Q123 Films
NOIR FEST - Tour of Black NY - Films
Welcome! Peruse our Q123 selections below. We are particularly proud of this collection of films speaking to aspirational Blackness Note that this page will be updated frequently throughout the festival. Follow the links to view the films and email team@noirlabs.org if you have any questions or issues accessing any area of the site. We appreciate your support for our filmmakers!
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A love letter to Black hair, and a documentary of the Crown Act’s journey through Louisiana. By award-winning filmmaker Damien D. Smith and widely celebrated attorney and activist Nia Weeks.
A story about the power of boldness and courage and the lives we can save when we own our voice and step into our own. Directed by Tom and James Collins. Commissioned by UNICEF. Watch all three parts here on Portal X.
Coincidence
This look into the ordinary lives of Nigerian technologists adds a human element to the technology boom we’ve been seeing come out of the African continent over the last few years. Dir. Oluwaseyi Oyewole
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This story of redemption gives us a new way to think about rehabilitation and celebrates the glorious art of the perfect upcycle! Directed by Simon Mwai and Produced by Louis Nduma Nderi
Black British legend and former English National Ballet dancer, Shevelle Dynott, channels quintessential Black boy grace in Breath, a musical film by Annalie Wilson aka Luna Bec.
Keon is faced with a grave decision, he has to choose between life and death for people who have not been so welcoming to him. He gets to choose if he’ll be Martin or Malcolm. In this striking narrative, we’re faced with the option to forcefully override the power of racism, or to be our kindest possible selves.
The cold world Houminvi found in her travels abroad contrasted sharply with the love she had at home. We say that no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark, but this film reminds us that there are Africans who are perfectly comfortable, who leave home just to chase their wildest dreams—like humans everywhere.
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The Moment is Ripe for Quantum Liberation
As we journey through this Age of Aquarius, humanity has greater access to and awareness of the increasingly transparent convergence of the metaphysical, the scientific, the spiritual, the ancient and the digital. As worldmakers in pursuit of a Liberated Black future, it is NOIR Labs’ duty to activate these intersections in powerful ways, for the benefit of all African-descended peoples, and by extension, all of humanity.
We are calling on all Afrofuturists, physicists, cultural producers (artists, storytellers, filmmakers, etc) and everyone who dreams of a Liberated Black future to join us as we explore and assess the convergence of the above principles through a creative, Afrocentric, and humanist lens.
Meditation, manifestation and quantum physics. Religiosity, revolution, and spiritual awakenings. Ancestors, soul family and Gen Z’s secret weapons. NFTs, social currency and the New World. Black love, Black intimacy and Black power. Self love, self acceptance and Liberation from WithinTM. All these topics are safely welcome here, in this space where Quantum Afrofuturist Worldmaking is an essential daily practice.
If the above resonates with you, we invite you to showcase your work in the Portal to African Intelligence, our digitally curated creative directory of leading African Diaspora cultural production, and Quantum Afrofuturist art and ideology. We invite partnerships on events featuring leading thinkers and creators in the Worldmaking space, as well as on curated journeys through the Portal to African Intelligence. Let us together experience, amplify and fortify African Diaspora art and cultural production speaking to the ideologies and visions of Quantum Afrofuturism. You can also join this movement as a patron.
The first installment of the Quantum Afro Futures series, Volume I, kicked off Feb 28, 2022 with a dialogue and Virtual Portal Journey sponsored by Yale Council on African Studies. Future installments will take place here on the Portal, covering the topics listed above. If you’d like to partner on a dialogue, experience or Journey, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
To be notified of future Portal Journeys, please register below. We are particularly excited to work with creative and educational institutions, cooperatives and businesses committed to furthering social justice ideals.
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If you’re not already a NOIRSHIP member, you’ll need to register to be notified of new events and Portal Journeys. On registration, you’ll be taken to a preview of the Portal to African Intelligence, where the art is curated. Details for accessing the Portal during upcoming event will be emailed to you. Thanks for your support!
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