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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
This artful and intimate meditation on the legendary storyteller examines her life, her works and the powerful themes she has confronted throughout her literary career.
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Transition
Transition, executive produced and narrated by hip hop artist Stalley, is a documentary short film that captures the life of highly touted high school basketball prospect Matt Coleman and chronicles him as he moves on to his freshman year at a major university.
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The Tree and the Pirogue
The life of a Melanesian tribe is disrupted by the progressive arrival of modernity. Iabe, a young Melanesian, finds this change very hard to cope with and gets lost between his traditions and this modernity.
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True Justice: Bryan Stevenson's Fight for Equality
Free Community Screening- ADD TICKET TO CART: An intimate portrait of this remarkable man, True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s FIght for Equality follows his struggle to create greater fairness in the system and shows how racial injustice emerged, evolved and continues to threaten the country, challenging viewers to confront it.
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Unrequited Dreams: An American Truth
In 1968 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Fair Housing Act to dismantle discriminatory housing practices. Over 50 years later the housing gap has only widened between white homeowners and homeowners of color creating increasingly segregated neighborhoods across the national landscape. Focusing on the ever-gentrifying area of West Dallas we evaluate the meaning of the American Dream and the communities left with promises unfulfilled.
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VIP/Filmmakers Suite
Filmmakers and VIP Passholders take a break and stop by to mingle, and have a soft beverage and snack amid all of the hustle and bustle of DBFF's busiest festival day.
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Walk-Ins Welcome
Dominic visits his dad's barbershop many years after having left home.
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We Are Witnesses- Chicago
Free Community Screening: “The stories in “We Are Witnesses: Chicago are not meant to soothe, but rather to agitate, to poke, and prod our assumptions, to force us to wrangle with the way justice looks in Chicago. With candor and directness, these men and women speak to who we are as a city and who we are as a nation. They speak of forgiveness and of second chances. They speak of anguish alongside joy. They speak of vengeance pitted against forebearance. In their stories, they each in their own way pose the question: What is justice? It is a question we all need to contemplate.” Alex Kotlowitz
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Welfare Check
An empathetic police officer, discouraged by the darkness she sees on her job, finds renewed encouragement in an older woman's home on a routine welfare check.
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What Marilyn Didn't Know
Marilyn is a mother, homemaker, and wife to a rising star at his firm. One day, she receives a mysterious package that reveals a side of her husband she didn't know existed, throwing her once perfect life into disarray.
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Where My Girls
In the underground hip hop scene of New York, the old adage “if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere” rings true for many rappers seeking to make a name for themselves. But in a scene that struggles to stay genuine in the face of clout chasers and rising rents, making it has taken on a more ambiguous meaning. In this short documentary, three queer women reflect on the creativity, community, and hustle required to make it in a culture that has left them to their own devices. “Where My Girls” is an homage to the everyday struggle facing marginalized artists and the scrappy DIY attitude that first gave rise to hip hop.
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While I Breathe, I Hope
WHILE I BREATHE, I HOPE is a feature documentary that explores what it means to be young, Black, and progressive through the experiences of South Carolina Politician Bakari Sellers.
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