Celebrating Black Stories
Shorts in this lineup:
My Name is Maluum
Maalum comes from a home surrounded by love and Afro-centered references. When her classmates tease her about her name, Maluum discovers the lovely legacy of her name and ancestry.
Wolf and Cub
A father and son cross a world of imagination in order to return a bag of their mother's forgotten lunch.
The Night I Left America
While anxiously awaiting the results of his mothers visa renewal request, a teenage boy living Texas conjures memories of his life in Uganda.
Cupids
This whimsical comedy love letter to New York's essential workers follows a whole class on the last day of school as they scheme to find the perfect partner for their adored bus driver, Ms. Cheryl, and save her from a lonely summer without them.
Room Rodeo
Grounded and with a last-minute school project due, Jamil takes matters into his own hands in order to prove he is the great grandson of a legendary Black cowboy.
Silence
A young teen in London looks for inspiration in the midst of dull lockdown and finds it in the unlikeliest place.
Comic Escape
A young boy unexpectedly finds a comic book that changes his reality.
Generation Impact: The Coder
Jay Jay Patton was only 13 when she designed and built an app to help kids connect with their incarcerated parents, inspired by her own experience. Now she is creating a coding academy to help other kids do the same.
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