Crowned Queen of the Underworld, a Black female gangster runs the most lucrative gambling ring in D.C. in the 1950s and manages to keep the D.C. police in her back pocket.
A biography woven with a cautionary tale, this film delves into the story of a multi-faceted woman who became one of the most powerful women in D.C.’s history and challenged the idea of what a lady could be and how far she could go.
An English exam takes two college students on a journey of defining their relationship
Alex, a young Harlem Renaissance artist and writer, plays around at love and life until he meets Beauty, appropriately named, who makes no bones about his same-sex desires. Troubled and confused, Alex wavers on the brink of passion until a challenge posed by his girlfriend forces his hand.
Chicago: America’s Hidden War pulls back the curtain and takes an inside war-journalistic approach to the insidious violence that’s plagued Chicago’s streets for far too long. Through riveting access, this film exposes Chicago’s pervasive genocidal-like behavior; what birthed and contributed to this war; and why so little is done to stop the normalization of Chicago's new homicidal culture.
Though frighteningly eye-opening, this important documentary is also filled with actionable hope, turning apathy into empathy. Chicago: America's Hidden War ultimately culminates as a much-needed catalyst to wake Americans up & into action - regardless of locale - to declare Chicago: This is OUR war.
En route to an audition, aspiring actress Leila stops at a motel and hooks up with one of the locals. After swallowing a weed edible, she is flooded with paranoia and insecurity about her physical appearance as a transwoman. To make matters worse, everywhere she turns she sees the apparition of her biggest tormentor.
Will she summon the courage to vanquish the demons of her past once and for all?
Disco is a street artist and poet of peace who spends most days selling his drawings at the corner of Wayne & Berkley in Philadelphia, PA. In this energetic and unflinchingly honest dive into his universe, we get a taste for his unrelenting vision for the future of his community. An impassioned declaration of all it takes to survive and thrive in modern America.
Erika appears to have everything: a great job, an upscale apartment and what appears to be the perfect man (MICHAEL).
However, all is not well.
There is an underlying tension with her father, JAMES, and a much younger looking woman, GWEN.
At her brother's graduation party ex, DARREN, arrives with his new "upgrade": a young, modelesque woman who always says the right thing.
In the wake of the 2020 End SARS protests against Nigerian police brutality, Ije learns that she has been admitted to pursue her education in an Ivy League School in the United States. Motivated by Chika, her outgoing cousin and roommate, Ije agrees to go out in Lagos to celebrate this good news.
At the club, they meet two young men (Ema and John) with whom they immediately hit it off and have a good time. Sparks fly between Ije and John as they experience strong chemistry. So, at the end of the night, John offers to drive Ije and Chika home.
However, during the drive, they are stopped by two Nigerian police officers.
A housekeeper experiences a brief episode of anxiety while looking after a yuppie couple's house for the day.
Voodoo Macbeth follows the first all-black cast to perform Shakespeare's Macbeth, directed by an arrogant Orson Welles in 1936 Harlem, NY. Inspired by true events, the film engages in a timely dialogue told with a contemporary perspective set in the 1930s.
One of the most unique elements of the film lies within the project's formation. With a grant from Warner Bros, USC was able to continue its almost decade-long feature filmmaking experiment with the production of Voodoo Macbeth.
The Black Disquisition is an affecting true story of the traumatic event in a boy’s life that fractures his self image and the difficult conversation his parents must have with him about race in America. With its avant garde narrative structure and rotoscope animation this film illuminates how a brief childhood encounter can alter a life well into adulthood.
In 1979, Larry Williams entered prison and was released 42 years later.
FIRST WEEK OUT follows Larry’s pivotal first week of freedom. Follow Larry in his first week out as he tries to make sense of his past, navigates life in a re-entry home, reunites with an old prison friend, applies for a job, meets with a new mentor, and forges a path forward.
Research has shown that the first week out of prison for formerly incarcerated men and women will define their future success or failure. After serving their sentences, it is vital for individuals to have an opportunity to become a functioning member of society.
Every week there are more than 10,000 people in America like Larry experiencing their first week out of prison. Within three years, two out of three won’t make it and will end up back in prison. We wanted to tell Larry’s story to encourage viewers to join the thousands of people and organizations across the country helping individuals like Larry beat the odds.
Artist Hamilton Glass challenges 30 artists from different cultural backgrounds to collaborate on 16 murals in Richmond, VA about race, status and experiences. In real-time footage and testimonial, the film shows how the artists got to know each other through difficult conversations, how working together ultimately opened their eyes and their hearts to the differences between all of us, and how these murals became a symbol of hope for the future for a community in pain.
Glove is the true story of Richard Glover Jr., a 27 year old Veteran, who struggles with life after the Army.
100 years after the Tulsa Race Massacre, over 50 of Oklahoma's best artist come together to create a commemorative album to honor the legacy of BlackWallStreet. This was a recorded in 5 days and right on the famous Greenwood Avenue.
Frank McKinney is the first (and only) Black college rugby coach in the U.S. When Frank is hired to build a new rugby team at a predominantly white Southern university, his dream was of bringing diversity to the game that he loved was suddenly within reach. Character and good grades required. Rugby skills? Optional.
Craft beer generates tens of billions of dollars annually for the US economy. Despite beer’s Egyptian and African heritage, these traditions have been mostly forgotten and are rarely found in American brewing culture. Today, Black-owned breweries make up less than 1% of the nearly 9,000 breweries in operation. Eager to shift the historical perception of who makes and drinks beer, Black brewers, brand owners and influencers across the country are reshaping the craft beer industry and the future of America’s favorite adult beverage.