Directors: Shiri Nevo -Fridental Attorney Racheli lev-Ari, a young prosecutor, is determined to bring a defendant accused of grave crimes to a long term detention. Facing the defence counsel, who constantly attempts to throw her off balance, she struggles to convince the detention judge. The more personal this struggle gets, the more aware becomes Racheli to the real struggle in the depths of her soul.
Directors: Jordan Lewis Inspired by a true story. Racial tension runs high in 1969 Lakeland, Florida - a small closed minded southern town. Two high school students, Rose and Jude find themselves bonding over a common cause, having an integrated prom.
Directors: Bryan Powers Time is the Longest Distance conveys the importance of familial love and acceptance through the story of three generations of men: thirty-something Adam, his aging father Jack, who is suffering from Alzheimer's disease, and Xander, a teenaged boy who serendipitously crosses their path. Adam arrives at his father's nursing home to share news of a major change in his life, hoping to bridge the distance that has opened up between them before Jack's Alzheimer's becomes too advanced. While things do not go as planned, Jack's chance encounter with Xander provides Adam with an unexpected way to find the acceptance he seeks.
Directors: Cliff Notez Vitiligo is a short Psychological Suspense/Thriller that tells the story of a doctoral student who is guest lecturing a series on the inequalities/disparities for African Americans in media representations. This movie will tell the story of the day after a traumatic event has happened to our main character, and we are walking our way through their psychotic break trying to piece together clues that will point us to its cause. We will walk through the protagonists gradual melt down and experience his auditory and visual delusions. We want to tell the story of this student in order to highlight Black mental health, structural racism as it relates to mental and physical health of the oppressed, and the continuous struggle of conscience duality.
Directors: Matthew Gentile 1875, Oklahoma Territory. Bass Reeves, is the first African-American to be deputized by the U.S. Marshal service. His wife, Nellie Jennie Reeves, tries to persuade Bass not to leave for his own safety, but Bass argues that it's the best job he can get to keep a roof over his family's head. When Bass charges into the desert, he engages in a shootout with two outlaws, Maha and Glen Huddleston, also African-American. Bass kills Maha in the gunfight, and arrests Glen, ordering him to carry Maha's body across the desert back to Fort Smith. Over the course of their journey, Glen questions Bass' choice of career and tries to psych Bass out in an unorthodox attempt at escape, a tactic that works as Bass begins to question his own mind in regards to the idea of justice and choosing to fight for a law and a
Directors: Robin Rose Singer, Ruya Koman A violent altercation between a police officer and an African-American man on a deserted country road has left one person dead. An interracial couple passing by must decide what to believe and what they are willing to do about it.
Directors: Derrick Douglas, a young African-American boy living in Norfolk, VA in 1915, desires to go to the newly released film 'The Birth of a Nation'. He discovers that the only place showing the film is a 'white's only' cinema that refuses to let him inside. He also discovers protesters outside of the theatre, and a Chinese couple that don't quite fit into either side of the racial divide. Eventually he finds a way inside, but as he watches the film wonder dissipates into disillusionment as he is confronted with racism on the big screen. He finds new hope, however, in an open theatre presenting more uplifting material.
Directors: Nardeep When a hate crime clouds the 4th of July, Mandeep, a Sikh-American, must grapple with his fears and anxieties as he attempts to celebrate the holiday with his wife and infant son. As tensions rise and compound through various microaggressions and racially charged encounters, Mandeep makes a tragic decision that changes his identity forever. Pagg explores what it is to be an ethnic-American in the current American climate.
Directors: Brian Robau ESTA ES TU CUBA is a short film inspired by the real-life stories of the children involved in Operation Pedro Pan, the mass exodus of over 14,000 unaccompanied minors from Cuba to America. ESTA ES TU CUBA takes place in 1960’s Cuba, Castro has just come into power, and the country is beginning to change. Communism is taking hold and divides the community; You’re either pro-revolution or a dissident. We see this world through the eyes of our main character, ANTON (10). He dances, laughs, and plays with his friends. Anton’s life begins to spiral out of control as he realizes his beloved Cuba is changing.
