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Join us in celebrating Black History Month with Lights, Camera, Unity: Celebrating Black Stories, presented in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival. The two-hour shorts program available for streaming Feb 1-4 - is a compilation of powerful short films that recognize the significance and distinction of Black experiences in America. Our guests today are the Executive Director of GCUFF Donna Dabbs, and Associate Director of CIFF Patrick Shephard. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

In partnership with 26.2 TO LIFE, CIFF is thrilled to announce the film’s Virtual Premiere streaming today through Tuesday, October 2nd. To celebrate, we have a bonus episode with the film’s director Christine Yoo and featured subject Markelle “The Gazelle” Taylor. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

CIFF47 alum – and the recipient of its ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing By a Woman – 26.2 TO LIFE is back on the big screen in Cleveland as part of the 2023 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival, taking place September 14th-22nd. Director Christine Yoo and featured subject Markelle "the Gazelle" Taylor join hosts Dee Perry and Aaron Spears to discuss the experience of training for and documenting one of the most unique marathons in the country, the San Quentin State Prison 1,000 Miles Club. Here is the San Quentin Mixtape that Christine mentions. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

On today's episode Dee and Aaron speak with a return guest, CIFF's own Shorts Programming Manager, Paul Sloop! Paul talks about the journey of programming CIFF47's 199 short films, traveling to festivals post-pandemic, and how film fans can get the most out of CIFF47 Streams, taking place April 2nd - 9th. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

Today we are joined by Saim Sadiq, director of Pakistan’s official Oscar® selection and winner of the Cannes 2022 Queer Palm, JOYLAND. Layered with forbidden love, despair, and a painfully dysfunctional family dynamic, this drama brings to light the crushing weight of gender norms when living underneath an oppressively patriarchal structure. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture.   Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

Today’s episode of CIFF Speaks sits down with Camille Hardman, one of the directors of CIFF47 film STILL WORKING 9 TO 5. We get a behind-the-scenes look at the seminal film’s production, its adaptations, and how it popularized feminism in the workplace. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture.   Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

On this episode we are joined by directors of the CIFF47 film MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES, Sam Pollard and Ben Shapiro. The directors tell the story of influential jazz drummer Max Roach, whose timeless music and cultural activism spanned across seven decades, and changed the landscape of America. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture.   Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

Today we are joined by director Sophie Kargman, who takes us behind the scenes of her thrilling, unpredictable, and darkly humorous CIFF47 film SUSIE SEARCHES. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture.   Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

On today’s episode we speak with Bryan Darling and Jesse Finley Reed, directors of the CIFF47 film ALL MAN: THE INTERNATIONAL MALE STORY. Listen in as they talk about the impact the late-20th-century mail-order catalog, International Male, had on reshaping the popular image of the queer male American life. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

We are joined today by director Trevor Anderson to discuss his debut feature film BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND. The film takes on the complexity of the gender binary with the touching and retro story of young American androgynous teen Robin. Set to a killer 80s synth soundtrack, BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND illustrates the unthinkable lows one can travel to for the sake of acceptance. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

Today we are joined by the director of CIFF47 film IT'S ONLY LIFE AFTER ALL, Alexandria Bombach. Alexandria gives us a backstage pass into the making of her film which celebrates the music, activism, and impact of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, the legendary queer folk-rock duo the Indigo Girls. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate

Lisa Cortés – director of CIFF47 film LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING – discusses how a Black, queer rockstar lived his life as a trailblazer, and whose complex legacy transformed the music industry forever. CIFF Speaks® is sponsored by Wayside Furniture. Facebook / Twitter / IG / YouTube / Donate