Documentary Feature
Director: Sekiya Dorsett
Producer: Zephrine Royer
Spanning two decades, a Black lesbian couple from Haiti and the Bahamas must confront migration, religious silence, medical injustice, and their mothers' legacy in order to build the family they were never meant to have.
Documentary Feature
Director: Jon Pham
Producer: Selena Leoni, Fiona Hardingham, Marques Mallare
Nearly two decades after losing his eldest brother to gang violence, social worker J.R. Angeles embarks on an intimate journey with his father and late brother’s teenage son. As the three generations explore grief, cultural identity and healing, their story reveals the profound sacrifices and resilience that shape Filipino immigrant families in California.
Narrative Feature
Writer: Megan Trufant Tillman
Directors: Megan Trufant Tillman and Kimiko Matsuda-Lawrence
Executive Producers: Christina Elmore and Lauren Domino
Producers: Maggie Corona-Goldstein, DaManuel Richardson, Solomon Turner (Hello Benjamin Films), Mischaël Cetoute
An intimate rendering of Micah’s 13th birthday party – the day she learns Hurricane Katrina is set to make landfall in her city in less than 48 hours. At this lively Black family gathering, Micah wrestles with her adolescence, while unaware that the storm brewing in the gulf will forever shape American history – and change the course of her life.
Documentary Short
Director: Chantel Simpson
Producers: Chantel Simpson, Gabriela Dematteis
To combat Chicago's youth violence problem, a group of dancers teaches vulnerable kids the art of footwork dance and trains them for a battle event that serves as an alternative channel for their angst..
Documentary Feature
Director: Lyric Cabral
Producer: Tabs Breese
What happens when men recreate the boyhood they never had? Through both intimate vérité and animation, this documentary follows adults who gather to reclaim the adventures and rites of passage they missed growing up.