A white couple in East Berlin (GDR) in the 1960s tells their Black daughter that her skin color is pure coincidence and has no meaning.
Germany (Director: Ines Johnson-Spain)

A “Chinese” father as he navigates the breakdown of relations between China and the US and what that means for his own family.
China (Director: Yinan Wang)

The film documents the indigenous struggle for vital living space in the radioactive desert of the American Southwest.
U.S. (Director: Hadley Austin)

In May of 2022, the James Taylor Justice Coalition's second Justice Day event, participants collected a sample of soil from the site where Mr. Taylor was hanged.
U.S. (Director: Justinian Matthew Dispenza)

SPOTLIGHT FILM
The film explores the lives of seven Black Millennials—Atheist, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, African Traditional Religion, and Spiritualist—and the challenges and discoveries they have with faith in the 21st century.
U.S. (Director: Kim Moir)

Spotlight Film
The first Nepali woman to summit and descend Mount Everest, now a single mum working at a Connecticut Whole Foods, heads back to Everest to make a better life for her two daughters. DC Premiere.
U.S. (Director: Lucy Walker)

The film examines how the long-prevailing value system in U.S. higher education — which extols “prestige” and wealth — erodes individual opportunity and undermines U.S. democracy.
U.S. (Director: Matt Zodrow)

The 26-year armed conflict in Sri Lanka compelled numerous Eelam Tamils to seek refuge in foreign nations, notably in Canada.
Canada (Directors: Nikki Cole & Ryan Singh)

The film introduces audiences to a Mississippi Delta community where hope survives, despite generational poverty.
U.S. (Director: Theo Avgerinos)

In the segregated Memphis of the 1960s, blues masters and beatniks created a music festival that rocked the foundations of a conservative world.
U.S. (Director: Augusta Palmer)