Mind of Steel Directed By: Nicholas Mc Millian⎥ USA ⎥ 2021 ⎥ 16m 45s⎥ Synopsis: A Mind of Steel is an emotionally driven drama about a graduate student, Emmanuel, who experiences Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after witnessing the murder of his brother by a police officer. At the same time, in an attempt to complete…
Tasha + Xavier Directed By: Brandon James Gordon⎥ Canada ⎥ 2020 ⎥ 3m 42s ⎥ Synopsis: Follow married couple Tasha and Xavier King on their day through the East End of Toronto. Musatrical Directed By: Spacedread Films⎥ Canada ⎥ 2021 ⎥ 16m ⎥ Synopsis: Hip hop about life with style and with a background in traditional…
Junior Directed By: AJ Wilhelm⎥ USA/Haiti⎥ 2020 ⎥ 11m 22s⎥ Synopsis: After being visited by a spirit who taught him how to be a master drummer and drum builder as a child, Junior’s destiny was set in stone. He quickly climbed the ranks of the local drummers in his village until the day he was…
La Bestia Directed By: Marlijn van Nuenen / Ram Tamez / Alfredo Gerard Kuttikatt⎥ France ⎥ 2020⎥ 7m 41s⎥ Synopsis: In Mexico there is a cargo train that runs from the south to the north. For years people have been using this train, by travelling illegally on top of its roof, to get to USA. Because…
Pure Service Directed By: Reyda Gay, Neil Waithe, Charlene Haynes⎥ Barbados⎥ 2020⎥ 5m 21s⎥ Synopsis: Pure Service reveals the true thought process of both customers and Customer Service Representatives during daily transactions. This short film is an adaptation written by Adrian Green and performed by the current cast for the National Independence Festival of Creative…
You Can't Stop Spirit Directed By: Vashni Korin ⎥ USA⎥ 2021 ⎥ 15m 37s Synopsis: The New Orleans Baby Doll maskers are a pivotal yet overshadowed tradition of Black Mardi Gras that stems from Storyville, the former vice district in New Orleans, in the early 19th century. Baby Dolls of the Mardi Gras tradition paint a…
I Have To Go Directed By: Gordon Culley⎥ Canada ⎥ 2020 ⎥ 3m 5s ⎥ Synopsis: What would it be like to be a nurse during Covid. To know people at work need you, but your family also needs you. How hard would it be to make that decision? Leave and risk your family and even…
Project H Directed By: Maharaki⎥ Martinique/France⎥ 2020 ⎥ 5m 6s ⎥ Synopsis: To rebuild Haiti, three soldiers put together a plan of crazy audacity. Back In The Island Directed By: Amanda Valle⎥ Dominican Republic ⎥ 2021 ⎥ 4m 13s ⎥ Synopsis: Back in Island is a short film exploring the creative journey of artist Amanda Valle as…
Brown Sounds Directed By: Jeremy Adonis, Raehann Bryce-Davis ⎥ USA ⎥ 2021 ⎥ 5m 38s Synopsis: This video pans through 3 chapters of Black history, the origins in Edenic utopia, when all was innocent and pure, then briefly passing through slavery, then following our characters into a land unknown where again they must find new truths,…
H.E.N.R.I. Directed By: Katarzyna Kochany ⎥ Canada ⎥ 2020 ⎥ 7m⎥ Synopsis: After the tragic loss of his father, 7-year-old Simon turns to his home Artificial Intelligence communicator, to seek answers while his mother Mary-Anne and twin sister Simone try to readjust to their new reality. Spookwood Directed By: Jerry Wolf ⎥ Canada ⎥ 2020 ⎥ 9m…
Over-flow Directed By: Elizabeth Ramjit ⎥ Trinidad & Tobago ⎥ 2019 ⎥ 18m 22s Synopsis: A firsthand account from Elizabeth Ramjit, a first-generation American Trinidadan filmmaker, of the devastation from overbank floods and flash-floods in the twin-island Caribbean nation. Ramjit interviews activists on a quest for revival. These chronicled activists reassure viewers that by refraining from…
I Am Gay Directed By: Ajahnis Charley ⎥ Canada ⎥ 2020 ⎥ 10m 28s Synopsis: After working abroad for five years, filmmaker Ajahnis Charley returns home to Oshawa, Ontario, in the age of quarantine. In addition to reuniting with his family, he returns with a mission to share some deep personal truths. Surprising conversations ensue with…