{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67b3b61dbce64a0601b40f62/69c2efc0fce4b829c5999103?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Indie Film AFM2025: Would You Return to Fight Oppression or Escape to Freedom? | Returning The Bones","description":"<p>What would you do if you had to choose between safety and the fight for justice?</p><p><br></p><p>I'm Gin from Living IncogNegro, and I'm at the American Film Market this week promoting Returning The Bones – a powerful historical fiction film based on an award-winning novel that asks the ultimate question: When the people in power want to destroy you, your values, and your community, do you stay and fight for change, or escape while you can?</p><p><br></p><p>✨ Meet Bebe – one of the only African American female medical students of the World War II era. She's brilliant, courageous, and faces an impossible choice:</p><p><br></p><p>🗽 Return to the Jim Crow South as a wanted activist, risking everything to fight for her people</p><p>OR</p><p>🇫🇷 Escape to Paris where she's treated like a superstar, free from persecution and celebrated for who she is</p><p><br></p><p>This is historical fiction with a dash of magical realism – a story that explores activism, identity, sacrifice, and the true cost of freedom. Bebe's journey takes her around the world, but ultimately, she must decide: What matters more – personal freedom or collective liberation?</p><p><br></p><p>💭 I want to hear from YOU: What would you do in Bebe's position?</p><p><br></p><p>Drop your answer in the comments – would you stay and fight or escape to safety?</p><p><br></p><p>🎬 Returning The Bones captures:</p><p>✅ The untold stories of Black female pioneers in medicine</p><p>✅ The impossible choices activists face under oppression</p><p>✅ The stark contrast between Jim Crow America and the Paris that celebrated Black artists and intellectuals</p><p>✅ Themes of sacrifice, community, and what we owe to those who can't escape</p><p>✅ Historical fiction that feels urgently relevant today</p><p><br></p><p>Video Chapters (if expanding content):</p><p>0:00 - Introduction</p><p>0:13 - What is Returning The Bones?</p><p>0:35 - Meet Bebe: The Impossible Choice</p><p>1:01 - The Question: What Would YOU Do?</p><p>1:16 - Call to Action</p><p><br></p><p>👉 Want to dive deeper into stories that challenge how we see identity, history, and belonging? </p><p><br></p><p>Visit LivingIncogNegro.com to explore more, join the conversation, and connect with our community.</p><p>📲 Join us on:</p><p>📘 Facebook: Living IncogNegro</p><p>📸 Instagram: @LivingIncogNegro</p><p>🎵 TikTok: @LivingIncogNegro</p><p><br></p><p>#IndieFilm #HistoricalFiction #WWII #WorldWarII #JimCrow #BlackHistory #AmericanFilmMarket #WomenInMedicine #BlackWomen</p>","author_name":"Gin Hammond"}