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In 2011, a Tsunami ravaged Japan. This tribute captures the recollections of survivors in one of the hardest hit areas. Their family and friends perished…
MORE ›This lush character-driven short takes us for an enjoyable cruise on the hardest-working little boats in New York Harbor.
MORE ›Before there was Mary Kash Ash and her pink Cadillacs, there was Ms. Brownie Wise and her annual Tupperware Jubilees. Narrated by Kathy Bates, Tupperware!…
MORE ›It’s not clear why, but Ruth and Arne must leave the home they’ve loved for 45 years. As they label boxes and fold away tables,…
MORE ›This short film follows inmates at Alabama’s notorious Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women as they prepare to give birth. With the support of a group of doulas, and one another, they navigate pregnancy, labor, and the profound loss of being separated from their newborns.
MORE ›A personal journey of reconciliation. The director’s stepfather, B. Pule Leinaeng (“Lee”), was an African National Congress (ANC) foot soldier who sacrificed his life for…
MORE ›Backup singers, the unsung heroes of pop music, finally get their moment in the spotlight in this
jubilant history and appreciation.
In this poetic essay about race, class, and gentrification in London, a fictional letter from a woman to her mother is interwoven with interviews with journalists and historians to reveal a city where people live alongside one another but in very different worlds.
MORE ›In striking black and white, this exquisitely shot film tells the story of a Muslim casket maker and ritual body washer in Newark, NJ. As he mentors two young men in his community, seeking to set them on paths towards better lives, he works to come to terms with decisions he made in the past.
MORE ›Nathaniel Kahn, maker of My Architect, has made a short film with a fascinating subject: pianist Leon Fleisher, known for his decades-long career as a…
MORE ›Dexter Romweber and the Flat Duo Jets performed on and off stage with an unprecedented level of intensity and dynamism. This film helps the audience…
MORE ›Interweaving evocative imagery with powerful performance footage, this short film explores writer Dorothy Allison’s life, from the oppression of poverty and childhood abuse to a…
MORE ›Interweaving evocative images with powerful performance footage, this short film explores Southern writer Dorothy Allison’s life, from the oppression of poverty and childhood abuse to…
MORE ›After the murder of a black man makes national headlines, the filmmakers dispatch two crews to Jasper, Texas—one black, one white—to get at the truth of what life in the town is really about. Festival Year: 2002
MORE ›In 1998, when three white men in Jasper, Texas, took it into their heads to drag a black man, James Byrd Jr., behind a truck…
MORE ›Featuring animation and performances by Gary Clark Jr. and Lucina Williams, this story of the search for two forgotten blues singers takes us to Mississippi during the civil rights movement.
MORE ›In this expressive study of family relationships, a daughter helps her two deaf parents navigate the world—as she has since she was three—and balances life between school, home, and self.
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