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1 ANGRY BLACK MAN
Directed by Menelek Lumumba
(2020, Rated R, 92 min)
Tickets: $4.99 for 48 hour rental
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Mike Anderson is just 8 weeks away from graduation when he experiences a traumatic mishap at his quintessential New England liberal arts school. Timely and challenging, 1 ANGRY BLACK MAN juxtaposes arguments about class, gender and race divide among literature students through Mike's experience of wrongful arrest.
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16 BARS
(2018, N/R, 94 min.)
Directed by Sam Bathrick
Tickets: $4.99 for 72 hour rental
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16 Bars is a documentary that offers a rare glimpse at the human stories that are locked away in our nation’s jails and prisons. In a Virginia jail’s makeshift recording studio, four men collaborate on an album with Grammy-winning recording artist, Todd “Speech” Thomas, from the hip-hop group Arrested Development.
The film is set in Richmond Virginia, the former seat of the confederacy, where the legacy of systemic racism, a spiraling opioid crisis, generational poverty, and a lack of mental health services have entrapped many of its citizens in a cycle of incarceration, making the city itself a unique case study for rising recidivism rates in the U.S. at large. With the U.S. locking up more of its citizens per capita than any other nation on the planet, the music of the film serves as rare testimony to the raw and messy truth behind the criminal justice system’s revolving door.
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THE SURROGATE
(2020, N/R 93 min)
Directed by Jeremy Hersh
Tickets: $10.00 for 72 hour rental
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The debut feature of Jeremy Hersh, THE SURROGATE is a truly powerful and topical conversation starter that follows Jess, a 29-year-old Brooklynite who is thrilled to be the surrogate for her best friend and his husband. When a prenatal test comes back positive, however, it creates a moral dilemma that threatens their friendship.
"A wondrous achievement (...) Insightful, daring, and genuine in its approach to such a complicated topic." - THE HOLLYWOOD OUTSIDER
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Tuesday June 16 @ 7PM - NewFest is hosting a special livestream Q&A, with cast/associate producer Jasmine Batchelor and writer/director Jeremy Hersh, moderated by filmmaker Stephen Winter.
Watch here: https://www.facebook.com/NewFestNYC/
or here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jyPbHFhGE423nQIW3YTUA
