Directors: Monica Santis A 12 year old girl confronts her scarring past when she is placed at an immigrant children's shelter for unaccompanied minors in Texas. As her future hangs in limbo, she embarks on a healing journey to recover her own sense of power through her artwork.
Directors: Deepak Sethi Three Indian people imagine their personas as their "coffee shop names," the names they give baristas because their real names are hard to pronounce.
Directors: Keisha Rae Witherspoon A film crew follows three grieving participants of Miami’s annual T Ball, where folks assemble to model R.I.P. t-shirts and innovative costumes designed in honor of their dead.
Directors: Dwayne Logan Aiming to bridge the divide that exists between embattled Americans, Black Thoughts places viewers within the history ravaged mind of a broken-hearted Black man, as he contemplates how confusion has kept citizens engaged in an endless cycle of conflict
Directors: Jon Appel In Philadelphia, where Kay is plagued by extreme hours at her grocery store job, a product called R.E.S.T. (Rapid Eye Stimulation Treatment) is distributed to the masses through the televised guise of the Polites. This product triggers REM cycles of sleep, full of dreams, that leave the brain feeling fueled in a small amount of time. It is designed for workers who don't have time to sleep and both Kay and her boyfriend Josiah use it. Meanwhile, Kay’s mother Anya leads a group of thinkers and activists who refuse to take R.E.S.T. due its exploitative nature and numbing side effects. The key to Anya's energy are the secret naps she takes during her Park Services job. When Anya's boss forces her to wear a sleep monitor that wakes her up whenever she is on the clock, her health deteriorates. When Anya falls ill, Kay must come
Directors: Carly Rogers A rookie officer must decide where her loyalties lie when her partner pulls his weapon on a black teen in her old neighborhood.
Directors: Christopher Thomas Brown Librarian Joshua Turner has made it his life’s work to inspire young people in his community with the power of books. When a medical emergency sends him to the hospital, those seeds of inspiration come full circle to save his life.
Directors: Jason & Blue In 1946, when attempting to vote was literally deadly, some among us were willing to do whatever was necessary to vote. This film follows Otis Moss, Sr. through his day long journey to cast his ballot in rural Georgia. Powerful, poignant, and prescient as today’s struggles with voter suppression multiply.
