Intro - Shorts 4 Larger Than Life

Dusty Childers and Shane O'Neill are larger than life boyfriends with a wonderfully whimsical outlook on life. In this colorful animated gem, they recount one magical evening early in their relationship where they watched the legendary Stevie Nicks wearing one of her most iconic shawls.&nbsp;

The Shawl

Every Sunday a group of girls gather in a local salon to spend the afternoon styling their hair with Nancy. Entering the shop with tied-up hair and messy buns, Nancy teaches the fundamentals of styling hair naturally and to value each unique curl. These moving, layered lessons help link the girls to their culture while also boosting their confidence as they become teenagers.

Nancy's Workshop

Gqom, an exhilarating style of African electronic dance, takes center stage in this rousing story of self-expression and empowerment. The titular father teaches local children to discover their own superpowers through dance—but his most wary pupil yet happens to be his very own daughter.

My Father the Mover

Sabine grapples with a three-month void in her mind. She desperately wants answers from that one man who changed the course of her life on her trip to work. Through digital reconstruction, Maalbeek is the visual spectacle of Sabine’s journey on that fateful day.

Maalbeek

Set in the late 60’s, the outrageous, psychedelic adventure of a bright-eyed girl in her 20s smuggling 900lbs of Jamaican weed into the US. Fifty years later, Patty recounts her tale for the first time on film.&nbsp;

Patty, Are You Bringing Weed in from Jamaica?

This probing, contemplative short film documents the day-to-day activities of a London neighborhood during the Coronavirus shutdown. An exploration of the trauma, the film captures the mundane and ironic realities of living in a pandemic.

E14 - World Premiere

Director Eva Grace Bor documents her family’s lineage, exploring racial reassignment from 'Black' to 'Colored' under colonial rule. In Southern Rhodesia-present day Zimbabwe- identities were hijacked to serve the patriarch; the ripple effects of this new classification traumatized several generations. Decades later Bor's family unpacks their past and articulate for the first time their own thoughts on identity.&nbsp;

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