Schedule Of Events

Programmed by cinéSPEAK 

5 - 6:30 p.m. Opening Night Gathering with music, food, drinks, organizational partners In Dino Hall

6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Film Program: Screening followed by Q & A

Two Philadelphia Premieres: a short film and a documentary feature

Soft In the Shell, (2024, 4min) an experimental short, by dir. Ingrid Raphael

The film is a meditation on forgiveness, shedding, and letting go through the poetics of scorpions, water, song, flora, and nature.

Holding Back The Tide, (2023, 77min) a documentary feature film by dir. Emily Packer

Through interviews, recited poetry, and quirky interstitials, this engaging documentary charts the unlikely presence of oysters in NYC, the myriad waterways surrounding the city, the scourge of pollution, and triumphant revitalization efforts. Poetic filming of familiar city scenes combine with fascinating archival photos for a watery love letter to the city. Lovingly crafted and scored with flair, the film both embraces humor and nods to the gender-fluid nature of oysters. - Karen McMullen

Q&A with Ingrid Raphaël, director of Soft in the Shell and Emily Packer, director of Holding Back the Tide, moderated by Vernon Jordan III, filmmaker, poet and curator at-large, cinéSPEAK.

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