Mediating on matriarchy, spirituality, birth-giving and ancestry, this collection of hybrid documentary and experimental shorts reimagines and reverts the lens on lineage, and envisions ancestral placemaking as a future reaching back for itself—an archive of world building processes continually in progress.

A compilation of documented moments lived by Black folks in the South, providing a taste of being uninhibited, free, and liberated.

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A look into the history and erasure of Black midwives in the American South. Hear more from&nbsp;producer Flor de oro Tejadda on Nov. 3 from 1:45 PM-3:00 PM for panel <a href="https://noff2023.eventive.org/schedule/6520436df56d71003893e0b0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Producing Creative Nonfiction</a> and&nbsp;director Imani Dennison on Nov. 4 from 5:00 PM-6:15 PM for panel <a href="https://noff2023.eventive.org/schedule/652043018683060026948ed0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Towards a Restorative Lens: Healing-Informed Practices in Nonfiction Filmmaking</a> as part of our NOFF2023 Filmmakers Conference.

Bone Black: Midwives vs. the South

A woman knowledge keeper carries on her shoulders her most precious legacy: the liberation of her soul.

Pendulum

A genderqueer person in northern California navigates the challenges of first-time parenthood while confronting societal misunderstandings of their identity. Sponsored by <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/0897fc00f9c40fde7ec09cc66f5416b5.png" width="89" style="max-width: 100%; white-space-collapse: preserve;">

And Then I Was Here

A contemporary cinematic response to The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison’s first novel, published in 1970.

Quiet As Its Kept

A septuagenarian and community matriarch fights to preserve her church, heritage, and history in Savannah, Georgia.

Seven Acres and a Church

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Ancestry in Progress: Doc Shorts

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