Boss Lady
Issa Rae breaks down the "DIY" era of her career, from the viral success of The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl to navigating the transition from YouTube creator to HBO executive producer. This segment offers an unfiltered look at how Rae leveraged her unique voice to bypass traditional gatekeepers and redefine representation in modern television.
Bar Daddy
Black People make up less than 5% of the legal profession and over 34% of the incarcerated. Bardaddy isn't just a movie about passing a test, it's a movie about how one man is raising that 5% from a wooden table in Los Angeles. Director Jay Gerren Stars Al Jenkins, Eliana Green, Melissa Gibson
Racially Charged: America's Misdemeanor Problem
America’s Misdemeanor Problem exposes how our country’s history of racial injustice evolved into an enormous abuse of criminal justice power. 13 million people a year – most of them poor and people of color – are abused by this system. Through first-person accounts of those charged under the Black Codes of the Reconstruction era paralleled with the outrageous stories of people trapped in the system today, the film brings to light the unfolding of a powerful engine of profits and racial inequality. With the emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement, this film provides historical context and examines America’s history of racist oppression. Director : Robert Greenwald Stars : Mahershala Ali | Jamie Ashbourne | Douglas A. Blackmon
SEEKING ASYLUM
In the midst of racist, American turmoil, Darnell Lamont Walker travels through the world, wondering if there's a better place to call home. A place to seek asylum and refuge. Director : Darnell Lamont Walker
Khayalami (My Home)
The premise of this documentary is self-discovery. It will capture the transformations I have gone through while living in America for the past six years. Juxtaposing the changes in Zimbabwe with my own personal changes will allow the audience to see my theme of acceptance.
JABARI KEATING
A young emerging African American rodeo rider living in a small town in Oklahoma, must choose between his personal life or chasing after his dream of becoming a full time rider.
NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD
Not in My Neighborhood tells the intergenerational stories of the ways in which ordinary citizens respond to the policies, process, and institutions driving contemporary forms of spatial violence and gentrification in Cape Town, New York, and São Paulo.
A LOC+ A TWIST
A Loc + A Twist examines the lived experiences of a young hair braider and a young filmmaker, Clara, and Tyler. Clara is using her skills in hair braiding as a vehicle to engage in conversation about social issues. Tyler opens the floor into a discussion that examines the effect of society's negative view of Black hair.
SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED: THE FIGHT TO VOTE
Our votes hold power, otherwise they wouldn't subvert them. Brave New Films' 'SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED: The Fight to Vote' is a tool in the arsenal of every concerned American, sounding the alarm on voter suppression and election subversion ahead of November 2024. Our 30-minute documentary film focuses on the swelling wave of efforts to disenfranchise voters across the U.S., with the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial race between Stacey Abrams and Brian Kemp providing a case study for understanding today's restrictive measures. In 2023 alone, 150 bills were introduced to restrict voting access. SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED includes the personal stories of folks in battleground states who represent those disproportionately affected by voter suppression: older adults, first-time, younger and college-aged students, Black, Indigenous, Latine, people of color, and people with disabilities. SUPPRESSED AND SABOTAGED 2024 is a rallying call against the calculated, unconstitutional, and racist attacks intended to destroy democracy in the United States.
UNCONVENTIONAL
A documentary that showcases and highlights people of colour and immigrants in Los Angeles. Their journey to success inspires fellow artists to follow their dreams. Directot Denise Khumalo
Inglewood Morning Sessions
Inglewood Morning Sessions tells the story of Lieutenant Scott Collins, a father, husband, coach, police lieutenant and mentor to entertainers, entrepreneurs including NBA World Champion MVP, Paul Pierce.