Man of the People is a political thriller centered on the legacy of the first black mayor of Chicago, Harold Washington. A complex unfolding of his two campaign runs and the moments leading to his sudden and mysterious death during his second term. Commissioned by Chicago Film Archives.

Philadelphia Premiere

Nominated for Best Short Documentary

Yene Fikir, Ethiopia takes us on a turbulent and mystical journey of a young girl in 1970’s Ethiopia during the Red Terror war. Through live action and stop motion animation, the story is unveiled through migration, visiting spirits from an ancient world, and present day Ethiopia.

East Coast Premiere

Rooted in an ethnographic approach to filmmaking, Zero Zero meditates on one family’s relationship to identity and belonging.

World Premiere

Nominated for Best Short Doc

In the year 1970 a remarkable, outstanding and controversial documentary film entitled You Hide Me on the colonization of African Art in the British Museum, London shook the world. Employing a clever mixture of ruse and audacity, Nii Kwate was able to outsmart the museum authorities and its entire security system, to gain access into its secret underground vaults.

World Premiere