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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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