SEE US ON FILM SATURDAY SHOWCASE

A Tender Date

A couple has their first date and realize they have a strong connection and even stronger disconnection.

All I Have

There's the protest and the fallout from the protests BUT what about the in-between; which is the life that happened and happens in-between the headlines. An emotionally tattered father tries to raise his civic-minded teenage son in a nation of civil unrest and systemic racism

And We Rest on Giants

And We Rest on Giants is an exploration into the lives of people of color aging and long-term survivors of HIV. As stigma continues to ravish communities of color, this short explores the daily walk of those thriving unapologetically and provides a first-hand account of the HIV journey. Layered with spoken word, these stories ignite the importance of honest discussion.

Black Butterfly

High school students portray the layers of Black LGBTQ identity in a film that advocates for acceptance from their community.

Bleached in Melanin

A young black woman suffers from body dysmorphia. She is then haunted by her insecurities which become the human manifestations of Envy, Gluttony, and Vanity, also known in our film as the 'Holy Trinity'. She must begin her journey to self-love and recognize that beauty lies beneath the skin.

unique beauty.

Incorporating captivating visuals our film uses the convention of morality and allegorical plays such as having our characters represent a group of people or personified.

Call me brown

Slam poem about being brown in Brazil.

Final Sale

Reggie has fallen on hard times, and is on the verge of losing the home that him and his partner Trey have brought together. If he loses this house he could possibly lose the memories and even Trey!

how could they prefer her?

being a trans male and having straight men flirt with you after you come out because you let them use your body before you realized they should have never touched you, is one of the most disorienting moments a person could ever experience. to separate myself from the severity of the words in the poem, i turned it into a train announcement that I was simply present to hear upon random coincidence. read the poem of the same name, here: https://www.yannickmirko.com/post/how-could-they-prefer-her

I Don't | Short Film

"I Don't" is a gay short about Ryan and Richmond, who have been together for a year, but personal dealings have changed the dynamic of their relationship and things get heated between them.

Will their relationship last? Do you believe in love?

MALAIKA

An innocent young village girl with a bright educational future is brought to the suburbs by her aunt after her mother had died, her life is turned upside down when her pervert uncle prays on her. Her aunt tries to fight for her with success and puts the perpetrator behind bars.

Now, yes

A blind woman and a young man meet by chance at a bus stop. Both will see that they are not as different as they thought they were.

OMOS

In OMOS, four performers pay homage to an overlooked passage in the history of Black people in the 16th century Scottish royal court. They reclaim the story through drag, dance, opera and pole dance in a Shakespeare-inspired forest and in Stirling Castle, drawing on the past while looking to the future.

Para Siempre (FOREVER)

"Para siempre" is a love story between two people that has withstood the test of time and a love so strong that it has been able to overcome all obstacles.

There is no lesbian or gay love. What there is, is LOVE. "Para siempre".

Separate

Separate is a post-apocalyptic survival story. When the Supreme Court rolls back marriage equality and orders couples’ lawful children to be taken and placed with “traditional” families, a daughter and dad flee their home, dodging citizen bounty-hunters, to find refuge in a gay-ballroom safe-house across the border

ROOM 36

A propulsive story about Nairobi, a genetically modified black trans woman who makes use of her power to create her own extended legacy. Physically and intellectually superior her blackness was conceived as an evolutionary advantage, it inverts racist notions of blackness as a biological contaminant that leads to degeneracy.

Second Chance

Carlos is a young university student, educated and with good feelings who is afflicted and tormented because he feels the responsibility on his shoulders, for a tragic accident that mourns the family. In the solitude of the home, he reflects on the events that caused the accident and evokes happy moments, but he also remembers his father's angry claim upon discovering his great secret: he is homosexual. He pleads for "A Second Chance" to talk about what was trapped in his heart. But he could discover his reality

Victim Woman

Victim woman is a poem written by DaTruth da Poet. Its about a woman who's a victim to her boyfriend beating on her. She finally got enough of the abused and walked away from it all.

Weary Blues

Weary Blues is a short film adaptation of Langston Hughes' 1925 poem, 'The Weary Blues.' "The Weary Blues" was first published in the Urban League magazine, Opportunity. It was awarded the magazine's prize for best poem of the year. The poem was included in Hughes's first book, a collection of poems, also entitled The Weary Blues. The central theme of “The Weary Blues” concerns the resilience of the archetypal “common” person who has times of despair or despondency. Music serves as a means of relieving pain or anxiety.

Um dia ta passa

Mental health issues as consequence of the precarious conditions of being a black queer artist in this capitalism system. Body needs to rest in peace while being alive.

James Baldwin's Black Lives Blues Are Mine

Natasha Phicil is the Columbia College student producer. She's a proud, young Haitian-American. This student-produced 5-minute trailer & music video to Stan West's "James Baldwin's Black Lives Blues Are Mine" is ripped from today's & yesterday's headlines. In style & content it's both experimental & traditional. Its jazzy dialogue against a blues soundtrack, paints a poetic musical picture. On one hand, West explains his first & only meeting with the famous Black gay writer who is known for his piercing essays. Baldwin wrote a lot about police brutality. Tampa-based author-journalist West who holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of New Orleans, wrote news stories about police misconduct. His Chicago Defender cover story features West's Black-Mexican-Italian-trans-rabbi cousin's views on this issue & others. Both writers intersect their writings with their gay & straight relatives. This is their story.