Jengo’s Playhouse

Filmmaker Suzannah Herbert takes a sharp look at the American South’s unreconciled history through a Mississippi town that mixes antebellum tourism with a community deeply divided over its past.

Marley has a manipulative companion who won’t leave his side.

Jesus tries to save humanity and fulfill his purpose on earth, but runs into some unexpected, internalized hurdles.

Little Juana is entering puberty and there is only one thing that comes with that as a guarantee - body hair.

Stuck in endless droning Zoom meetings, a programmer daydreams about the stranger next door—until she finally gets a chance at love.

Alone in her home, a woman is spanked by an unseen entity, awakening an unruly force.

On their first night of marriage, a wife tells her husband about an ancient curse on the women in her family that threatens very specific calamity should their husbands lie.

An 11-year-old girl’s misunderstanding of a "blow job” sets her babysitter on a chaotic mission to save her at a birthday party.

In the village of Tres Equis, nestled in a lush volcanic valley in rural Costa Rica, Doña Miriam Elizondo delivered more than 2,000 babies. Nearing 100 years old and a mother of 19 children, she is the last living ​partera, ​or traditional midwife, in the Turrialba Valley. Follow Doña Miriam and other women--a midwife, nurses, doulas and mothers– over several years as they bring life into the world and support each other. This film is a part of our Cucalorus Conversations program, which brings fresh new voices to the stage for post-screening discussions that focus on community issues like racial history, Indigenous culture, access to health care, and community building. Humanities experts join the filmmaker after the screening for extended dialogue.

A powerful portrait of Al-Mu’assis Karriem AbdAllah, the Newark martial arts pioneer who became the first American to create his own system.

Fresh from a mission, a team of skilled individuals reconvene, but it seems like everyone may not be who they say they are.

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

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.

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.