This Thing is Not for You

Ifeanyi Awachie / USA / 2022 / 20mins

The first Black woman president of the United States announces that African Americans will finally receive reparations. A Nigerian-American family grapples with what this means for them, unearthing latent tensions along the way.

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Kasongo (Im)Materiel

Noemie Arazi & Georges Senga / Belgium / 2021 / 39mins

Kasongo (Im)Materiel explores the forgotten history of the Swahili-Arab in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Their trajectory from oppressors to oppressed, along with the local adoption of their culture and language, mirrors the tensions and ambivalence of history and heritage.

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Becoming Black Lawyers

Evangeline M. Mitchell / USA / 2021 / 25mins

Five Black lawyers discover the contradictions of studying in an institution that idealistically represents "justice" for all.

From the Cave’s Mouth

Jeani Varty / South Africa / 2020 / 3mins

From the Cave's Mouth is a short animated film centered on a Khoi-san family who leave their ancestral home in search of a missing family member. Over the course of thousands of years, we watch as life comes and goes until one day, the home is rediscovered by a very distant modern family member.

A Real Dancer Cannot Stand Still

Alice Aterianus-Owanga / Switzerland / 2021 / 25mins

Since the late 1980s, many Senegalese dancers have migrated to Europe in hopes of finding a better life. Through words and movement, Hélène recounts how she overcame the hardships of migration, built her fighter mentality, and progressed in her career—sharing her irrepressible need to dance.

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