{"id":88016,"date":"2020-05-21T16:29:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T21:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=88016"},"modified":"2020-05-23T10:37:13","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T15:37:13","slug":"oxford-virtual-film-festival-week-5-short-film-presentation-black-lens-narrative-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/oxford-virtual-film-festival-week-5-short-film-presentation-black-lens-narrative-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"Oxford Virtual Film Festival Week 5 Short Film Presentation: Black Lens Narrative Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

GET TICKETS HERE<\/a><\/strong>
Live Q&A set for Saturday, May 23 at 8 pm CST<\/strong> – more info<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Being<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

BEING<\/strong>
Director: <\/strong>Cathleen Dean
Country:<\/strong> USA
Running Time: <\/strong>9 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With poetic intensity, he describes a scene that far too many people of color have experienced. The tremble in his voice, the sweat on his brow show us the buried pain as it bubbles to the surface. Being<\/em><\/strong>, a deftly shot melodrama, takes us into the mind of the most targeted person in America\u2014the Black man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

IN A LIFETIME<\/strong>
Director:<\/strong> Frantzy Moreau
Country:<\/strong> USA
Running Time:<\/strong> 14:43 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Olly and Ade are two friends who cherish their bond and relationship. However, one strives to leave the environment by any means while the other grows dependent on their relationship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Initiation<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

THE INITIATION<\/strong>
Director:<\/strong> Amir Youssef
Country:<\/strong> USA
Running Time: <\/strong>19:23 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an abandoned place where violence rules, only graffiti walls show compassion. David, a homeless man and a silent narrator follows the tags of a Latino Graffiti writer named Pedro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Interview<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

THE INTERVIEW<\/strong>
Director: Nate Duncan
Country: USA
Running Time: 15 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Interview<\/em><\/strong> is a film about a young man pursuing business success who, during a life-changing interview, comes face-to-face with the realization that he has lived a mediocre existence and lost sight of what is most important in life. He suddenly has to explain a lifetime of casual choices that will decide his very future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MISS MAGIC<\/strong>
Director: <\/strong>Zaire Love
Country: <\/strong>USA
Running Time:<\/strong> 4:46 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miss Magic <\/em><\/strong>follows Tyler, a non-binary person of color, who identifies as gay in the thick of Mississippi\u2019s dust. Through creative montages, interviews, and observational footage, audiences are taken on a journey to witness the story of Tyler\u2019s becoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SOUL MAN<\/strong>
Director:<\/strong> Kyle Taubken
Country: <\/strong>USA
Running Time:<\/strong> 13 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ben Whitaker, Jr.<\/strong>, an aging and mostly washed-up songwriter from the 60s – 70s era of big soul music navigates loneliness, failed relationships, and a botched career in modern day Memphis, Tennessee.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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