Dir. by Miller Bargeron Jr., Arcelious Daniels, 2010 (43m, U S A)

An eye-opening depiction of lesser-known historical facts and contemporary commentary regarding the call for reparations for African-Americans...
*Q & A to follow screening

 Dir. by Gregory Mills, Simon Mills, 2011 (20m, United Kingdom)

A chance meeting with a stranger on a deserted beach leads to questions asked about wishes and desires.

 Dir. by Àlex Lora Cercós, 2009 (11m, Spain)

In the city, it’s not possible to find an apartment, but three people do their best to find a new place to sleep.

 Dir. by Steve Woods, 2011 (5m, Ireland)

In Dutch Darkness we watch scenes that were often employed in Dutch paintings during the Golden Era...<

 Dir. by Renzo Zanelli, 2010 (89m, Peru/USA)

East Coast Premiere
Brus is an indigenous artist in Peru’s Amazon trying to organize his community against the American oil company, Kenny Oil, which threatens their livelihood and native lands...
New York Hi Light

 Dir. by Jane Sablow, 2008 (3m, USA)

New York Premiere
The short, CG animation chronicles the brief journey of a determined little girl to satisfy her surprising desire.

Dir. by Judy Jackson, 2011

War in the Mind gives voice to soldiers living with PTSD to help erase the stigma. We also examine stories behind the growing number of military suicides, and witness a unique...

 Molly Blank, 2010

When xenophobic attacks broke out across South Africa in 2008, many were shocked by a violence that felt like a violation of the principles of their democratic nation...

 Dir. by Len Richmond, 2010

Using original and archival footage, the 60 minute documentary presents highly convincing evidence that this forbidden herb has healing properties beyond any other plant on the planet-interacting as it does with the body’s own “endocannabinoid system” to keep us fit and disease-free...

 Dir. by Ramón Tèrmens, 2010 (101m, Spain)

An ex-convict, an unemployed immigrant and a successful businessman are the three main characters of this portrayal of inner Catalonia. Three stories showing a conflicting society forced to reinvent itself or collapse.

 Dir. by Claudia Pryor Malis, (86m, Cameroon, Canada, Senegal, South Africa, USA, Uganda, UK) – 86 min

“Why Us? Left Behind and Dying” is an in-depth examination of the reasons why HIV rates are disproportionately high in black communities. It was made from the point of view of a small group of inner-city African-American teenagers, ages 14-17, from Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh, PA.

 Dir. by Robert Small, 2011 (60m, USA)

“A documentary tribute to Bernie Mac (1957-2008). From his stand-up in underground Chicago comedy clubs to the Big Screen in Hollywood, Bernie Mac's sharp tongue and heart of gold resonated with millions of fans throughout his career...

*Q & A with Bernie Mac’s daughter, Je’niece McCullough, and Robert Small, the film’s director, after the screening

 Dir. by Lucas M. Figueroa, 2008 (13m, Spain)

Naples (Italy), 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady's yard. They'll never play with their ball again … and for that the revenge will be deadly.

 Dir. by Inna Braude (16m, USA)

An educated urban professional Summer attempts to perform a Voodoo rite in her living room as a last resort to have a baby. Everything that could go wrong - does...

 Dir. by Julian A. Renner, 2011 (90m, USA)

A woman confronts her boyfriend after discovering evidence of his infidelity and the arrival of an unexpected male friend.

 Dir. by Àlex Lora Cercós, 2011 (6m, Spain / USA)

A quick look at the double-sided face of love.

 Dir. by Stacey Larkins, 2011 (4m, USA)

Some questions are better left unasked.

 Dir. by Mack Cleveland, Pierre Nahoum, 2011 (15m, USA)

Dante's life as a street hardened gangster is about to change when he gets a phone call from a long gone love.

 Dir. by Damian John Harper, 2011 (15m, Germany) New York Hi Light

One afternoon Dan is brutally jumped by a gang in his neighborhood. The leader of Dan’s crew demands that he murder his punisher and earn his official “membership” into the crew...

 Dir. by Moon Molson, 2011 (27m, USA)

One night, after returning home with a crew of his friends, Markees, an African-American twenty-something, finds a drunken African man passed out in their apartment building hallway. After ridiculing the drunk, the young men realize that he is actually Markees’ Nigerian-immigrant stepfather...

 Dir. by Desirée Holm, Matthew Marencik, 2011 (34m, USA)

New York Hi Light, Youth Film

On a cold night in December 2001, a murder took the life of Dorothy Johnson-Speight’s 18-year-old son Khaaliq, who was gunned down over a parking space in Philadelphia. Chillingly, Khaaliq’s killer was on the run for a crime he committed earlier that year and just two blocks away, the murder of Ruth Donnelly’s son Justin. What is the pain of losing a child?

 Dir. by Federico Peduzzi, 2010 (12m, Italy)

A young man who works all day long takes a train ride for work. Upon entering a tunnel he finds himself in a strange hotel room. Inside, there is an old man, a man with a hat and an attractive lady. It is amongst them that he finds a comforting revelation.

Dir. by Mozell Miley-Bailey, 2010 (26m, USA/France)

New York Hi Light

An American girl and aspiring writer, moves to the city of light envisioning a romantic Eiffel Towered Paris, only to find herself sitting in a lonely apartment on the edge of town with a broken TV waiting on a French Moroccan boy who's waiting for his mysterious girlfriend to return and for a cable guy who may never come.

 Dir. by Jaime Lee, 2010 (27m, USA)

New York Hi Light, East Coast Premiere

Steve and Christine once promised to love each other until death do them part. In the process of keeping or breaking that promise, Steve takes his last chance in trying to win Christine back.