A LIFE IN ART: THROUGH THE EYE OF DR. LESLIE KING HAMMOND

The life and work of Dr. Leslie King Hammond, a renowned art historian, teacher, curator, and artist, exposes a side of the art world rarely seen. Through studio visits and museum exhibitions, Dr. Hammond untiringly dedicates her life to assisting artists of color find their way to success through humor, ingenuity and the incredible creativity she and her extended artist family embody. Her insistence on excellence and vision to rise above and transform the struggles she faces becomes contagious.

SAVING ETTING STREET

Shelley, a brash, no-nonsense carpenter, is on a mission to empower Black women to reclaim their futures, one home at a time. Through her innovative program, participants learn construction skills and financial literacy to renovate and purchase abandoned row houses in Baltimore. As dilapidated quarters become dream homes, the women’s personal journeys and stories of determination and community offer a powerful blueprint for breaking cycles of poverty and revitalizing neighborhoods from within.

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MISPER (w/ Haint)

SHANIDAR (w/ The Shed, Niches, and Evelyn's Here)

AMERICAN STREAM (w/ Sinking Feeling)

Kyle, a college dropout, risks it all to make it big as a Viewr videogame streamer.

stealing cars

Following his mother’s unexpected death, a teenage car thief, Matías (Carlos Pagán Cruz), is sent to live with the estranged father whose abuse they ran away from thirteen years earlier.

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