Wheels

8:20PM (1hr 20 min) drama

dir. Paul Starkman

Wheels is a coming of age story about Max, a 19 year old from Brooklyn who wants to be a well known DJ. He has been the sole provider for his sick grandmother, DJing parties for Oscar, a neighborhood shark. Things shift when Max's brother Terry returns home after three years in prison, forcing Max to reconcile their relationship.

The Beat & Path Presents: Electrosoul

8:00PM (20 mins) doc

dir. Brandon Russell

“ElectroSoul” is a portrait of a group of internationally acclaimed street dancers who have dedicated their life to their craft. Is being a street dancer really the way the way the movies make it seem?

Together

5:40 PM (17 mins) 

dir. A.W. Scott

Carver and Ella have just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary and are trying to decide where to go on their "trip of a lifetime". But then the unexpected happens, and a decision must be made that will change their lives forever. 

Funny Married Stuff

5:24PM (16 mins)

dir. Roger Melvin

Described as “Black-ish" meets "Friends”, “Funny Married Stuff” combines improv humor and relatable situations with a touch of marital lessons.

One Last Goodbye

5:08PM (16 mins)

dir. Latasha Kennedy

Rocked by a devastating loss and a pending eviction from the home he shared with his wife, a man struggles to cope and “move forward” despite his sister’s best efforts to help him.

Lights On

4:58PM (10 mins) Romance

dir. Starlett Hill

 A body-conscious young woman attempts her first one night stand, but soon realizes that self love is the sexiest love of all. 

Lion

4:55PM (3 mins) 

dir. Tamon George , Trivell Miller

A short film exploring a singular question, what is the end or what is the beginning?

The Right Swipe

4:40PM (15 mins) web series

dir. Justin Casselle

When best friends India and Margo team up to start the Right Swipe, a business fixing men’s dating profiles, they have only three rules: One: They must use their powers for good. Two: They charge on a sliding scale. Three: They can’t sleep with their clients. Or date them. Or flirt with them. As a series, The Right Swipe asks: Do we fall in love with people, or the versions of them that we create? 

The Bee

4:28PM (11 mins) drama

dir. Alexandria Ashley

McKenzie Walker is an eight year old girl preparing for an important school spelling bee. Just days before the bee, she grows increasingly insecure about her eyebrows. When her mother won't allow her to get them threaded, McKenzie takes matters into her own hands. 

Flight

4:15PM (13 mins) drama

dir. Kia Moses, Adrian McDonald

From Jamaica, the little island of big dreams, an inner city youth KEMAR has the biggest dream of all – to fly to the moon. At its core, this is a story that explores dreams bigger than us, what fuels them, what stands in the way of them, their ability to transport us and those around us, if they take FLIGHT.

Una Great Movie

2:15PM (1 hr 36 mins) dramedy

dir. Jennifer Sharp

A beautiful diverse movie about a black American woman traveling to Mexico, slowly turns into a romantic comedy with an all-white cast. The absurd reality of chasing a dream.

Owned: A Tale of Two Americas 

2:00PM (1 hr 22 mins) doc

dir. Giorgio Angelini

The United States’ postwar housing policy created the world’s largest middle class. It also set America on two divergent paths -- one of imagined wealth, propped up by speculation and endless booms-and-busts, and the other in systematically defunded, segregated communities, where “the American dream” feels hopelessly out of reach. 'Owned' is a fever dream vision into the dark history behind the US housing economy.

Masks

12:36PM (22 mins) drama

dir. Mahaliyah Ayla O

A closeted medical student risks being outed to her family the same evening a masked gunman opens fire at a gay nightclub.

Light In Dark Places

12:25PM (11 mins) drama

dir. Lagueria Davis

A mother makes a shocking discovery when she's left to pack up her daughter's house after a tragic car accident.

F.A.M.

11:55AM (29 mins) drama

dir. Kyle Romanek

Inspired by a true story, F.A.M. is a half-hour drama about a black blended family trying to live a normal life in the all-white suburb of Roswell, GA. The story covers the life of Trey, who is trying to balance his relationship with three women: Traci - his ex and the mother of his child, Dara - his new wife, and Olivia - his 15-year-old daughter who is struggling with her sexuality. Trey navigates the challenges of having a child coming out in a subculture of homophobia and co-parenting with a woman hellbent on destroying his marriage.

Sicko!

