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The Broken Promise
*CONTENT WARNING: SEXUAL ASSAULT/ABUSE* “Through moving testimonies spanning the globe and history, The Broken Promise shows us the warning signs that societies are moving to genocidal policies. A beautiful and timely film.” — Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present” Why does genocide keep happening? What makes people dehumanize one another? And how […]
The Final Hours of South U Pizza
*DIRECTOR IN ATTENDANCE* A mysterious wandering man recalls the last breathes of his favorite late night pizza joint in beautiful nostalgia before it is decimated to build a high rise apartment complex that to this day is still empty.
The Sun Rises in The East
The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Led by educator and activist Jitu Weusi, The East embodied Black self-determination, building more than a dozen institutions, including its own African-centered school, food co-op, […]
Romeo and Juliet?
Romeo and Juliet?, a tragicomic melodrama, presents the personal stories of its actors on the background of the inception of a modern retro-noir adaptation of a classical work. Individual images composed of separate footage, which precedes the shooting of the film itself, use the detailed view of the actors’ performance to shatter the illusion of […]
Roses by Nolia Noon
This is the debut music video for Louisville band Nolia Noon with its song, “Roses.” The video features singer/guitarist Jared Foos as a young man who is left heartbroken when his longtime girlfriend leaves him for a rich guy. She has regrets but he moves on.
Spiritual Warfare
*FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE* This Cinematic poetry project walks through an emotional journey. First the subject explores her anger. Then she decides to face her internal conflicts. She ends with resilience, as she learns to face her fears.
The Voice in Isabel Fleiss’s Office
A woman with an unusual malady–cobweb buildup in the throat–receives an even more unusual treatment in this adaptation of a surreal poem by North Carolina writer Virgil Renfroe.
