Joseph Dukes; husband, father and retired veteran. After returning home from the war to his family he had high hopes to rekindle that time lost. Yet, the plan on the universe's clock has stopped in one mans tracks and has opened the tracks to another.

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Joseph Dukes; husband, father and retired veteran. After returning home from the war to his family he had high hopes to rekindle that time lost.

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The Best of Two Evils

A fairy tale romance about a painter who sees the world through silhouettes. A tragic adoption from an orphanage in the 1930s separates Charles from his childhood sweetheart, Sylvia. Charles only sees the world through silhouettes, but learns to express himself through art. While working as a field hand, Charles and Sylvia reconnect 15 years later. Sylvia is engaged to a man that she can’t love and Charles sets out to remind her about a side of herself that she lost long ago.

Silhouettes

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A tragic adoption from an orphanage in the 1930s separates Charles from his childhood sweetheart, Sylvia. Charles only sees the world through silhouettes

Mitchell is an up and coming visual artist who decides to gift his architect girlfriend, Zayna, a birthday weekend at a beautiful hotel. Zayna's office has just been commissioned to design a prison; Mitchell has a close family member who is incarcerated. During the romantic weekend, they learn more about themselves, their relationship, how to define love and move forward. “ROOM” is a film about love, ethics, vulnerability, and how we view ourselves.

Room

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Mitchell is an up and coming visual artist who decides to gift his architect girlfriend, Zayna, a birthday weekend at a beautiful hotel. 

Made for the Newark 350th anniversary celebrations in 2016, this documentary explores the importance of the insurance sector in Newark, while taking into account those immigrants who laid the foundation of the city.

Insurance: Putting Newark on the Map

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The PRATT in the HAT is a short film about Frances Pratt, her hats, her wit, and her civil rights leadership which began in 1957 and continues till today as the President of the Nyack, NY Branch of the NAACP.

The Pratt in the Hat

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The PRATT in the HAT is a short film about Frances Prat.

Love becomes changeling for three teenage friends who fall in love for the first time.

Watch this film, where love becomes changeling for three teenage friends who fall in love for the first time.

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Love becomes changeling for three teenage friends who fall in love for the first time.

A Teenage Love

This documentary addresses the struggle of families of victims of state violence at the Baixada Fluminense, an impoverished region in the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. By remembering these tragic stories, the film seeks to unravel the suffering of the mothers, whose pain surrounds every death. They talk about these interrupted lives and bring a critical view of the police actions in the Baixada Fluminense, especially concerning violence against young black people.

Keeping Our Loved Ones Aline

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Addresses the families of victims of state violence. 

Keeping Our Loved Ones Alive

Jarell is teenager with autism who has learned to use hip-hop dance as a means to communicate his true self to the world.

JMaxx and The Universal Language

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Jarell is teenager with autism who has learned to use hip-hop dance as a way of self-expression.

Jmaxx and the Universal Language

Corey is attempting to move forward with his life and take care of his daughter after being abandoned by his drug abusing wife Moriah. On this night he is in for a surprise when there's a sudden knock at the door.

Corey

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Corey is attempting to move forward with his life and take care of his daughter after being abandoned by his drug abusing wife Moriah

After being overlooked for a promotion, a disgruntled supervisor with a history of pulling outrageous pranks devises a plan to get even with his employer.

Call Center

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Six years after a mysterious event destroyed civilization, a young girl sets out on a lone journey in hopes of saving her ailing grandfather. Little does she know, she's not alone in this dangerous new world.

Beyond the Passage

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A young girl tries to find a way to save her sick grandfather in a destroyed civilization.  

Marcus Williams is a successful young lawyer on the verge of becoming Junior Partner. He is career driven and selfish in his motives. After Kayla Williams, his wife of 5 years, finds out Marcus is cheating, Marcus is left to deal with his own mess, with serious consequences.

Skandalouz

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Successful lawyer, Marcus Williams, at the height of his career, is left in a mess after his wife discovers he's been unfaithful. 

A Los Angeles man gives his home to a mother and her 4 children that he has never met for one year. Why does he do this? How does the family adjust to the situation?

12 Months

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With 12 months, how would you change your life?

Heartbroken and haunted by memories of an ex-girlfriend, Elliott is eager to mend his failed relationship. He meets Renard, a neuroscientist who offers to alleviate his distress with a new method: a top-secret drug that enables time travel.

Rumination

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A heartbroken man travels into the past for a second chance at a failed relationship.

