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Frank Blue
From the Director and Producers who brought you the award winning film "Hands Up Don't Shoot" brings to you the new highly anticipated urban drama "Frank Blue" Frank Walker, known in the streets of South Central Los Angeles as Lil Dirt gets released from prison after serving 8 years sentence. As he plans on starting over , leaving the gang life behind him and getting a new lease on life, he pursues raising his son and starting a new career in music. While things are starting to look up for him, his past begins to haunts him making him face a decision that could change his life for better or worse.
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Funk Force
A dysfunktional team of young black superheroes struggle against a hip-hop sensation hell bent on hypnotizing the black community.
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GAMERS
An amateur female gamer is given a once in a lifetime opportunity to try out for a pro league gaming team, only to be repressed by self-doubt.
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GreenWood
This short film, produced by Therese Cooper of Jairus Burks Productions, features spoken word poet Dacember Traylor passionately explaining the significance behind one of the most prominent concentrations of African American businesses in the United States and how it was forcefully erased in one of the most devastating massacres in the history of U.S. race relations. Dancer Camille Hagen provides a visual representation of the hurt and the pain African Americans feel today as "Black Wall Street" still has not been reclaimed.
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HEGEL'S ANGEL
Inspired by southern Haiti's Vodou and Kanaval cosmologies, and co-written with the entire cast and crew, Zanj Hegel La (Hegel's Angel) is a cinematic fable challenging the boundaries between fiction, ethnography and reverie. The film follows an inquisitive boy named Widley whose life, suspended between mundane activities and foreign myths, unfolds away from the turmoil of an upcoming presidential election. As the boy wanders through an evanescent countryside, running errands for his father and paying furtive visits to a local film editor, his searching eyes become a mirror for the exotic new spell sweeping his people from one empire to another.
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Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul.
In the aftermath of a huge and ridiculous scandal, Trinity Childs, the first lady of a prominent and respected Southern Baptist Mega Church, attempts to help her pastor-husband, Lee-Curtis Childs, rebuild their now borderline nonexistent congregation. They must, however, reconcile their faith with their personal demons, in order to make the biggest comeback that commodified religion has ever seen.
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I Love 3rd Ward Series
The I Love 3rd Ward Series a short form documentary styled vignettes chronicling thoughts on the socioeconomic changes of Houston's 3rd Ward area.
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The Indies: An Animated Short
Funded through Kickstarter and created by first time director, DJ Tony Drake, The Indies: An Animated Short looks to challenge how audiences view the fluidity of good vs evil, and the forces that pull us back and forth across that thin gray line. The film draws inspiration from two worlds that, at first glance, could not be more different: modern day Hip-Hop and the Wild West. The characters are revealed through intense action sequences whose dynamic can change from one moment to the next. This ultimately challenges the audience to decide who they perceive to be heroes and who they perceive to be villains. The Indies: An Animated Short is part of a larger upcoming full length series and an accompanying EP soundtrack.
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Len(n)y
Lowam goes to the mountains behind her apartment to bury her recently deceased hamster, all the while ignoring her mother's phone calls. We listen as the mother leaves a long winded and punishing voicemail while Lowam finds a spot to dig. Lowam continues to ignore the call and instead calls her ex-boyfriend to break the news of Lenny's passing. In reality, Lowam is trying to call her boyfriend to tell him she misses him but can't seem to get the words out. In turn, she leaves a heavy voicemail. Her phone rings once more and she thinks it might be Nick returning her call but yet again it's her mother.
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THE MAYFLOWER
A Bar/Lounge Hostess who is more than what she appears gives a life lesson in integrity to her hypocritical manager, building a bridge, even in a divided America.
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Middle Ground (S1, E1) || Here Kitty
Exploring the boundary lines between sexual attraction and sexual harassment, a group of young adults discuss the ethics of catcalling in this dark comedy.
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Nana's Room
When Mia loses her Nana (grandmother) after a lengthy illness she realizes that her loss runs deep. Caring for her Nana had become Mia's main priority in her life. In doing so Mia has lost her confidence and drive she has let fear take over. In the wake of Nana's darkness Mia fights to find a bright light to walk in her purpose.
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