2016 Black Maria Film Festival Program
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Dreaming of Peggy Lee<br />
Narrative<br />
by James Everett<br />
London, UK. 11 min.<br />
When Ingrid, an unsympathetic<br />
care worker, confiscates<br />
Belinda’s treasured<br />
picture of Peggy Lee, her<br />
friend Alexander decides to<br />
smuggle them both out of<br />
the home to visit a 1940’s jazz<br />
club. When their dream is about to be cut short by the arrival<br />
of Ingrid, Belinda does something so extraordinary that it<br />
brings the entire jazz club to a standing ovation.<br />
<strong>Film</strong>s by Syrian Girls<br />
Documentary<br />
by Laura Doggett<br />
Durham, NC. 22 min.<br />
During a two-month workshop,<br />
Syrian girls living as refugees in<br />
Jordan’s Za’atari Refugee Camp and<br />
the city of Irbid in northern Jordan,<br />
created expressionistic video diaries<br />
that provide openings into their everyday lives.<br />
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