Awarded Grants

In "Food for the Soul," a first-generation Nigerian-American and her Black-American partner must decide between being true to themselves or trying to live up to their families’ expectations.

"Barrio Television" tells the story of Puerto Rican activists who, in a fight for authentic stories and media power, created "Realidades," the first bilingual Latino series in U.S. history.

"4Her" follows a young Haitian woman who, fixated on her parents’ fractured past, must confront the weight she’s carried for years before it destroys the most important relationship she's nurturing, the relationship to herself.

"Queer Memoirs: Volume 2 – The Party" continues a few months after the events of Volume 1. The friend group, still grappling with the fallout from a friendship breakup, comes together to celebrate Chilles' 27th birthday.

In "A Blatino First Date," a teenager of mixed Black and Latino heritage is driven on his first date by his middle-aged Black father. However, at the end of the night, his attempt at a teenage rite of passage will be overshadowed by the intersecting crises of the U.S. healthcare system and ICE.

In "Della Can Fly!" an eccentric old man needs to prove that his long-lost sister flew away to preserve family history. With the support of his grieving great-niece, they rectify the family myth, proving it to be true.

"She Got Game" is a short documentary that excavates the essential, but often overlooked, history of Black women's basketball in the United States, charting a journey from the 1900s through the 1980s.

"Yellow Pearl" tells the story of Helen, a timid Chinese American PhD student, who encounters the ghost of a vengeful immigrant woman from the Chinese Exclusion Era, and is drawn into a sexual and political awakening that forces her to choose between old loyalties and burgeoning queer desire.

"The Price of Freedom" shares Shalanda’s trying experience of being shot, mistakenly arrested, and her subsequent trials with rushed medical treatment, navigating the criminal justice system, quarantine, and incarceration, all due to her financial situation.