Documentary Projects:

Lakhdar

Directed by:

Amir Aziz

Produced by:

Michael Niederman

Synopsis:

Kidnapped, shackled, and flown to Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp, Algerian citizen Lakhdar Boumediène was wrongfully imprisoned at the notorious prison in Cuba for seven years before winning his freedom in the historic Boumediène v. Bush Supreme Court case. Set in the beautiful French Riviera, Lakhdar follows the titular man as he rebuilds his life and seeks answers.

You Are a Thing Which Even Angels Desire to Look Into

Directed by:

Morisha Moodley

Produced by:

Morisha Moodley

Synopsis:

You Are a Thing Which Even Angels Desire to Look Into is a love letter to transition, queer becoming, and a fading friendship. Animation is reinscribed as a trans medium—its need to change to be perceived, to even exist, aligning with the flux of queer identities. As a process that happens over time, transition of image and identity becomes subject to the crip time—our drawn-out, repetitive, absent-minded kind of time—that the film unfolds in.

Portals of Silence

Directed by:

Gerardo Ananias P. Soria

Produced by:

Dolissa Medina

Synopsis:

Produced in collaboration with filmmaker Dolissa Medina, Portals of Silence is a collection of experimental short videos presenting a self-portrait of Gerardo Ananias P. Soria on his journey of creative, spiritual, and activist work to bring public awareness to the unique challenges of people aging with HIV.

Breaking the Silence

Directed by:

Ivan MacDonald

Produced by:

Liz Unger

Synopsis:

For 150 years, the United States assimilated Native American children into a system of violence through Indian boarding schools. In Breaking the Silence, two Indigenous women—Marsha Small and Iko Beck—utilize science and technology to investigate the deaths of the Blackfeet Tribe’s lost children.

Untitled Project

Directed by:

Min Min Hein

Produced by:

Min Min Hein

Synopsis:

Confidential

Seizure

Directed by:

Skylar Economy & Brad Lichtenstein

Produced by:

Artemis Fannin & Brad Lichtenstein

Synopsis:

Upon turning 30, filmmaker Skylar Economy reckons with her secret of epilepsy, seeking to overcome stigma and confront the consequences of hiding it for so long from her family, friends, and herself.

Mother Wit

Directed by:

Te Shima Anusha Brennen & Rajvi Desai

Produced by:

Te Shima Anusha Brennen & Rajvi Desai

Synopsis:

A multi-generational chronicle of a Black trans family contending with the loss of their matriarch, the legacy she left behind, and the dreams they built together.