A FILM TRILOGY

A trilogy of short films from director Yoram Savion (YAK Films) bases its reverse diasporic journey from Oakland CA, Jamaica to Senegal on poems written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and original musical score by Daniel Bernard Roumain.

A trilogy of short films from director Yoram Savion bases its reverse diasporic journey from Oakland CA, Jamaica to Senegal on poems written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph and original musical score by Daniel Bernard Roumain.

PART I: About Face

Shot in Oakland, CA.

PREMIERE
Dance on Camera, Lincoln Center, New York City July 2019

AWARDS
Best Screendance Under 10, San Francisco Dance Film Festival Nov 2019

SCREENINGS
2020:
Austin Dance Festival, Austin, TX
Lift-Off Sessions, Los Angeles
Bob Marley Museum: #Marley75 celebration
Dance Camera West, Los Angeles
Walla Walla Movie Crush — Black Lives & White Lies, Washington
2019:
San Francisco Dance Film Festival, San Francisco
Urban Film Festival, Paris
Dance on Camera Festival, New York City

PART II: Fear

Shot in Kingston and Portland, Jamaica.

PREMIERE
The Kennedy Center, Washington DC Sept 2019

AWARDS
First Place, AfroComicCon Film Festival

SCREENINGS
AfroComicCon Film Festival
Lift-Off Sessions, Los Angeles
African Film Festival, Uganda
Jamaica International Film Festival, Kingston
Bob Marley Museum: #Marley75 celebration
New York Lift-Off Online 2020

PART III: Free

Completed in 2022; Premieres at SF Dance Film Festival 2024