I'm Free Now, You Are Free

A short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9.
Genre : Documentary
I'm Free Now, You Are Free

A short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9. In 1978, Debbie, then 8 months pregnant, and many other MOVE family members were arrested after an attack by the Philadelphia Police Department; born in a prison cell, Mike Africa Jr. spent just three days with his mother before guards wrenched him away, and they spent the next 40 years struggling for freedom and for each other. In 2018, Mike Africa Jr. successfully organized to have his parents released on parole. “I realized that I had never seen her feet before,” was a remark he made when he reflected on Debbie’s homecoming. This film meditates on Black family preservation as resistance against the brutal legacies of state-sanctioned family separation.

Directors : Ash Goh Hua
Markets : Documentary
Year Released : 2020
Country : US
Original Language : English
Streaming Partner : Alexander Street Press

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Awards

Best Short Doc Award Tides Film Festival

Screenings

Alllied Media Conference
Camden International Film Festival
Hold, Hope and Heal: Spatial Justice in Black Spaces on Archive Acts
Mayday Space, co-sponsored by Campaign to Bring Mumia Home, COVID Bail Out NYC, Common Notions
Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Las Cruces Film Festival
Ann Arbor Film Festival (in competition)
San Diego Intl ShortsFest
BAMcinemafest
BlackStar Film Festival (World Premiere)
Hamptons International Film Festival
Cucalorus Film Festival
Reel Love Fest (Special Jury Mention)
Athena Film Festival
Salem Film Festival
Screening Scholarship Media Festival
Sheffield DocFest (International Premiere)
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A short documentary about the reunion and repair between Mike Africa Jr and his mother Debbie Africa—a formerly incarcerated political prisoner of the MOVE9. In 1978, Debbie, then 8 months pregnant, and many other MOVE family members were arrested after an attack by the Philadelphia Police Department; born in a prison cell, Mike Africa Jr. spent just three days with his mother before guards wrenched him away, and they spent the next 40 years struggling for freedom and for each other. In 2018, Mike Africa Jr. successfully organized to have his parents released on parole. “I realized that I had never seen her feet before,” was a remark he made when he reflected on Debbie’s homecoming. This film meditates on Black family preservation as resistance against the brutal legacies of state-sanctioned family separation.

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