When your Earth Plane feels a strong sense of pull, setting in motion an enigmatic chase thru a maze of dimensional time…sparking an orgasm into enlightenment. Loosely based on the 2nd Law of the Universe; The Principle of Correspondence, “As Above” tells the story of The Earth Plane returning home, to find herself intuitively drawn to a presence she can’t ignore. Alone, The Earth Plane follows her instincts through a twisty windy hallway looking to connect an alluring call to her.

When your Earth Plane feels a strong sense of pull...

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Our Father

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Black Dreams, Broken' tackles the fallacy that black excellence can shield black citizens from racism and discrimination—after another lost acting opportunity, Javis comes home to his lover, Skye, where it is discovered, that the state of their relationship and desires of their hearts is/ are more fragile and separate than ever.

"Black Dreams, Broken" tackles the fallacy that black excellence can shield black citizens from racism and discrimination—after another lost acting opportunity.

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A queer, Black actor fights for his right to be seen and heard in the film and tv industry.

Black Dreams, Broken

A Nigerian-American bride makes a plan to confront her mother to gain autonomy over her wedding day, but is derailed by a secret that could forever change the course of her family's future.

Second Generation Wedding

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A family security stops a young Nigerian bride from confronting her overbearing mother. 


An African-American girl, obsessed with her hair, seeks guidance in a small fish when her mother forces her to go underwater.

Be A Fish

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An African-American girl, obsessed with her hair, seeks guidance in a small fish.

Darnell Harris experiences a series of flashbacks as he reminiscences over his girlfriend, Aya, but is also on the verge of a mental breakdown due to an eerie secret.

Deadly Thoughts

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Amidst a mental breakdown, Darnell Harris experiences a series of flashback.

Award-winning documentary that explores Carnival's social and economic impact on Trinidad &amp; Tobago.

The Other Side of Carnival

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Award-winning documentary looking at the history of the steelpan and the global influence of the instrument in Canada, Japan, Nigeria, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Panomundo

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A young Black girl from humble beginnings struggles to be accepted at her new affluent school.

Bee: The Movie

A young Black girl from humble beginnings struggles to be accepted at her new affluent school

Bee (Short Film)

Am I: Too African to be American or Too American to be African? is a documentary film that explores the complex identity formations of young African women living in America and West Africa who identify bi-culturally. It specifically looks at how they wrestle with concepts of race, complexion, gender, and heritage among other issues.

AM I: The Film

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Follows the formation and development of young African American women.

Am I: The Film

A Kalabanda is a mythical creature that is said to haunt schools in Uganda. Tendo, shows up to class one day without homework claiming that a "Kalabanda" ate it. Who'd believe such a lame excuse? No one! How will Tendo prove his story? The story brings a Ugandan twist to the popular excuse "a dog ate my homework.”

A Kalabanda ate my homework

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A Kalabanda Ate my Homework

A homeless mute, a young couple and a reformed criminal's fates intersect on a day in Queens, New York.

April Again

“Proclamation Punctuation” is an enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman reciting a short soliloquy paying homage to her love for using exclamation points in her missives.

An enthralling fashion film centered on a fabulously fascinating woman.

Proclamation Punctuation

Are they lost in New York or at life?

In this contemporary short film, two individuals find themselves wandering the New York City landscape and subways in search of more than just a location. 

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CLING is a short film about a young woman named Jade who finds herself heartbroken, directionless, and walking past the varying facades of LA after hearing a disturbing message on her boyfriend’s phone. Pain turns to frustration as beautiful neighborhoods trigger memories of their past. Frustration then gives way to confusion and dismay as the grittiness of the LA streets intensifies Jade’s realization of her own role in this dysfunctional relationship. At the crucial moment, which direction will Jade decide to take: the route that takes her further away, or one that sends her back?

Jade leaves her boyfriend, faces LA's choices. Can she handle the consequences?

Cling

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CLING

Out of school on summer break, a young man learns a powerful lesson. That through hard work, purpose and sacrifice any dream can be realized.

In an eventful summer, a young man learns what is required to accomplish his dreams. 

Hoop Dreamin'

A short documentary that's long on the soul.

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A short documentary that's long on the soul.

Soul Hurting

Jade, a heartbroken composer takes a vow of silence to win back the heart of Isis, her true love. In her struggle to reconnect with Isis, she meets an outgoing musician. Utilizing music, magic and silence-Jade finds her voice in the place she least expects it.

Vow of silence

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Jade, a heartbroken composer takes a vow of silence to win back the heart of Isis, her true love but ironically finds her voice in the process. 

Vow of Silence

A mundane doorman is transported through a broken door that leads him to metaphysical dimensions where he his put through practices of self-alchemy.