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. 

Slave Cry

3:52PM (14 mins) comedy

dir. Jai Jamison

A young Black actress tries to navigate working in Richmond, Va, a market known for period pieces and historical tours. How does she reconcile the degrading roles she has to play, with her modern conception of what it means to be a Black woman in America?

Angels in Our Hood

3:22PM (30 mins) doc

dir. Damien Postell

When the average person is home sleeping in their beds in a city where gun violence is rapid and loved ones are being shot and killed on a daily basis Dawn valenti is out there seeking answers for the mothers the families and community.

Doll

3:16PM (6 mins) drama

dir. Diêm Camille Gbogou

Based on a true story, two lives collide when cousins Lina and Kenneth find themselves alone in a car after 20 years of silence between a rapist and the victim.

Miracle Fruit

2:41PM (11 mins) romantic comedy

dir. Ben Mankoff, Sandra Manzanares

A young man attempts to ghost a recent lover, but his plans take a strange turn when he raids her refrigerator.

Me Time

2:30PM (11 mins) comedy

dir. Iyabo Boyd

After a long work week, Deborah is exhausted and needs to relax. Through laughter and introspection, ME TIME explores women's sexuality, self care, and highlights the richness of our inner lives.

Heavenly

2:17PM (13 mins) 

dir. Ya'ke Smith

Crystal, a former ballet dancer, returns home after being sex-trafficked and struggles to shake the physical and psychological trauma she endured while "in the life."

Corey

2:07PM (11 mins) drama

dir. Steven St. Pierre

A young dad, whose wife battles drug addiction, fights to protect his daughter and to stop the cycle.

Roasted

2:00PM (7 mins) comedy

dir. Ethan Slater

An artist in search of inspiration smokes weed to get through a shift at his coffee shop day job.