2016 Black Maria Film Festival Program
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An old blind man’s world is<br />
transformed when he is given<br />
a chance to see for the<br />
first time through the eyes<br />
of a man he meets on a park<br />
bench.<br />
The Bench<br />
Narrative<br />
by Cameron Burnett<br />
Malibu, CA. 6 min.<br />
The End of Blessings<br />
Narrative<br />
by Jim Daniels and John Rice<br />
Pittsburgh, PA. 9 min.<br />
The End of Blessings follows<br />
an African-American bike<br />
rider on his weekly Sunday<br />
ride past an old Italian<br />
couple that sits on their<br />
porch after church. This quiet<br />
understated film deals with<br />
their nuanced exchanges as it takes us on a series of uphill<br />
journeys that reflect the life journeys of us all. The saying goes,<br />
“count your blessings,” but we often don’t know we’re being<br />
blessed until the blessings end.<br />
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