Shot over one chaotic night in a dimly-lit newspaper press, AWOKO tells the story of the men whose labor lies behind Sierra Leone's oldest daily newspaper.

Awoko

Shot over one chaotic night in a dimly-lit newspaper press, AWOKO tells the story of the men whose labor lies behind Sierra Leone's oldest daily newspaper.

LABORATORY NO. 2 is the story of a man who has been working in the autopsy department of Sulaimaniyah University of Medical Sciences for 14 years, preparing cadavers for study as he ponders his own resting place.

Laboratory NO.2

LABORATORY NO. 2 is the story of a man who has been working in the autopsy department of Sulaimaniyah University of Medical Sciences for 14 years, preparing cadavers for study as he ponders his own resting place.

After Silvia’s femicide, Yecenia, who is her cousin, and one of the ñomndaa weavers from the Prairie of Flowers, creates a ritual and poetic mourning alongside other weaving women. Through this ritual, threads, dreams and their craft are collectively woven together as an act of healing and resilience.

Prairie Flowers

After Silvia’s femicide, Yecenia, who is her cousin, and one of the ñomndaa weavers from the Prairie of Flowers, creates a ritual and poetic mourning alongside other weaving women. Through this ritual, threads, dreams and their craft are collectively woven together as an act of healing and resilience.

*SHORTS COMPETITION WINNER* Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.

Shut Up and Paint

*SHORTS COMPETITION WINNER* Painter Titus Kaphar looks to film as a medium in the face of an insatiable art market seeking to silence his activism.

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