11:44AM (11 mins) drama

dir. Bader Alshuaib

A conservative Muslim man living in America speaks with his wife regarding gun laws one fine day. Later, he finds out his daughter fooling around with a friend of hers in the bedroom resulting in a fight of ethics between the father and mother, threatening dangerous consequences.

Emmett

11:36AM (1 hr 30 mins) dramedy

dir. Bridget M. Stokes

Emmett (Miles Brown), a twelve year-old black child prodigy, teams up with his eccentric SAT tutor to solve a crime and keep his family from splitting up.

Wash Day

11:32AM (4 mins) animation

dir. Christa Carr

In a daydream, a young girl parallels her natural hair care routine to the taming of an intergalactic beast. Although the process is strenuous, tedious, and lengthy, she wouldn’t have it any other way.

Congo Cabaret

11:30AM (14 mins) drama, period piece

dir. Quincy LeNear Gossfield, Deondray Gossfield

Welcome to the world of Claude McKay, a gay writer of the Harlem Renaissance whose racy 1926 novel, Home to Harlem, became the first best-seller published by a Black writer. Surrender your preconceptions of story and how it’s told; you’re at the Congo Cabaret.

Wash Day

11:30AM (2 mins) animation

dir. Jaida Salmon

A young black girl spends the day washing, styling, and sometimes fighting with her hair.

Four Points

10:02AM (33 mins) drama

dir. R. Cadell Cook II 

Four average citizens have been selected by the newly elected tech-genius President of the United States to participate in a game that will determine the policy of the new administration. Will they win hundreds of thousands of dollars and guide the future of the country, or will their differences cost them everything?

East of the River

9:49AM (13 mins) drama

dir. Hannah Peterson

Teonna is unexpectedly suspended from school and is faced with figuring out what to do with a day on the streets of Washington, DC. Created in collaboration with local high schoolers, East of the River is an unflinching portrait of the education and lived experience of teenagers finding their way.

9:38AM (11 mins) drama

dir. Dontai Storey

Set in the urban jungle of Compton, CA in the early ’00s, LiME tells the story of Deshawn, a young man who discovers how hard it is to walk and live in your truth after he experiences the bitterness of the real world.

Let This Be Therapy

9:26AM (11 mins) doc

dir. Justin Leyba, Dougan Khim

Chicago artist Brandon Breaux, best known for his series of Chance the Rapper album covers, chronicles his mission to change the negative perception of South Side Chicago through his art, as the deadline for his first exhibition in Singapore looms.

After I’m Gone

9:18AM (8 mins) doc

dir. Sean Bowman

A Detroit Native who gives up her passion to raise a family and to work among the corporate world, only to later retire and find that her gift was still waiting for her to walk the journey she was meant for.

Opus

9:00AM (18 mins) drama

dir. Kgosana Monchusi

Set in the buzzing city of Johannesburg, ‘Opus’ follows a day in the life of Lebo, a young aspiring bassist living in the informal settlements. 

One Child Left Behind:  The Untold Atlanta Cheating Scandal

9:00AM (1 hr 29 mins) doc

dir. Jodi Gomes

In 2009, 1,176 Atlanta teachers were investigated for test cheating; 35 were indicted, 12 went to trial and 11 were found guilty on RICO charges, which are typically reserved for the mafia and drug lords. The guilty, serving 30-year sentences, finally break their silence in this tell-all, controversial film that takes a closer look at the legislation called No Child Left Behind, the politics behind it, and a race and power struggle that spawned one of the most complex scandals in American history.

Respect Our Black Dollars

8:45PM (30 mins) doc

dir. Chris Windfield

Its 2017. The political climate in Mississippi is very unstable. Stanley Wesley a local activist and community organizer is the founder and president of an organization called Respect Our Black Dollars. This documentary follows Stanley Wesley as he organizes, promotes and fights opposition within modern day Jackson Mississippi.

While I Breathe, I Hope

7:30PM (1hr 15 mins) doc

dir. Emily Harrold

What does it mean to be young, Black, and Democrat in the Southern Republican state of South Carolina? Through experiences of politician Bakari Sellers, WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE unravels that question.

We Want To Make It

4:05PM (30 mins) doc

dir. Albert Tong

Every day after school, Jourdan and Tarron (ages 12 and 14) make the DC metro their stage. They navigate harassment, apathy, and the false promises of strangers as they work the trains in pursuit of their musical dreams and support for their family.