Different stories require different approaches. These fictional shorts bend genre and expectations to blend the atypical into a cinematic whole.

"This musical film is dedicated to our Brother THEO LUHAKA and the Memory of our Ancestors, Sisters &amp; Brothers killed, oppressed and marginalized by the System." (in French with subtitles)

Strange Breathin'

"This musical film is dedicated to our Brother THEO LUHAKA and the Memory of our Ancestors, Sisters & Brothers killed, oppressed and marginalized by the System." (in French with subtitles)

This film reveals the mysteries of the skin bleaching ceremony of a young dark-skinned Black woman. Half-Black and half-light, she is a priestess on the path to lightness, guiding the audience through her esoteric journey towards a painful and violent voyage for beauty and perfection. (in French with English subtitles)

Never Look At the Sun

This film reveals the mysteries of the skin bleaching ceremony of a young dark-skinned Black woman. Half-Black and half-light, she is a priestess on the path to lightness, guiding the audience through her esoteric journey towards a painful and violent voyage for beauty and perfection. (in French with English subtitles)

A scientist invents a machine that can record her dreams. Isn't every movie a dream for sale tho?

A Dream for Sale

A scientist invents a machine that can record her dreams. Isn't every movie a dream for sale tho?

Moktar has forever said that once his bar Bablinga is closed, he'll return to live in Burkina Faso. The day has arrived, but he hesitates as ghosts cluster to celebrate a final evening. (in French with English subtitles)

Bablinga

Moktar has forever said that once his bar Bablinga is closed, he'll return to live in Burkina Faso. The day has arrived, but he hesitates as ghosts cluster to celebrate a final evening. (in French with English subtitles)

With an exceptional plot-twist and great psychological significance, Henry Bruno’s film takes us through the folds of everyday life, in which people live often in great pain and hopes. Following Maryline Mahieu’s astonishing and agile script, the film becomes an intimate portrait of two strangers the moment their lives collide. (in French with English subtitles)

The Favor

With an exceptional plot-twist and great psychological significance, Henry Bruno’s film takes us through the folds of everyday life, in which people live often in great pain and hopes. Following Maryline Mahieu’s astonishing and agile script, the film becomes an intimate portrait of two strangers the moment their lives collide. (in French with English subtitles)

Aniya Wingate is a radiant and talented African American dancer in high school in Houston, who was displaced from her home for half a year by Hurricane Harvey.&nbsp;Shoulders Deep&nbsp;translates her experience of displacement through dance, poetry, and performance. Aniya’s fear, despair, and alienation give way to the salvation, comfort, and love of family and village, where she finds the support to transform trauma into artistic expression. The film is about the existential threat to our home in the era of climate chaos and the regenerative power of coming back home after disaster strikes. Love is central to Aniya’s journey of recovery, and her movement becomes the physical expression of that love.&nbsp;

Shoulders Deep

A teenage African American dancer in Houston transforms trauma into artistic expression after she’s displaced by Hurricane Harvey.

Negros&nbsp;is an experimental social justice film depicting the young black male experience in Miami. The story follows James, 14, as he overcomes a series of traumas to make a difference&nbsp;in his neighborhood and rediscover adolescent joy.&nbsp;

NEGROS

Negros is an expiremental social justice film depictiong the young black male experience in Miami. The story follows James, 14, as he overcomes a series of traumas to make a difference in his neighborhood and rediscover adolescent joy.

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