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Gossamer
Narrative Short - Black Lens
14.5 Minutes
Dir. Charlie Schmidlin
USA
An Illinois farming family on the verge of collapse faces an uncertain future when livestock disappear and a tick finds a host.
Brother
Narrative Short - Black Lens
15 Minutes
Dir. Ya’ke
USA
Jason and Caleb have been friends for the better part of a decade, but then Caleb’s brother comes home.
Inverted
Narrative Short - Black Lens, Alabama
5 Minutes
Dir. Marcus January
USA
Kevin comes home to an unexpected situation with his housemate.
Adullam
Narrative Short - Black Lens
14 Minutes
Dir. Regina Hoyles
USA
A young Chicago woman with a well-kept secret enjoys a typical day in the south suburbs.
Coup d'etat Math
Documentary Short - Black Lens
7.5 Minutes
Dir. Sai Selvarajan
USA
The film explores four different immigrant stories - a fight to be born, a fight to survive, a fight to find your place, and the fight to maintain.
Good Guy with a Gun
Narrative Short - Black Lens
20 Minutes
Dir. Bryian Montgomery
USA
An incel walks us through his newfound epiphany on why he decided to buy a gun.
Slave 2
Narrative Short - Black Lens, Alabama
8 Minutes
Dir. Rico Shay
USA
Ancestors from the past and the lineage of the present are compared to what they are enslaved to mentally.
Hangry
Narrative Short - Black Lens
7.5 Minutes
Dir. Clint Till
USA
An elderly man attempts to right a lunchtime wrong.
A Mother
Narrative Short - Black Lens
16 Minutes
Dir. Natasha K Ngaiza
As a town copes with the disappearance of a little girl, a mother of two must come to terms with her own decision to abort an unexpected pregnancy.
Join us for a Q & A on our
Facebook Live with Clint Till (
Hangry) - happening Tuesday, August 25th at 11 AM CDT. We'll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!
Join us for a Q & A on our
Facebook Live with Rico Shay (
Slave 2) - happening Thursday, August 27th at 11 AM CDT. We'll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!
Join us for a Q & A on our
Facebook Live with Bryian Montgomery, Jr. (
Good Guy With A Gun) - happening Saturday, August 29th at 3 PM CDT. We'll have some questions prepared but you can ask yours in the comments!
