CALENDAR Upcoming Events Past Events Home / Calendar / Prison and Time | KosherSoul | Brewing Stew | I Was Thinking of You — Oakland International Film Festival Prison and Time | KosherSoul | Brewing Stew | I Was Thinking of You — Oakland International Film Festival Oakland – Film/Movie Monday, September 14, 2026, 5:00 PM M14-202 Music Building Littlefield Concert Hall, M14-Lobby Music Building Tickets Presented by the Oakland International Film Festival Sponsored by Mills Performing Arts & Northeastern University Open to the Public Tickets: $17.85 — Registration requested Free with a Northeastern University ID (limited tickets available at the door) Prison and Time Director: Evan Bode, Marvin Wade Runtime: 00:06:49 Filmmaker Evan Bode animates excerpts of an essay by writer & activist Marvin Wade, who speaks personally about his 25 years of incarceration—and the growth he achieved in spite of, not because of, the inhumane prison system around him. This collaboration was produced by Project Mend, an organization in Central New York which celebrates the lives and creative work of incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people as well as other individuals impacted by the criminal legal system. KosherSoul Director: Ilja Sarro Runtime: 00:13:00 KosherSoul is a documentary that follows the intense two-day creation of a ground breaking, first of its kind pop-up dinner led by culinary historian and author Michael Twitty at a Black-owned restaurant in Southern California. Bringing together a diverse team of chefs of color, this Silver Telly Award-winning short film chronicles the physical and emotional labor required to transform a non-kosher restaurant into a fully kosher kitchen while preparing a historic communal meal rooted in African American, Jewish, and diasporic culinary traditions. Brewing Stew – Calvin Keys – Life of Guitar Director: Isaac Pingree Runtime: 00:30:00 Now narrated from beyond the grave, this film lets Calvin Keys look back on his career and make sense