Featured Projects

Chocolate Milk
Genre: Documentary

Chocolate Milk is a social impact campaign and documentary addressing Black maternal and infant health through the lens of birth and breastfeeding outcomes in the United States.  +

Heart of Lumber
Genre: Comedy

Raised by a cult of talking antique furniture, Sadie’s life changes the day she makes her first friend.  +

The American Can
Genre: Drama

Based on actual events in the chaotic aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a recon Marine veteran, John Keller, navigates haunted memories serving in Iraq while risking his life  +

K-Hope
Genre: Documentary

The K-Hope is an educational documentary series that explains the history, benefits and dangers of the revolutionary medicine: Ketamine  +

Brought to Life: A Documentary about Colour Revolt
Genre: Documentary

A decade after disbanding, the enigmatic indie rock band Colour Revolt continues to influence underground and mainstream music. COLOUR REVOLT: BROUGHT TO LIFE unearths their story,  +

Black Privilege. White Power.
Genre: Drama

After graduating high school, a young Smith College student joins up with an activist group to fight for civil rights in the Jim Crow era South and ends up taking part in one of  +

Rishta
Genre: Drama

A dependent little brother fears losing his only friend when his big sister is introduced to a potential rishta (suitor) during an Eid gathering.  +

MOVE: The Tragedy of Philadelphia
Genre: Documentary

MOVE is an in-depth exploration of the first known government organised attack on American soil, the bombing of the black liberation group Move in 1985 in the city of Philadelphia.  +

Haunted Basement
Genre: Horror

An imaginative young boy must confront a nightmarish monster that lives in the basement and cannot be seen by his parents.  +

Nam June Paik & TV Lab: License to Create
Genre: Documentary

Video art becomes a world-wide phenomenon, portable video documentaries change broadcast television, experimental drama and diverse, ethnic voices influence new generations though  +

Intimates
Genre: Comedy

Intimates follows Roberta as she returns home to steal her high school girlfriend back from her brother.  +

Transmission
Genre: Drama

In the early 1990’s, three women — a refugee, a video jockey, and the daughter of a famous communist patriarch — form an unlikely friendship and alliance.  +

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps
Genre: Comedy

Becoming a Man in 127 EASY Steps is the film of trans icon Scott Turner Schofield’s long-running performance art piece embodying the experience of becoming a man.   +

THE EARTH MOVES
Genre: Documentary

A film about Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Einstein on the Beach, and the connection between physics, opera, and human imagination.  +

Salt in Soil
Genre: Student Film

A high-schooler reunites with her grandfather she never knew was alive, and the resurfacing of forgotten memories forces her to confront a dark family secret.  +

Immerse
Genre: Documentary

Immerse is an online magazine designed to spark creative discussion of emerging nonfiction storytelling and dedicated to creating a more inculsive media landscape.  +

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