Living as an outcast within the conservative religious society of Pakistan, Rafi is a transvestite who earns a living through begging and selling his body. He meets Nadia who grew up in the upper class of society however is forced into prostitution by her indebted father. Even though they are from completely different walks of life, They learn to bond amidst a common difficult situation.

A father uses phone messages to earn his son’s love and attention, trying poetic inspiration, bald emotional honesty and gut wrenching threats of mayhem to reach a son who is afraid of his father's unstable mind.

Six year-old Priyanath imagines himself to be a superhero taking down imaginary villains with his extraordinary powers. But when he learns of a real danger near his home, Priyanath must decide if he���s actually got what it takes to be a real life superhero.

A young female scientist creates a clone of herself as she had always hoped to be seen by the world"

PUSH PULL is a collage film created using clips from the Prelinger Archives. Using footage from scientific films as my primary source, I was interested in exploring themes of power and control. The different clips are composed to imply fragmented and distorted physiologies, creating both spatial and psychological tension.

When Quakers get married, they ask every wedding guest to sign their marriage certificate. It’s a sweet tradition that signifies the importance of community. But when Joe and Emily want to get divorced, that sweet tradition creates an unexpected challenge: now every guest must cross off their name to make the split official. In this off-beat comedy, our two would-be divorcees hit the highway to track down friends and relatives, revisiting old feelings and discovering new ones along the way. Director in Attendance

Raising Bertie is a longitudinal documentary feature following three young African American boys over the course of six years as they grow into adulthood in Bertie County, a rural African American-led community in Eastern North Carolina. Through the intimate portrayal of these boys, this powerful vérité film offers a rare in-depth look at the issues facing America's rural youth and the complex relationships between generational poverty, educational equity, and race. The evocative result is an experience that encourages us to recognize the value and complexity in lives all too often ignored.

RANDOM ACCESS ARCHIVE No.1 is an ode to structuralist filmmaking and to theories of the gaze in cinema. RANDOM ACCESS ARCHIVE No.1 is created by using GIFs that the artist receives from varied and random sources. The GIFs are archived and then assembled in a perpetual montage process.

Released from prison after 5 years, Rashad Abdul-Walee seeks difficult challenges in adjusting to the real world. Rashad's biggest obstacle is gaining trust and respect from his 4 children whom he fathered by four different women. However, with faith, love and support by his family and religious values, he will continue to strive for a new beginning.

A loving tribute to David Bowie and a few of the different forms of mystical religions he followed during the 1970s. Through the dream lens of two of his young fans you too will wonder - what is real and what is imagined? Music by Lithium X-mas.

Today, after more than one hundred years since the release of The Birth of a Nation, the project continues to be presented internationally, engaging audiences in themes of civil rights and freedom, seen through the lens of DJ Spooky’s unique art of remixing. Rebirth of Nation Presented by Video Association of Dallas, Ignite Arts Dallas/SMU Meadows School of the Arts and Make Art with Purpose (MAP).

Remembering Tracy Hicks is a short film by award-winning Dallas filmmaker Mark Birnbaum. The 35-minute film focuses on a memorial and career retrospective of artist Tracy Hicks, which was held shortly after Hicks' death, and includes interviews with those who were closest to him.