Posts in 'Film'

To support "Untitled Pennhurst Documentary," which explores a class action lawsuit that shutters an institution for disabled people due to years of horrific abuse, and a group of disabled actors that reclaim the space to create a haunted house inspired by their own collective history.

The Revolution Will Be Televised is an experimental film journey into the imagination of a young student who can't seem to focus in class. The film is an ode to the Gil Scott Heron quote: "the revolution will not be televised."

Love Jawns: A Writers Room is a short film that captures the creative journey of an intergenerational cohort of five emerging Black Philadelphia women writers.

To support a short narrative film about a depressed young woman who stumbles upon a self-help cassette tape promising to cure her woes and help her fit into a world of toxic positivity. Her descent into madness accelerates as she blindly follows its instructions, revealing the absurdity of conformity and the dangers of suppressing emotions in a society obsessed with superficial happiness.

To support "The Dennis Boys" a film about two brothers - a realist and a dreamer - who struggle to find common ground when their sick mother's condition worsens.

To excavate, preserve and elevate Haitian and American history through the completion and distribution of the feature length documentary, Ulrick: Guardian of History. To provide a resource to the Haitian, Art and Academic communities that celebrates and amplifies the contributions of Ulrick Jean-Pierre and our Haitian heros.

To support "SOFT," an experimental visual documentary seeking to restore the humanity of Black women by highlighting moments of gentleness and relaxation rarely seen in mainstream media. Through interviews and archival footage, the film underscores rest as a form of resistance against systemic oppression, inviting three notable Black women to discuss the significance of rest amidst historical trauma and capitalist pressures in the United States.

The Unknown Tales of Lewis and Mary Latimer reveals the hidden story of innovation and triumph as 19th century Americans of African descent emerge from enslavement after the Civil War. The story of Latimer's creation of the modern day light bulb serves as a metaphor for the emergence of a people from darkness into light.

Animal is an environmental science fiction horror short that follows two siblings who befriend a genetically altered rat and use it to defend their Kensington, Philadelphia neighborhood from sinister land developers who carelessly dump poisonous materials into the Delaware River.

An immersive, verité style film, "Kempis Coming Home" sets out to tell the story of how Kempis Songster—a man sentenced as a teenager to spend the rest of his life in prison— grapples with the responsibilities and possibilities of his extraordinary second chance in the years after his release.