Dancing in My Sadness
Directed by Casual Affairs (USA, 2020, 4 min.)
A dark hip-hop song and its animated music video that tells the common story of a traffic stop going downhill, involving a young Black man and a White police officer.
The Race Against Race
Directed by Nattalyee Randall, Jessica Cornelio. (USA, 2021, 19min.)
What started out as a passion project about Nattalyee's weight loss journey has now unfolded into a social justice movement. Watch as she leads a 50 Mile Protest Run For Justice in NYC to lift up 50 black and brown lives that have been lost to police brutality.
The Shadow Between Us
Directed by Lance Murphey. (USA, 2022, 93min.)
Nehemiah, a Black dancer trapped in a pandemic lockdown in Cleveland, receives a call to join a mostly white dance troupe in Colorado to create a silhouette-based dance seeking solutions to police brutality and the killing of George Floyd. Having given up his art for a job at the post office, Nehemiah must find the courage to travel and participate in the project. The resulting performance transforms all the participants in unexpected ways.
With a live Q&A.
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