SOUND & LIGHT (Working Title)
Genre: Drama

SOUND & LIGHT(working title) is a series of dramatic stories shared onlineas well as online initiatives that support Frontline Workers, Broadway Cares / Equity Fights Aids and  +

Spirit and The Land
Genre: Documentary

Two communities on the edges of the Catholic Church—nuns and Catholic Workers—are inspired by their faith to become activists for climate justice and land justice.  +

Strike
Genre: Comedy

Bad bets, lost shoes, and a dogmatic cult send a weary bowling team spiraling as two of its members create more trouble for everyone.  +

Sugar And Spice
Genre: Drama

A fight breaks out between two young girls, redirecting both their lives forever.  +

Take Five
Genre: Drama

A jazz pianist and DoorDash driver in Chicago risks everything to repay a dangerous debt, as music, family, and survival collide in his double life.  +

THALIA
Genre: Drama

On the eve of AJ's departure, they seek out Thalia in a final effort to rewrite the ending to their failed romance.  +

The Audition Room
Genre: Drama

An overlooked Arab-American actor, tired of typecasting, risks everything by pretending to be someone else—only to discover the power of embracing his true self.  +

The Beautiful People
Genre: Documentary

Generations after surviving genocide, a group of Northern Cheyenne Indians struggle to heal the trauma that has been consuming their culture ever since. They ask themselves: Is  +

The Burden of Shadows
Genre: Drama

After Title 42 expires, a desperate landowner clashes with Turkish and Kurdish refugees, including a pregnant woman, as survival and fear ignite an irreversible tragedy.  +

The Drum Also Waltzes: In Search of Max Roach
Genre: Documentary

The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life of drummer/composer/activist Max Roach—his creative triumphs, bold cultural activism, and times of tragedy and challenge.  +

The Last Goodbye
Genre: Comedy

When confronted by her most private desire at her grandmother's funeral, a young Polish-American woman struggles to navigate her truth and her familial pressure to conform.  +

The Nobles
Genre: Documentary

In Rawalpindi, Pakistan, the khwaja sera and trans communities, led by activist Bubbly Malk, build a thriving cafe at a local university, fostering exchange and connection  +

The S Word
Genre: Documentary

The S Word, a feature length documentary, will tackle one of the most unfathomable and cloistered issues of our time by telling stories of suicide attempt survivors, along with  +

The Space Between Touch
Genre: Student Film

When Lauren stumbles into bed with her college girlfriend, a tender moment turns haunting as echos of a past assault by another woman flood back. Now she must choose between shutting  +

The Spies Among Us
Genre: Documentary

East Germany built a surveillance state that weaponized citizens’ private data. Thirty years later, a victim of the secret police investigates his file and confronts those  +

The Third Guy
Genre: Drama

An immigrant and an online sex worker get to know one another over the course of one night in New York. But each has a secret that threatens to ruin what starts off as flirtation  +

The Underground
Genre: Drama

A group of enslaved individuals in Civil War-era Kentucky must decide whether to take bold action for a chance at freedom.  +

The War Joint
Genre: Science Fiction

When lifelong friends Shane and Jamal partake in a particularly potent strain of marijuana, they find themselves trapped in a bewildering repetitive cycle.  +

The Wounds We Keep
Genre: Drama

A motivated young drama facilitator begins a new job in a mens’ prison, where she strikes up an intimate connection with one of the inmates.  +

Today and Tomorrow
Genre: Drama

Two best friends, Mariah and Kimberly, attempt to slide back into their after-school routine but quickly fall apart at the seams when they address their feelings for one another.  +

Tomahawk Springs
Genre: Comedy

Mother and son hit the road west, stopping at diners, motels, and hot springs along the way.  +

Transformistas
Genre: Documentary

The story of Cuba’s first gay bar and the drag queens that helped change a nation.  +

Tunde Wey: Hard To Swallow
Genre: Documentary

Despite chef Tunde Wey’s exceptional taste and undeniable grace, this documentary about food and politics may be… Hard To Swallow.  +

Untitled 9/11 Day Project
Genre: Documentary

Untitled 9/11 Day Project chronicles the decades-long effort to “take back” September 11 and transform it into 9/11 Day, America’s largest annual day  +

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