A young NIL student-athlete, David, grapples with anxiety, identity, and survivor’s guilt, as he navigates the hidden costs of success. Through a symbolic therapy session, the film reveals the mental strain of balancing opportunity with overwhelming pressure.

Uncaged

Based on a True Story set in 1935 Schenectady, New York.  After the company he works for refuses to invest in his solar energy project, Lebanese scientist Camil Al-Sabbah pursues another opportunity to achieve his dream, but becomes increasingly suspicious of forces that seem to be conspiring against him.  Supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and BAFTA.

To Fade Away

&quot;I Forgot To Tell You About ...The Story of The Cleveland Buckeyes&quot; captures the love, loss, grace under fire, and phenomenal ingenuity. This improbable yet compelling story of the overwhelming odds of an unlikely team who won the forgotten championship of 1945. The Buckeye&#39;s should have become one of the nation&#39;s celebrated baseball teams of the early 20th century. They were not recognized for their greatness until 2020 when the Major League Baseball organization honored Negro Leagues by giving them Major League status, correcting a shameful &quot;Longtime Oversight&quot;. Further engagement at the Westfield Studio Theatre: Occurring prior to Groundbreaker Shorts Program at 2:25pm in the Allen Theatre (where the short will be featured), Ideastream&#39;s Gabriel Kramer will moderate a panel conversation in the Westfield Studio Theatre from 1:15-2:15pm  with Stephanie Liscio (historian and author of Integrating Cleveland Baseball: Media Activism, the Integration of the Indians, and the Demise of the Negro League Buckeyes), Herbert Walker (grandson of one of the owners of the legendary Cleveland Buckeyes), and Evelyn Gregory (Director) will take place in the Westfield Studio Theatre. In partnership with the Baseball Heritage Museum. This engagement event is FREE and open to the public -- no reservation required.

I Forgot To Tell You About...The Story of the Cleveland Buckeyes

An Indigenous man takes a Happy Thanksgiving wish from a bank teller so personally, his rage drives him to carry out a bizarre revenge plan.

Happy Thanksgiving

A young man sits in the car with his girlfriend. Two policemen in an unmarked car pull up to command a routine identity check. They invite him out and proceed methodically to a pat-down, as he stands in front of the car, under the dismayed eyes of his girlfriend.

Genealogy of violence

When a Latinx filmmaker is offered a dream-job abroad, she discovers a supernatural way to navigate the US immigration system and get the coveted travel permit she desperately needs. But  what seems like a magic solution soon shows unexpected consequences.

Border Hopper

Tasked with installing self-service manicure stations at a nail salon, an automation technician meets a Vietnamese American nail tech whose job he is there to replace.

Technicians

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