Bars4Justice

(Redirected from Bars4justice)

Bars4Justice (also #Bars4Justice) is a 2015 American short documentary film directed by Samoan filmmaker Queen Muhammad Ali and Hakeem Khaaliq. The film was recorded in Ferguson, Missouri during the first anniversary of the shooting of Michael Brown August 9–10, 2015. The film is an official selection of several international festivals including winning Best Short documentary at the 24th annual Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles, Glasgow Short Film Festival in Scotland, Tirana International Film Festival (DOCUTIFF) in Albania, and The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in midtown Manhattan NY.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

#Bars4Justice
Theatrical film poster[1]
Directed byQueen Muhammad Ali
Hakeem Khaaliq
Written byQueen Muhammad Ali
Hakeem Khaaliq
Produced byNation19
Steve Muhammad-EL
Ronald Sims
StarringCommon
Jasiri X
Talib Kweli
CinematographyHakeem Khaaliq
Edited byQueen Muhammad Ali
Hakeem Khaaliq
Music byMasaniai Muhammad Ali
Jorge Mendez
Jahsua (Hook Man)
Radio Bums
Release date
  • October 1, 2015 (2015-10-01)
Running time
9 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Cast

Accolades

List of awards, nominations and selections
AwardDateCategoryRecipients and nomineesResult
24th Annual Pan African Film Festival(PAFF) Los Angeles, CAFebruary 14, 2016Best Short DocumentaryQueen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqWon
1st Annual Uptown Short Film Festival (USFF) Harlem, NYMay 15, 2016Best Short Film (Audience Choice Award)Queen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqWon
Documentary Tirana International Film Festival (DocuTIFF) Tirana, AlbaniaJune 1–8, 2016Best Short Film Competition (Special Mention)Queen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqNominated
Milwaukee Film Festival ([1])September 22 – October 6, 2016Short FilmQueen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqNominated
Mutianyu China ([2])September 1–21, 2016International Artist Fellowship and Residency AwardQueen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqWon
MOMA (The Museum of Modern Art, NYC) ([3])February 17 – 18 2017Doc Fortnight 2017: MoMA's International Festival of Nonfiction Film and MediaQueen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqSelected
Glasgow Short Film Festival, Glasgow, Scotland ([4])March 17, 2018GSFF18: the largest competitive short film festival in ScotlandQueen Muhammad Ali & Hakeem KhaaliqSpecial Screening

References

External links