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Directed by Ryan Coogler (*Fruitvale Station, Black Panther*), FIG is a this sympathetic look at the life of a working class mother, a prostitute named Candice wants nothing more than to provide a good life for her daughter Kyla. One night that she is unable to find a babysitter for Kyla, Candice takes her to the corner where she picks up johns and leaves her in the car. When Candice is with a john, Kyla is found alone by the police and is taken into...

Two military Air Force soldiers are sitting in a missile firing bunker tracking a wanted terrorist. one is a veteran and the other a rookie. The rookie becomes more and more obsessed with the subject they are tracking and wants to know his name. The obsession reaches a head when they finally get an opportunity to fire, and the rookie demands to know the terrorist's name. Winner of Best Student Film and the **San Luis Obispo International Film Festival**...

'OUR NECK OF THE WOODS' explores the world of Bob Underwood, a disenchanted line foreman at Pilgrimtown's Mold-O-Form factory. Day after day, he produces plastic lawn-ornament deer, secretly longing for more out of life. But his family obligations and inability to assert himself keep him in the same position year after year. One day Elsa, a Georgian refugee, is relocated to work at the factory. Enchanted by her quiet thoughtfulness and haunting singing,...

Overcome with grief, a rural woodworker builds a coffin.

A day at school turns volatile when a traumatized student and a new inner-city teacher inadvertently go head to head. Nominated for Best Short at the **San Francisco Black Film Festival** and the **HollyShorts Film Festival**.

In a future where certain people are "readers" with the ability to hear other's thoughts, Maya seeks revenge for the death of her father. Official Selection at the **Telluride Film Festival**.

12-year-old Siyue is heartbroken after the passing of her grandmother. Siyue and her mother, Mei, travel to the Chinese countryside to clean out grandmother's house, preparing it to be sold. This is difficult for Siyue. She misses her grandmother dearly. Siyue runs off into her grandmother's pottery studio, where her grandmother once made her the clay Ocarina that she treasures above all possessions. In the studio, Siyue encounters a magical creature...

When Pearl Washington must complete her family tree assignment for school, she is forced to face the pain of having a fatherless childhood. She feels ashamed and alienated, because unlike the other children in her class, half of her family tree is completely empty. Pearl's father has never taken part in her life, because he has another family, two sons and a wife. Unlike her other classmates, whose lives at face value can sometimes represent the ideal...

After leaving Jamaica for what they hoped would be a better life, Jahson and his family are living in the United States without papers. Jahson dreams of going to college, but all the money he makes at his bar back restaurant job goes to paying family bills and taking care of his developmentally disabled brother. Jahson's boss tries to help as much as possible, but he can't give Jahson a better paying server job until he has his green card. When Jahson's...

ASIA A is the story of a recent spinal cord injury patient struggling to reconcile his sense of self-worth with his new reality as a paraplegic.