BROOKLYN, NY, March 11, 2026 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) and Reel Sisters are showcasing an evening of notable award-winning and family centered films on Wed., March 25, 2026 at 7 pm. From the highly acclaimed Superman Doesn't Steal directed by Tamika Lamison to Reel Sisters 2025 Oscar qualifying short Shallow End directed by Maria de la Cruz Rudloff, the collection represents uplifting characters that keep their families intact through life challenges. Tickets: $17 ($12 for BAM & Reel Sisters Members). Tickets are available at www.bam.org.

In Shallow End, Agatha must piece together her life following a lengthy stay in rehab while a married couple in Laundry face the circumstances surrounding their six-year-old son's terrible accident. A delightful elderly woman finds purpose in teaching herself Spanish while overcoming memory issues.

Superman Doesn't Steal, set in the 1970s, is a coming-of-age story seen through the eyes of nine-year-old Harriet and her brother whose fascination with superheroes connect audiences with a familiar experience that carries us through a compelling narrative.

Tickets: $17 (Discounts for AV Members & BAM Members).
Tickets & Info: https://www.bam.org/film/2026/reel-sisters

BAM and Reel Sisters are proud to present a powerful line up of short films in honor of Women's History Month.

FILMS

Musica Quarantena
Producers: Lilian T. Mehrel, Danielle Rhoda
Director: Lilian T. Mehrel Animator: Danielle Rhoda
Animated, 3:46 min.
A little girl's love for her bedridden Papa inspires a town in lockdown to make music out of their windows. The animated short stars Elisa del Genio (HBO's My Brilliant Friend).

Gloria
Producers: Xin Liu, Caitlyn Durkin, Kim Blanck, Caitlin Machak
Director/Writer: Kim Blanck
Narrative, 9:39 min.
Gloria, a Chinese woman in her 70s living alone and struggling with her memory, finds new purpose in teaching herself Spanish.

Shallow End
Director/Writer: Maria de la Cruz Rudloff
Producer: Maria de la Cruz Rudloff, Janet Valentina Manina, Anne Leigh Cooper
Narrative, 11 min.
Twenty-something year old Agatha comes home after a lengthy stay in rehab, a shattered person. In her small town, everything seems to remind her of the life she once had and the people she held dear before it all went wrong.

Laundry
Producers: Alterik Miller, Danielle Moné Truitt, Samuel Calvin Morrison, Jr., Tobias Truvillion, Wink Woodall, Okema T. Moore
Director: Okema T. Moore Writer: Alterik Miller
Narrative, 18:50 min.
Laundry follows Darius and Bree Williams, a couple whose lives are shattered when their six-year-old son Hunter suffers a severe oxygen-depriving accident. The short stars Tobias Truvillion (Empire, First Wives Club) and Danielle Moné Truitt (Law and Order Organized Crime).

The Knife
Producer: Grace Odumosu Director/Writer: Joy Nesbitt
Narrative, 15 min.
In The Knife, Ife, a young Black Irish woman, is anxiously awaiting her 20-week pregnancy scan, hoping for good news about her baby's health. But when the scan reveals unexpected complications, she and her husband, Darragh, are forced to confront a ridiculous reality that will test their trust in the healthcare system.

Superman Doesn't Steal
Producers: Tamika Lamison, Chris Beal, Dominique DeLeon, Carol Shine, Ben Ephraim,
Cleve Lamison (consulting producer)
Producer/Director/Writer: Tamika Lamison
Narrative, 19 min.
Based on true events, Superman Doesn't Steal is a coming-of-age story, set during the 1970's Atlanta child murders — as seen through the eyes of nine-year-old Harriet and her brother, who are fascinated with superheroes.

Presenting Organizations

Reel Sisters is presented by African Voices, a non-profit arts organization, dedicated to fostering cultural understanding through art, literature and film. Founded in 1997 by African Voices magazine, Reel Sisters, the first Oscar qualifying film festival in the nation devoted to women of color, has showcased 10,000+ films by women of African, Asian, Native American, Indian, Latina and Arabic descent. Reel Sisters will be held in Brooklyn on Oct. 24-25, 2026. For information visit www.reelsisters.org.

BAM

For more than 160 years, BAM has been a thriving, urban multi-arts complex renowned for presenting an unparalleled roster of visionary and cutting-edge dance, theater, music, opera, visual arts, literature, and film. Attracting more than 750,000 people annually to its home in Brooklyn, BAM provides a welcoming cultural stage and meeting place for global and local communities of all backgrounds. BAM's distinctive multi-theater campus is alive year-round with inspired new engagements and signature programs including the renowned Next Wave (one of the world's most influential festivals of contemporary performing arts, founded in 1983), the iconic DanceAfrica, an acclaimed repertory film program, and literary, archival, educational and humanities programs. For more information visit BAM.org.

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