Array Releasing, a diverse distribution collective, announced a new double feature theatrical experience they’ll be touring around the country.
Ayanda and Out of My Hand are the two films making up the collective’s Fall 2015 release. Viewings of the double feature begin on November 13 and will be hitting major cities including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Washington DC and Houston.
Ayanda, written by Sara Blecher, is a coming-of-age story of a young woman trying to save her fathers car repair shop. Set in a lively community in Johannesburg, the film takes on the topics of love, risk and triumph as the protagonist tries to preserve the memory of her father. During its world premier at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival the film took home the Special Jury Prize in the World Fiction Competition.
Takeshi Fukunaga’s Out of My Hand follows the humble life of Liberian rubber plantation worker. Extreme working conditions, failed unionization and corruption leads the man away from his family and country to New York City where he must confront his feelings of isolation and belonging.
The collective is dedicated to amplifying the works of people of color and women, and both films demonstrate the diversity of what filmmakers can create. In a statement Array’s Executive Director Tilane Jones said, “A drama dissecting love in all forms directed by a South African woman and a story of migration and masculinity directed by a Harlem-based Japanese man, both starring all-black casts, prove to be a powerful duo.”
The dates and theaters the films will be showing at are as follows:
OPENING WEEK THEATRICAL ENGAGEMENTS:
AYANDA and OUT OF MY HAND
Starting 11/13 Los Angeles Downtown Independent
Starting 11/13 New York Imagenation RAW Space
Starting 11/18 New York Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
ONE-NIGHT TOUR ENGAGEMENTS:
AYANDA
11/13 Washington DC Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of African Art
11/14 Atlanta, GA Georgia Pacific Auditorium presented by Bronzelens
11/17 Philadelphia, PA African American Museum presented by Reelblack
11/19 Houston, TX Houston Museum of African American Culture
11/22 Montgomery, AL Pure Artistry Literary Café
11/24 Seattle, WA Ark Lodge Cinema
12/01 Calabash, NC South Brunswick Islands Center
12/05 Boston, MA Reel Life Experience at Arts Emerson
12/05 Greensboro, NC The Artist Bloc
OUT OF MY HAND
11/14 Atlanta, GA Georgia Pacific Auditorium presented by Bronzelens
11/17 Philadelphia, PA African American Museum presented by Reelblack
11/20 New York, NY Imagenation RAW Space
11/22 Montgomery, AL Pure Art Literary Café
11/24 Seattle, WA Ark Lodge Cinema
11/26 Houston, TX Houston Museum of African American Culture
12/01 Calabash, NC South Brunswick Islands Center
12/06 Boston, MA Museum of Fine Art Boston
12/08 Washington, DC Anacostia Arts Center presented by Parallel Film Collective
12/12 Greensboro, NC The Artist Bloc
