TRAVELING WHILE BLACK
| 18 minutes

HIFF 2018

 Short Film

Directed by
Roger Ross Williams, Ayesha Nadarajah

Produced by
Félix&Paul Studios, Ayesha Nadarajah, Jihan Robinson, Lina Srivastava, Dorian Dargan

Written by
Felix&Paul Studios

Featuring
Sandra Butler-Truesdale, Virginia Ali ,Therrell Smith, Courtland Cox, Frank Smith, David Strader, Amanda King, Samaria Rice

2018 | English | USA

Academy Award® winner Roger Ross Williams and Ayesha Nadarajah’s finely observed and crafted visit to Ben’s Chili Bowl, a famed DC restaurant, transforms a central community locale into a symbolic safe space. African American visitors, some of whom lived through segregation, sit and share a moment of honest discussion, reflecting on their experiences of restricted movement and race relations in the U.S. These stories strengthen bonds among communities by bringing hidden histories into our modern collective consciousness.


Virtual Reality Immersive Storytelling is open to the public at the East Hampton Library:
• Friday + Saturday: 11am-4pm
• Sunday: 1-5pm

No tickets required. Admission is FREE and granted on a first-come, first-served basis.