Angels Watching Over Me
Runtime:
15:00
Director:
Ya'Ke Smith
Genre
Drama, Experimental
Showtime:
3pm Saturday, September 19th at Memorial Hall
Synopsis:
When a passionate history professor challenges the government with her radical views on truth and justice, she vanishes without a trace. As her desperate search for freedom begins, a celestial guardian—an angel descended from ancestors lost during the Middle Passage—emerges.
Ya’Ke Smith, known for his unflinching and veracious style of storytelling, is a rising voice in independent cinema.
His films have received worldwide acclaim, screening, and winning awards at over 100 film festivals. The Director’s Guild of America, the Student Academy Awards, HBO, Showtime, the City of Buffalo, NY (which proclaimed February 23, 2013, as Ya’Ke Smith Day) and the city of Cincinnati, OH (which proclaimed October 6, 2019, as Ya'Ke Smith Day) have honored him.