#9rides

NINE RIDES  by Matthew Cherry   November 25, 2016 *Opening Night - Reception at 6:00 p.m.* Post screening discussion with Director Matthew Cherry (via skype)

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, Seattle

Matthew Cherry’s second feature film and the first to be shot entirely on the iPhone 6s, follows a black Uber driver, played by Dorian Missick, who reflects on life and relationships on New Year’s Eve, as he picks up and drops off a number of passengers in Los Angeles. Each passenger has a struggle, or story, that underscores his own, and leads him to an inevitable fit of paranoia and worry about the relationship he has with his fiancee.

In "9 Rides," each ride is a meditation on relationships, on patience, and also on fear. Cherry creates a deft character study in the containment of a car, under bright and low light, and atop bumpy streets. This elevates the tension. In an early scene, the Uber driver is pulled over by an aggressive white police officer. The police officer presumes guilt based on the drivers blackness alone, and each attempt the character makes to disprove that assumption brings him closer to the brutality we regularly see captured on cell phone video.

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival announces a special 3-day fall festival event this November 25-27, 2016 in Seattle, WA!

For 13 years, the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival has provided a platform for community dialogue about films that nurture, celebrate and challenge our perceptions of life by and about Black people from around the globe. The festival hosts film screenings as well as panel discussions and director talkback events.

Join us for three days of Black film, kicking off with our #BlackFilms on Black Friday opening reception at 6pm at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute in the Central District (104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144), with our opening film 9 Rides (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66jY579UPW4), directed by Matthew A. Cherry.

Check out our Facebook fan page for updated information about the festival program. Looking forward to seeing you at the festival!

Sincerely,

The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival team

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Festival Ticketing information:

All access festival pass $45

General admission screening tickets $12

Opening night reception and screening $15

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