In honor of African Voices' special hip hop issue, Reel Sisters will screen Ladies First: A Story of Women In Hip Hop (Ep. 4, Netflix) and Black Love Manifesto directed by Liza Jessie Peterson.
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Sponsored Love: Reel Sisters Celebrates 25th Anniversary And More In Harlem
In June, Reel Sisters will officially launch our 25th Anniversary season in Harlem with a special Tea & Cinema series devoted to the art of filmmaking and a showcase of family-friendly films.Continue reading
REEL SISTERS + BRIC’s Summer Screenwriting Lab With BET Powerhouse Lorisa Bates
Reel Sisters + BRIC's Summer Screenwriting Lab gives you a chance to develop risk-taking narratives, revise your screenplay and create scripts with strong female characters in a nurturing environment with professional writers.Continue reading
Join The Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series Love + Activism
The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Academy Qualifying Film Festival devoted to women filmmakers.Continue reading
Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Film Festival 2019 Opens With Harlem Kick off
The Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series — the first Academy Qualifying Film Festival devoted to women filmmakers — will present an exciting lineup of films dedicated to self-care, wellness and healing. Continue reading
Reel Sisters Celebrates 20th Anniversary with A Season of Screenings & Events Centering on Women Storytelling In Harlem
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series -- the first Brooklyn-based festival to showcase films produced, directed and written by women of color -- turns 20 year this October 2017.Continue reading
Reel Sisters 2017 At AMC’s Magic Johnson Theater And Alamo Drafthouse Cinema
Harlem World partner Reel Sisters proudly announces that our 20th Anniversary festival will be held in downtown Brooklyn's Alamo Drafthouse Cinema and AMC's Magic Johnson Theater in Harlem on October 21-22, 2017!Continue reading
Reel Sisters And ImageNation Screenings Of ‘In The Morning’ In Harlem
Join ImageNation & Reel Sisters for the screening of In The Morning and Night Shift at on May 5, 2017, 9 pm screening at Imagenation Cinema Foundation Raw Space In Harlem.Continue reading
Harlem Filmmakers, Early Birds Submit Your Film To Reel Sisters
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is seeking films and web series directed, written or produced by women of color. Continue reading
Reel Sisters Seeks Films for 20th Anniversary!
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is seeking films and web series directed, written or produced by women of color. Continue reading
Reel Sisters Honors Cathy Hughes And Naturi Naughton In Harlem
On Friday, Oct. 14, 6:30 pm, Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series cordially invites you to our awards ceremony honoring pioneering media leader Cathy Hughes, the founder of Radio One and TV ONE, and actress Naturi Naughton, star of Power (Starz). Continue reading
Reel Sisters Seeks Films By Women of Color
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series is seeking films and web series directed, written or produced by women of color. Continue reading
Salters Scene: Reel Sisters Awards Ceremony
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By Udo Salters
On October 25 CENTRIC/BET Network joined Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series in celebrating the accomplishments of the honorees and award-winning filmmakers! Jessica Williams and Ebony Jo-Ann were the honorees and received the Hattie McDaniel Award.Continue reading
“Ayanda” At ImageNation’s RAW SPACE In Harlem
Join Reel Sisters For Arrays screening of Ayanda. AYANDA is a coming-of-age story that takes us into a vibrant Johannesburg community alive with love and humor, risk and reward, tragedy and triumph.Continue reading
Jessica Williams, Ebony Jo-Ann To Receive Reel Sisters Award
Sunday, Oct. 25 at 6:30 p.m., the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film Festival & Lecture Series will present the first Reel Sisters Hattie McDaniel Award to honorees Jessica Williams, the beloved correspondent on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” and Ebony Jo-Ann, award-winning actress noted for her role as Ma Rainey in August Wilson’s “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Continue reading
