Filtering by: Saturday: Portraits
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?
View Event →
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.
View Event →
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.
View Event →
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.
View Event →
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.
View Event →
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.
View Event →