Emily Packer
2021Who Will Start Another Fire
Lesley Steele, Faye Ruiz
An omnibus film featuring nine works by emerging filmmakers of color, Who Will Start Another Fire is the inaugural project of Dedza Films, a distribution initiative focused on showcasing underrepresented communities and the next wave of international storytellers.
Who Will Start Another Fire
Aqui Demasiado Tiempo
Emily Packer
On August 18, 1971, First Lady Pat Nixon declared a stretch of land along the US-Mexico border a “Friendship Park,” willing two countries toward a common future. Decades later, this spirited inauguration hangs above the meeting place like a specter, charged by the border’s harsh realities. Vibrant digitized color film from the Richard Nixon Presidential Library along with stirring musical and oral performances from the inaugural event clash against the present, as TOO LONG HERE ponders the implications of an empty promise.
Too Long Here
By Way of Canarsie
Lesley Steele, Emily Packer
After years of neglect by the City of New York and the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, the coastal community of Canarsie, Brooklyn wants more. Using a variety of formats, this experimental series of vignettes explores Canarsie’s unique relationship to the water and the community’s vision for the future.
By Way of Canarsie
