, Jamil takes matters into his own hands in order to prove he is the great-grandson of a legendary Black cowboy.
Wolf and Cub
- United States, Animation, Marvin Bynoe, 2021, 8 min.
A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return their mother’s forgotten lunch.
Presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival
Black stories take the spotlight to highlight short films that share the joy, determination, resilience, and complexity of being Black and young. Explore a range of genres and styles in a program that spans the globe. These amazing short films were audience favorites and award-winners at the 2022 New York International Children’s Film Festival and are sure to inspire curiosity and conversation for viewers big and small.
Recommended for families with children ages 9 and up. In English, Portuguese, and Luganda with English subtitles. (76min)
Black History Month programs are generously supported by the Arn and Nancy Tellem Foundation.
Comic Escape
- United States, Live Action, Alphonso McAuley, 2021, 15 min.
A young boy unexpectedly finds a comic book that changes his reality.
Cupids
- United States, Live Action, Zoey Martinson, 2021, 10 min.
This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
Generation Impact: The Coder
- United States, Documentary, Samantha Knowles, 2021, 7 min.
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.
My Name is Maluum
- Brazil, Animation, Luísa Copetti, 2021, 8 min.
Maalum comes from a home surrounded by love and Afro-centered references. When her classmates tease her about her name, Maluum discovers the lovely legacy of her name and ancestry.
The Night I Left America
- Uganda, United States, Live Action, Laki Karavias, 2021, 14 min.
While anxiously awaiting the results of his mother’s visa renewal request, a teenage boy living in Texas conjures memories of his life in Uganda.
Room Rodeo
- United States, Live Action, Daniel Kayamba, 2021, 14 min.
Grounded and with a last-minute school project due, Jamil takes matters into his own hands in order to prove he is the great-grandson of a legendary Black cowboy.
Wolf and Cub
- United States, Animation, Marvin Bynoe, 2021, 8 min.
A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return their mother’s forgotten lunch.
Presented in partnership with New York International Children’s Film Festival