Maternity Director/Writer: Maria Warith Wade Producer: Maria Warith Wade, Rebecca Malaret, Kendra Mitchell, Kim Coleman, CSA 15 min., narrative When a second-time mother gets an unexpected complication postpartum, she must fight to save her life in the fractured American health care system. Target: St. Louis Vol. 1 Writer: Damien D. Smith Director: Damien. D. Smith Producers: Emma […]
Mary Writer: Michelle Renee Jackson Director: Michelle Renee Jackson Producer: Mark Herzog, Canyon Prince 15 min., Narrative While speaking the actual words transcribed from Mary Armstrong’s 1930s U.S. Federal Writer’s Project interview about her experience with slavery as an African-American enslaved woman who loved to dance, a modern-day and taciturn Custodian trails a Ballet Mistress […]
Boxes Director: Tyler Eaton Writer: Aisha Alfa narrative, 3 min. A comedy short about a multi-racial woman who refuses to choose just one box for her ethnicity. Afro Director/Writer: Jenn Shaw Producers: Jenn Shaw and YJ Meira narrative, 11 min. After multiple encounters with her bully and a little academic inspiration, an African-American teen girl finally stands up for herself against […]
Clairesa Clay, founder of Blerd City Con, will host a Q & A with Stacey L. Holman The Black Church: This Our Story, This Is Our Song Series Producer & Director: Stacey L. Holman Documentary, 60 min. The Black Church, a four hour PBS special, chronicles the rich history of an institution at the heart […]
