Yene Fikir Directed by Jethro Waters 6 Minutes • USA Music Video, Black Lens The film is an exploration of immigrant culture and sense memory featuring Sara, an Ethiopian Israeli who immigrated to New York City from Jerusalem 18 years ago.
Undercut Directed by Kelly Pike 14 Minutes • USA Narrative, Student High school female athletes become unlikely teammates in the wake of unspoken trauma.
Not Worth Killing Directed by Eric M. Ivey 21 Minutes • USA Documentary, Alabama Not Worth Killing is a documentary short that tells the story of the unlikely friendship between Sister Lillian Oliver, IHM and Mitchell Rutledge, a convicted murderer serving life without parole in an Alabama state penitentiary.
Burros Directed by Jefferson Stein 15 Minutes • USA Narrative A young Native girl discovers a Hispanic migrant her age who lost her dad in the middle of the dangerous but beautiful Sonoran desert.
Forbidden to See Us Scream in Tehran Directed by Farbod Ardebili 18 Minutes • Iran Narrative The frontwoman for an Iranian death metal band risks everything as she plots to call the cops on her own underground concert in the hopes that the raid will help her secure her asylum in another country.
Fireburn the Documentary Directed by Joel Fendelman 20 Minutes • USA Documentary, Black Lens The Fireburn was a labor revolt of 1878 that took place in the Danish West Indies, now currently known as the US Virgin Islands. This documentary explores the inhumane conditions that existed prior to the revolt and focuses on the leadership and role of women within the movement.
