2023 BARE BONES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

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VENUE: MUSKOGEE PUBLIC LIBRARY
2ND FLOOR-GLASS ROOM
800 W. OKMULGEE AVE. MUSKOGEE, OK
SAT. APRIL 29, 2023

TITLE OF SCREENPLAY
TIME
SCREENWRITERS NEED READERS (ACTORS)
TABLE READ-SCREENPLAY
THAT'S SO GAY

That's So Gay is a funny sitcom that makes fun of stereotypes with a goal to create unity and awareness. You will be entertained by a group of 30 something year-old Black and gay friends living in Tulsa, Oklahoma where not everyone is as forward thinking as other big cities.
11:00 AM
THAT'S SO GAY! Written by DR. TAMECCA ROGERS
TABLE READ SCREENPLAY
WHAT DO WE DO NOW?

An African American family in 1965 must face the challenges of living in a crime ridden neighborhood. Edwana and her husband Kyle are raising their children, Kylie and Eddie in a world rife with poverty and discrimination. The children must fight the challenges imposed upon them, while their parents try to raise them with limited resources.

Kevo combines a timeline of African American issues into the year 1965, using dilemma's of different decades (1940's - 2020's) that this fictional family has to deal with.
11:30 PM
WHAT DO WE DO NOW? Written by KEVIN AREGBE
TABLE READ SCREENPLAY
BABY GIRL

A pregnant young woman running from an abusive past, moves into a low-rent neighborhood, hoping for a place to call home. What she finds is a house with a horrific legacy and a malevolent presence that craves the life growing inside her.
12:00 PM
BABY GIRL Written by JASON VON GODI
TABLE READ-SCREENPLAY

THE MERCHANT

An illegal gun runner and his gang get caught by the CIA selling weapons to drug dealers in Boston and are forced to smoke-out a rebel group gaining power in Northern Syria.

THE MERCHANT is a story about a man choosing wheather to be good or evil.
12:30 AM
THE MERCHANT Written by JESSE MATTSON & BOBBY DAVISON

VENUE: MUSKOGEE PUBLIC LIBRARY- GRANT FOREMAN ROOM
2ND FLOOR
800 W. OKMULGEE AVE. MUSKOGEE, OK

TIME
TITLE
12:30 PM-ROXY THEATER
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CROWN (49 min)
Directed by Dr. Tamecca Rogers


This documentary aims to educate and call to action for Oklahoma to join in with the 18 other states and pass legislation to pass the CROWN ACT (Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair) to prevent bullying and discrimination based on ethnic hair in the workplace and schools.
2:00 PM
ARTEMISIA VULGARIS (5 min)
Directed by Katie Galt


SHORT DOC
2:00 PM



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LONE WOLF HILL (31 min)
Directed by Victor Alexander Verlage


Two Kiowa brothers must journey to recover the bones of their sons and give them a proper burial.
2:40 PM
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DOES THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HAVE BLACK HAWK'S REMAINS? (14min)
Directed by Russ Fry


The Board of Trustees of the State University of Iowa (now the University of Iowa) met on January 19, 1853. As a member of the Board, Robert Lucas, the former governor of the Iowa Territory, was in attendance.



He offered to give Black Hawk's bones to the University. They accepted. Did the University of Iowa ever receive the remains? Do they have them now? Are they long forgotten in a box in some dark basement corner? Learn what happened to Black Hawk's remains.
3:00 PM
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THE JOURNEY OF TIAK KIKIYA OHOYO (STANDING PINE WOMEN)
(48 min)

Directed by Mark Williams

The inspiring story of Choctaw women from a very small reservation in Mississippi and their love for their ancient game of Choctaw stickball. Against all odds they compete in the World Series of Stickball in hopes of bringing their first title back to their community.
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BOOKER T. WASHINGTON BOYS BASKETBALL:
"A LEGACY OF CHAMPIONS" (55 min)
Directed by Rodney Lynn Clark


Booker T. Washington High School's Historian/Curator Lamar Burks narrates a Dr. Rodney L. Clark film entitled BTW Boys Basketball - A Legacy of Champions with music by Rocky Bright.



The documentary encompasses the history of BTW Basketball from the beginning to the present. There are stories from legendary alumni coaches and players including Mike Mims, Conley Phipps, Jr., Levi Brown, Eli Brown III, Joe Sheets, William Tisdale, Fred Jones, Ryan Humphrey, Marcus Peel, Charles Davis, Melvin Gilliam, Marcus Hill, Jamal West and Levi "Boogie" Harris.
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