Films

Two teens, separated by the rivalry of their family's barbershop and salon, must navigate a way to do each other’s hair before prom.

During the "Lavender Scare" government files were created to track individuals deemed to have “weak morals.” Lists were made.

Out on an early morning route through the wintery boreal forest, a postal worker encounters a wild predator -- or was that a trick of the light?

Earl, a man with a hearing impairment, learns to experience the many wonders of music beyond the boundaries of sound.

In an unassuming HR office, April Moore sits down for her exit interview, determined to leave her job without rocking the boat.

A two-part dance piece exploring the drama and comedy of communal healing, pairs filmmaker Amanda Beane with the San Francisco Bay Area street dance ensemble Embodiment Project.

A dance film that uses movement to explore and question the often overlooked contributions of the Afro past to our present and future.

A short dance film exploring impermanence and loss through meditative soundscapes and environmentally-inspired visuals.

This black & white experimental film captures a dream-like dance between two.

A cry from the species, startled into survival against the elements.

Navigating home life through the body.

A modestly furnished apartment becomes overcrowded with its inhabitant's emotional life: feelings of inadequacy take over the kitchen, quieted anger spreads all across the walls and moments of performed healing find t

With signature wit, and Kayla Lorette and Rodrigo Fernandez Stoll’s own brand of performance sass, Hannah Cheesman takes a magnifying glass to married life, hilariously deconstructing a couple’s lived-in dynamic in th

A woman in crisis seeks refuge in her friend’s idyllic countryside home only to suffer strange side effects from a mysterious tick bite.

For Venida, For Kalief debuts the poetry of Venida Brodnax Browder, mother of Kalief Browder-an African-American teenager who inspired incarceration reform in the United States.

Four close friends—Lovro, Nenad, Stevan, and Ivan—fought the Ustashas and Nazis as partisans during World War II.

An Indian immigrant mother helps her adopted twin daughters reconnect with their White birth mother and estranged Native American father, exposing raw class divides while transforming their understanding of identity and belonging. This deeply personal film draws from the director’s own journey to adopt. Blending observation and reflection, it explores open adoption and the ongoing effort to build genuine connections between children, birth parents, and adoptive families across race, class, and geography.

An exploration of the effects of integration in education, through the eyes of Zora Neale Hurston.

Roosevelt Myles’ decades-long fight to prove his innocence exposes the miscarriage of justice within Chicago’s flawed justice system. With unprecedented access to the Cook County criminal courts, the documentary paints a vivid portrait of Roosevelt's relentless struggle to clear his name and the profound impact of systemic injustice on his life and community.

A feral dog survives off rubbish in the local landfill while across town, a bereaved family of dolls contemplate adoption again after reading about a pet fair in the newspaper.

At a traditional naming ceremony, family members pray and swoon over the birth of an alleged baby girl, kicking off the demise of an entity resistant to it's imposed identity.

When gentrifiers suddenly begin dying mysteriously, a Gullah Geechee handywoman who recently lost her home, must decide whether to use her ancestral knowledge to save them or leave them to their fate.

In the seedy back halls of a Little Saigon convenience store, a young customer seeking closure reanimates his dead father for one last conversation.

In a mysterious insane asylum full of missing Black women from all over the country, a woman must use rhythm to remember her true identity.

Trapped in a rainswept car, a young man and his ailing father confront their fractured history before it's too late.