Newburyport Documentary Film Festival:
Young Emerging Showcase (YES)

FREE EVENT
Saturday, September 18th at 1pm

An inaugural Newburyport Documentary Film Festival event featuring the works of current and recent graduate filmmakers and media arts majors from Greater Boston's higher education institutions. This will be a free event at The Screening Room for all to come and watch 6 short films by these aspiring young filmmakers and to hear from them directly.

BLACK LIVES MATTER: VOICES OF THE PAST & PRESENT
A film highlighting racial issues in the United States, centering around the impact of the Black Lives Matter protests and Presidential election of 2020.
Filmmakers:  Sound Bytes One / Fitchburg State University
Running Time: 23 minutes.

EXCEPT I  
The short documentary represents this relationship between a mother and daughter, trying to answer questions such as how can a mother raise a child when she is not there?
Filmmaker: Cecilia Acevedo / Emerson College
Running Time: 3 minutes

AQUANTE  
Aguante highlights Puerto Rico’s history in its fight to ride gender-based violence on the island.
Filmmaker: Dominick Torres / Wheaton College
Running Time: 22 minutes 

BLACK OF SPACE
Remixing Jazz, archival footage, and sci-fi imagery the film tells the narrative of a black Americans separated from their African roots and their journey to return home.
Filmmaker: Gabriel Reid / Northeastern University
Running Time: 3 minutes

STILL THE SAME
A son's documentary, chronicling his father’s life and struggle with early onset Alzheimer’s 
Filmmaker: Michael Cook / Lesley University
Running Time: 14 minutes

PORTRAIT SUSPENDU EN RA  
Portrait Suspendu en Ra highlights themes of isolation and the nature of immigration, seeking to promote
Algerian and African expression.  
Lyna Zidane / Emerson College
Running Time: 4 minutes