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Short Documentary

Abolish! Shorts

Post-carceral stories, from the individual to the systemic.

Short Documentary

Audio description in-person & online Audio Description
Closed captions online Closed Captioning
Open captions in-person Open Captions

Screenings

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Films in this Program

A film still from A New Voice shows two Black women in conversation presumably in a dining room with wooden furniture. The older woman is wearing an orange floral dress and gold and orange pendant earrings. The other woman with her back to the camera has locs tied together with a blue hair band. There is an older Black man recording the women with a camcorder.

A New Voice

Short Documentary
Mike Davis & Debbie Davis
Runtime: 16 minutes

Closed captions online Closed Captioning

A black-and-white film still from Exodus shows a woman wearing a winter coat with a fur lined hood pulled over her head. The view of the woman is through a gap between two unknown objects.

Exodus

Short Documentary
Nimco Sheikhaden
Runtime: 35 minutes

A film still from Space to Breathe shows a Black woman sitting in the middle of two Black men. They are in a room lined with LED strips in various colors. The woman looks into the camera, wearing a purple and pink afro, thick gold necklace, and burgundy off the shoulder dress. The man to her left wears a knitted cap with a kente cloth top and gold jewelry. The other man has two-toned green hair and green jacket along with gold jewelry.

Space to Breathe

Short Narrative
Juicebox P. Burton
Runtime: 21 minutes

Audio description in-person & online Audio Description
Closed captions online Closed Captioning
Open captions in-person Open Captions

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A photo of five people sitting on stage at the Festival, speaking out to an audience, all laughing and smiling. The four people on the right, who are centered in the photo, are all Black.