Black stories
Swimming For shore
An exploration of survivor's guilt following a tragic accident.
House of brotherly love
Jaylen protects his sister.
Written during the 2020 BLM protests. This is a story of one family's unity, strength, and resistance. Shot at my childhood home in Philadelphia. Crew consisted of close friends and family. Cast became family during the week-long shoot.
I love you, I hate you
A narrative centered around a young Black writer called Sage, her partner Omar, and her longtime friend Annie, the 22-minute piece stars Little Simz herself, as well as actors C.J. Beckford and Shaniqua Okwok. We’re granted a glimpse into their lives as Sage battles with persistent writer’s block that ends up impacting her relationship and pulling at the thread of her well-buried emotional baggage. It’s a fictionalized story, inspired loosely by Simz’ own experience, with intertwined personal and creative breakthroughs that occurred through the process of writing her studio album, Sometimes I Might Be Introvert, unpacked most overtly on I Love You, I Hate You.
The Night It Rained [mature nsfw]
Running from the past, a queer college student is now faced to make a life-altering decision after losing his scholarship.
Glaciers
Robby Miller (Bralyn Stokes), a former army soldier leaves the military after his wife's sudden death to raise his son JJ (Jackson Hammer). As the pressures of single fatherhood and his wife's death start to build, Robby finds himself in a place he never thought he'd be.
shapes and colors
A cinematic poem bringing a different perspective and positivity in the fight against racial injustice.
Hagereseb
It's 1997 in Seattle's Yesler Terrace, and 10-year-old Abai is on a quest to find fresh batteries for his Casio keyboard for one last music lesson with his older brother Sam before seeing him sent back to their native Eritrea, indefinitely.
black dispatch
Sable, a Confederate engineer’s house slave, risks everything by stealing military plans, in hopes of delivering them to the Union Army and earning her and her family’s freedom.
clean
The story of a man who loses his clothes at a laundrette, and his journey to get them back.
fuck you (mature nsfw)
Alice is together with Johannes but she doesn't have enough space to be herself. On a night out
with friends, she steals a strap-on and challenges her boyfriend's thoughts about girls. Everyone
thinks Alice goes too far but she doesn’t give in to group pressure. Johannes gets curious about
Alice's new side and together they discover something new about themselves.
Nutcracker (mature nsfw)
An introverted retail clerk sheds her good-girl image.
NUTCRACKER is the short film adaptation of Tia Clark's story (American Short Fiction) that begins with a volatile game in the stock room of a sporting goods store. Shelly—an imaginative teenaged clerk struggling to unite her stimulating inner life with the slow grind of her retail job—seeks the validation of her coworkers who play the “rape game.” To measure her sense of self worth, Shelly succumbs to the lure of this brazenly toxic culture, and finds that the price of fitting in is more than she bargained for.
black fish
A mother finds photos of the life her son would have lived if he didn't pass away.
The Konichiwa Kid
An African-American orphan raised by a Japanese teppanyaki master chef, must choose between his strongest desires; avenge his father’s death or protect the only family he's ever known.
Feature coming soon.
Winner - Best Cinematography Urban Action Showcase 2018
Winner - Best Short Film Global Trailer Festival 2018
2018 Film Shortage: Daily Short Film Pick
2018 Official Selection Nashville Independent Film Festival
2017 Opening Night Short Film International Black Film Festival Nashville
2017 Official Selection Salute Your Shorts Nashville
beast: chapter 1
In Chapter 1 of this award-winning short-form series, a teenager recruits the help of a mysterious fisherman to figure out what happened to his father after a confounding disappearance at sea.