Affecting by bearing witness. Presented by Scattergood Foundation and WORLD Channel

Navigating through a multitude of spaces from the natural world to man-made environments as well as virtual planes, traditional relationships between the creator, the tool, and the subject are questioned, shattered and reconstructed.

Show Me Other Places

After returning to the Marajó island, homeland of his grandparents, Rodrigo meets shaman Roxita and discovers that he inherited spiritual guides. After that, Rodrigo begins his initiation in the marajoara shaman practice and registers his relationship with Roxita, who will be his guide in a meeting.

My Saints Recognize Your Saints (Meus Santos Saúdam Teus Santos)

The Game God(S) shows 4 characters: Martina, Frank, Brianna and Craig. They share their experiences as the Goddess of the Crossroads pushes us between the then and the now, connecting The Game God, The Game and Capitalism to the Blackness. Nominated for Best Short Documentary Film.

The Game God(S)

A kaleidoscopic trip through the intertwined histories of pandemics, riots, and colonial violence. An archive constantly haunted by its possible collapse. Featuring the voices of science journalist Sonia Shah, poet and literary scholar Anjuli Raza Kolb, medical anthropologist Christos Lynteris, epidemiologist Keiji Fukuda, economist William A. Darity Jr., and historians Nayan Shah, Kellie Carter Jackson, and Nancy Tomes.

The Fire This Time

By Water, is a documentary that was initiated when my brother left an unexpected message on my phone 3 years after his disappearance. I saved this voicemail for more than a year before I decided to heed its instructions. By weaving both myself and my brother into the film's structure, we met again.

By Water

OUT / SIDE OF TIME is a “black imaginary repository,” a container space for our collective black imaginaries that exist outside of time + space that honours the legacy of Seneca Village, a 19th-century settlement (1825-1857) which stood on Black-owned land, known today as Central Park in NYC.

OUT / SIDE OF TIME

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