Section A

Dance In Circles

Writer: Yuming Zhang
Directed by: Yuming Zhang
Producer: Yuming Zhang, Ryan Rosenthal, Hanna Dzaferovic

Narrative, 8:55 min.

Two women dance a duet piece together, exploring their collective traumatic experiences through their movements.

I AM NOT OKAY

Writer: Tiffiney Davis
Directed by: Gabrielle Lansner
Producer: Ben Glickstein, Dean Taucher, Gabrielle Lansner

Documentary, 12:10 min.

A mother and son respond to the unending killings of black Americans amidst the backdrop of the protests that followed the death of George Floyd. Dance and archival photographs are woven together to evoke fear, outrage, and anger and the need for communities to come together and find solutions.

Here Is A Man

Writer: Jarvis D. Matthews
Directed by: Sideeq Heard
Producer: Jarvis D. Matthews, Joanna White-Oldham

Narrative, 18:32 min.

Donny, a young black musician, is on the cusp of becoming the greatest soul singer of the 1970’s, but the quiet dread within his own mind threatens to derail his future.  This is film is inspired by the life, legacy, and music of Donny Hathaway.

City of Dreamz

Writer: Imani Celeste
Directed by: Imani Celeste
Producer: Imani Celeste

Narrative, 12:06 min.

City of Dreamz follows four Black art students telling stories of community, divine intervention, and the artistry that led them to this very moment…smoking weed in a cramped NYC apartment trying not to get caught.

RIP, LOL

Writer: Khaya Fraites
Directed by: Charles Coleman, Khaya Fraites
Producer: Hannah Looney

Narrative, 16:22 min.

, goes back home to Richmond, Virginia with her best friend Jackie as her support system, to see her parents and ‘celebrate’ what would have been her older brother’s 26th birthday. RIP, LOL is an examination of grief and how loss affects an entire family.