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This screening has reached its registration capacity.

Don’t miss the Q&A…

After you register for this screening, be sure to register for the follow-up event, Members-Only Q&A: A Love Song for Latasha & Giving Voice, featuring conversations with A Love Song for Latasha director/producer Sophia Nahli Allison and Giving Voice directors/producers James D. Stern and Fernando Villena. (Friday, December 11 – 12:00 pm PT)

Film Independent Members, you and a guest are invited to watch Giving Voice, preceded by the short film A Love Song for Latasha, in our Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room, powered by Vision Media.

A Love Song for Latasha

The injustice surrounding the shooting death of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins at a South Central Los Angeles store became a flashpoint for the city’s 1992 civil uprising. As the Black community expressed its profound pain in the streets, Latasha’s friends and family privately mourned the loss of a vibrant child whose full story was never in the headlines. Nearly three decades later, director Sophia Nahli Allison’s A Love Song for Latasha removes Latasha from the context of her death and rebuilds an archive of a promising life lost. Oral history and memories from Latasha’s best friend and cousin converge in a dreamlike portrait that shows the impact one brief but brilliant life can have.

 
2020, 19 minutes, color | Directed by Sophia Nahli Allison | Featuring Tybie O’Bard, Shinese Harlins, Zoe Flint, Nnenna Brown, Londyn Sharp, Marley Cortez, Raigan Alex | Produced by Fam Udeorji and Sophia Nahli Allison

Giving Voice

A new generation of performers is discovered in Giving Voice, which follows the emotional journey of six students as they advance through the high-stakes August Wilson Monologue Competition, an event which celebrates one of America’s preeminent playwrights. Every year, thousands of students from twelve cities across the United States perform the Pulitzer Prize winner’s work (Fences, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) for a shot to perform on Broadway. Directors Jim Stern and Fernando Villena capture students discovering themselves and the world around them through Wilson’s “Century Cycle,” a canon of ten plays portraying the 20th Century African-American experience. Executive producer Viola Davis, along with Fences co-star Denzel Washington, share the impact that Wilson’s timeless artistry and legacy has had on their careers and their hopes for the young people carrying it forward. Winner of this year’s Sundance Festival favorite award, Giving Voice is an Endgame Entertainment and Pilgrim Media Group Production in association with Endeavor Content, Impact Partners, Get Lifted Film Co and JuVee Productions.

 
2020, 90 minutes, color | Directed by James D. Stern and Fernando Villena | Produced by James D. Stern, Karen Bove, Fernando Villena, Schoen Smith, Craig Piligian | Executive Produced by Viola Davis, Julius Tennon, John Legend, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Gretchen Stockdale, Nicholas Caprio, Constanza Romero

Registration Information

All Film Independent Members can register for this online screening starting at 10:00 am on Tuesday, November 24. | Registration is free; one registration per Membership. | Proof of Member status is required to complete registration.

Arts Circle and Film Lover Members are guaranteed access to this event; email membership@filmindependent.org for more information.

How to Watch

On the first day of screening availability, registered Members (and guests, when applicable) will be emailed a secure link by our partner Vision Media to watch this title in the Film Independent Presents Online Screening Room.

Online Screening Policies

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