If we dream alone, it's only a dream. If we dream together, it becomes reality.
African proverb
OUR UPCOMING EVENT AUGUST 29-SEPT2
A film series celebrating Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
films and filmmakers, marking the BLM movement
and advocating social justice for all oppressed people.
HARLEM Block Party - DJ SPIVEY
124th street and Manhattan Avenue - enter at 124th street and Hancock Place (down the block)
Sunday, August 29th, 2021 6-8 pm
Film screening - Rizzle Winners & BIPOC Shorts
8:00 - 10:00 PM
BIPOC Films screening in-person
Legacy by Brandon Haynes & Parker Foster
Black is Black by Thomas J. Cooksey
Rejoice Resist by Elisha Smith-Leverock
George Floyd: Say their Names by Chris Oledude & Alyssa Dann
Black Lives Matter by Ching Juhl
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MARCUS GARVEY PARK
Networking, Panel & DJ SPIVEY
Monday, August 30, 2021 6-8 pm
Film screening
8:00 - 10:00 PM
directed by CJ Hunt, 90 min., 2021, USA
Black Public Media will co-present PBS’s award-winning film The Neutral Ground. This official Tribeca Film Festival selection is directed by comedian CJ Hunt and executive produced by comedian Roy Wood, Jr. and explores memory, monuments, and America’s confederate past. In 2015, director CJ Hunt was filming the New Orleans City Council’s vote to remove four Confederate monuments. But when that removal is halted by death threats, CJ sets out to understand why a losing army from 1865 still holds so much power in America. FREE
Postponed due to inclement weather
Thematic Panel Hosted by LAU
Thursday, August 19, 12 pm EDT
Moderated by Michael Claes
PANELISTS:
Meet Nadine Labaki
Lebanese director and film star
Friday, August 20, 12 pm EDT
Moderated by Michael Claes
and Nora Armani
Meet the Filmmakers
Carmen Labaki, Paul Cochrane, Soraya Umewaka, Karim Kassem, Zayn Alexander, Ghada Youssef, Sabina Botros
Wed., August 18, 12 pm EDT
Moderated by Nora Armani
WHAT IS SR?
SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York is a film festival that focuses on socially relevant film content, andhuman interest stories that raise awareness to social problems and offer positive solutions through the powerfulmedium of cinema. SR believes that through raised awareness, expanded knowledge about diverse cultures, andthe human condition as a whole, it is possible to create a better world free of violence, hate, and crime.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York's mission is to shine the spotlight on filmmakers who tell compelling, socially relevant, human interest stories across a broad range of social issues without resorting to gratuitous violence or violent forms of film making.
WHAT DOES SR LOOK LIKE?
"As the founder of the SR film festivals, Nora Armani is blessed with
an uncommon ability to curate some of the most important films being made today."
THE WINNING FILMS OF 2021
Click the laurel below to read about the winning films
Volunteer and Intern sign up form
SR Socially Relevant Film Festival New York (SRFF 2021) is made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.
LMCC serves, connects, and makes space for artists and community.
SRFF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit film festival that showcases socially relevant films with human interest stories as a response to the proliferation of violence and violent forms
of storytelling. SR™ believes in promoting positive social change through the powerful medium of cinema.
(*) Donations to SR Socially Relevant™ Film Festival New York are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. Donors get VIP seating at events.