Village Keeper
Directed by Karen Chapman (Canada, 2024, 80 mins).
Jean is the provider and (over)protector of her two teen children, Tamika and Tristin, and begrudgingly lives with her mother in a crowded Lawrence Heights apartment complex. Despite the kids learning to become more self-sufficient, Jean’s vision is too clouded by the past to see that they're growing. She is haunted by violence in both their past and their present, and must help her children cope. Expertly using sound and flashbacks to construct a layered and full portrait of this woman's life, Chapman reveals the trials and tribulations that women in Jean’s family carry with them. Village Keeper is a 2024 Official Selection of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Preceded by:
do you remember me?
Directed by Tonia M Magras (USA, 2025, 20 mins).
When trust turns into betrayal, you never forget.
"do you remember me?" is based on the director, Tonia Magras's true story and follows 'Nicky' as she faces the one person who tried to destroy her almost 38 years ago. As she recalls and once again lives through the horrific trauma of what happened to her on May 4, 1987, at 18 years old, she remembers the strength and resilience she has found through her faith and love from her husband, Gregory.
Followed by a Q&A, moderated by Roxann Mascoll M.S., MSW, LICSW. Learn more about Roxann below.
Roxann Mascoll M.S., MSW, LICSW, Independent child protection, and domestic violence Consultant is a Black Nuyorican originally from the South Bronx New York. Growing up watching her mother, Elba work at Bellevue Hospital and living in a community that lacked resources fueled Roxann's desire to become a social worker.
Roxann has an extensive history working in the social work field. She worked in child protection for 18 years as a domestic violence specialist, ongoing worker, and in the Commissioner's Office of the Ombudsman. She was the Chair of a multi-discliplined community collaboration that create a brochure, Promising Approaches: Working with Families, Child Welfare, and Domestic Violence. The brochure highlights best practices to file child abuse/neglect reports when domestic violence is present. This brochure validated safe practices implementation across the state agency. Her work gave non-offending parents a fighting chance to be safe and safely parent their children.
Roxann is also the Lead Clinician for The Triggered Project. She is a co-host of the Living a Triggered Life Podcast with her husband Keith. Roxann has committed herself to mentoring social work students of color as a clinical supervisor and mentor.
She is a staff psychotherapist at Brandeis University Counseling Center. Roxann also is a lead clinical social worker at Boston Medical Center. She has a MSW and Certificate in Urban Leadership in Clinical Social Work from Simmons University and Masters’ degree from the University of Massachusetts in nonprofit management.
Roxann was the Simmons University ABSW Chapter President. She was the immediate past President of the Greater Boston Chapter of the Association of Black Social Workers. Her leadership nurtured the chapter back to national prominence. She is the Founder of the new MetroWest Massachusetts ABSW Chapter giving Black professionals another option to gather and learn together while supporting the Black community.
Co-Presented by Woods Hole Film Festival