Blossomings of youth. Co-presented by <a href="https://https://www.scattergoodfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Scattergood Foundation</a>

Rejoice Resist celebrates Black joy and Black pleasure as the ultimate form of resistance. It highlights the importance of allowing yourself to feel joy, especially in the face of adversity. The film, surreal and lighthearted, depicts a woman on a quest to discover this truth.

Rejoice Resist

Rejoice Resist celebrates Black Joy and Black pleasure as the ultimate form of resistance. It highlights the importance of allowing yourself to feel joy especially in the face of adversity. The film, surreal and lighthearted , depicts a woman on a quest to discover this truth.

Set in Charlottesville during the early 1990s, Pride follows an aspiring writer as she finalizes stories for the latest issue of Pride, a student-run newspaper at the University of Virginia that historically provided a space for critical engagement with issues affecting Black students on campus.

Pride

Set in Charlottesville during the early 1990s, "Pride" follows an aspiring writer as she finalizes stories for the latest issue of Pride, a student run newspaper at the University of Virginia that historically provided a space for critical engagement with issues affecting Black students on campus.

Nominated for Best Short Documentary Born and raised in the Watts projects of Los Angeles, 12-year-old Mexican American boxer Meryland Gonzalez fights in and out of the ring for her dream to be crowned the 2019 Junior Olympics champion.

Team Meryland

Born and raised in the Watts projects of Los Angeles, twelve-year-old Mexican-American boxer Meryland Gonzalez fights in-and-out of the ring for her dream to be crowned the 2019 Junior Olympics champion.

Nominated for Best Short Narrative In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman. Nafisa’s grandmother, Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?

Al-Sit

In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman. Nafisa’s grandmother, Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?

Nominated for Best Short Narrative An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a megachurch in Lagos.

Lizard

An 8-year-old girl with an ability to sense danger gets ejected from Sunday school service. She unwittingly witnesses the underbelly in and around a mega church in Lagos.

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