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- The story of two young Bahamian men who fall in love with each other and portrays the homophobia of the Bahamian society.
- After Tisha, a streetwise teenager from the Bronx, discovers she's pregnant and receives no support from her community, she has nowhere to turn and is faced with the most difficult decision she will ever make.
- In 1999 when Amadou Diallo, an unarmed man, was shot at 41 times by police officers in New York, we felt we had to get out there with a camera and talk to people for our own sanity, to understand what was happening. It was like the topic of this film chose us. We were concerned about the high level of visibility of this topic, and the challenge was to find a unique angle on something that had had a lot of media coverage already. Then we found the mothers as a way in that was different and decided to focus on their enormous transition from this terrible experience to speaking out for changes in policing, and we decided to look at what was in them that pushed them to do that. We felt that it was not enough to make a documentary about police brutality alone. We wanted it to deal with this issue but also to have a human component and an aspect of hope. The three mothers in Every Mother's Son-Iris Baez, Kadiatou Diallo and Doris Busch Boskey-have found a resilience within themselves that is remarkable and can provide inspiration to others. We have always been attracted to stories that explore large social and political questions through the intimate personal experiences of people affected by them. Policing was such a dense topic that we decided that focusing on New York City during the Giuliani years (1994-2000) and on the stories of three mothers (though they are part of a larger movement) would allow us to get at the big issues through a very personal lens. Ultimately, we would like you to understand that police brutality is a problem that extends far beyond individual "bad cops." Many of the problems facing us are systemic in that they have to do with policies that put police officers in situations where abuses are likely to take place. We would like Americans who don't live in poor urban areas to have a sense of what people in these communities experience from the police on a daily basis. We know it will be shocking for many people to see how unequal policing is in terms of its effect on citizens. Finally, we hope that this film will motivate you to take action to promote community policing, and to push for the creation of independent citizen review boards with enforcement capability and for the creation of independent prosecutor positions where they do not exist. We hope you join and work to build organizations that are fighting to reform policing in America.
- A young Parisian woman of Caribbean descent returns to her native island of Guadeloupe looking for the father she has never known.
- Mia, an introverted beauty, gathers her college friends together on a night that she is sure will change her life. As cosmos flow, secrets are revealed and the true nature of friendship is tested. Surrounded by the slick "beautiful people", Mia ultimately learns that she must be careful what she wishes for as the Birthday Girl. The Birthday Girl is about a group of friends at the beginning of their adult lives, trying to find love.
- Public School Teacher Nix Dunn turns to an extreme form of teaching to get his message across.
- Two sisters, both artists, embark on a quest to discover whether writer, Lorraine Hansberry was a political activist.
- Washed Away: Four Years Later is a documentary portraying the trials and tribulations of the survivors in a post-Katrina New Orleans. Now on the eve of Katrina's four-year anniversary, the city of New Orleans has an unprecedented level of homelessness -more than four times that of most cities. The survivors were given the name "Homeless Homeowners" for residents who paid off their mortgages and forced into the street. Research has also shown that New Orleans has a three-fold increase in heart attacks, and other medical and psychological issues. This film gives an intimate portrait of the stress of everyday life after Katrina.
- A paraplegic woman gambles on a chance at unconventional love when she consents to a blind date with her online suitor, "Dark Gable".
- Unnatural Disaster - Falling through the cracks after Katrina is the result of a New Orleans' native and public school teacher who desperately tries to help her former students and their families. In this post-Katrina world, Diana Boylston travels to document the adjustments and struggles of her students. The documentary includes real events as personal issues evolve for Katrina survivors. It also includes interviews and personal testimonies ranging from politicians, celebrities to eight-year olds. What begins as a way to help young people express their pain, turns into a personal journey and the realization that New Orleans is not okay.
- "Sticks & Stones" directly addresses the psychological repercussions of racial and class disparity in the American public educational system. Based on the filmmaker's own experiences this short film exposes the influence a teacher can bear on her student's abilities and the role parents can play in their child's education.
- The story of a British black man and woman finding love when they meet one evening in Brooklyn. A love that gets put to the test when they find out she's pregnant.
- Lonely and resigned, Nicole Goode devotes much of herself to the church. However both her religious beliefs and convictions are tested after two events change her world - the arrival of an old friend, and a murder.