Shared Rivers

Short-Film Solidarity Night to fundraise and raise awareness for: Haiti 🇭🇹, Sudan 🇸🇩, Yemen 🇾🇪

On Monday April 21st at 6:30pm in 3210 N Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA we screened and discussed the following six films:

1) 🇸🇩 Gidam: Drums of protest in Khartoum (2021) Release Date: December 2021 Director(s): Arthur Larie & Bastien Massa Running Time: 11m “Gidam (All the Way) is a film by Arthur Larie and Bastien Massa. It follows a young woman who, like many other Sudanese, takes to the streets to demand the departure of the military government. From the street to the private sphere, under the Sun of Khartoum or in the intimacy of a living room, Gidam is a dive into the daily life and hopes of a whole generation…” Donating to: https://sudansolidarity.com/

2) 🇭🇹 LAKAY (2024) Release Date: April 2024 Director(s): Amarise DeFranco Running Time: 4min “Animated short film by Amarise DeFranco. When a girl travels to her home country in a dream, she’s whisked along on a journey with a familiar stranger where she learns a little bit more about who she is and where she came from… This film was an idea she sat on since 2022, despite being a 3rd year student at CalArts, this film was the first one she EVER made…” Donating to: https://haitiemergencyrelief.org/

3) 🇭🇹 Footsteps (2023) Release Date: August 2023 Director(s): Rachelle Savane Running Time: 7min “Jornadie, a Haitian young woman, is a soccer player in training who ambitiously waits for her favorite athlete and cousin, Esthericove Joseph, to take the world stage. She’s part of Haiti’s women league that’s playing in the World Cup for the 1st time in history. On the backdrop of political instability and extreme insecurity, a beacon of light and hope is found in the game of foutbòl (soccer).” Donating to: https://haitiemergencyrelief.org/

4) 🇾🇪 Yemen: The Silent War (2018) Release Date: July 2018 Director(s): Sufian Abulohom Running Time: 11m “Since the war started in Yemen in early 2015, more than 3 million people have been internally displaced and around 180,000 have fled the country. Yemen: The Silent War is a short documentary film that tells the stories of the Yemeni refugees living in Markazi Refugee Camp.” Donating to: https://yemenaid.org/

5) ⛰️Save Flat Top (2025) [Creators Attending] Release Date: April 2025 Director & Editor: Bia Jurema Producer & Story Editor: Sydney Wolstein Running Time: 11min “At the epicenter of gentrification, the Lincoln Heights community is at risk of losing Flat Top — their last piece of sacred, open, undeveloped land. Our beloved Flat Top is at risk of being taken from the Lincoln Heights community. On May 14th, the LA City Planning Commission will vote to approve or deny the proposed development. Please help us save this cherished open space.” Protect Flat Top: https://saveflattop.carrd.co

6) 🇾🇪 Surprise Mix!

Event hosted by @Shared_Rivers

Thank you for supporting these organizations’ critical humanitarian relief aid in Haiti, Sudan, and Yemen!

Coffee, Popcorn, Snacks, Beverages and More…