Rodrigo Dorfman
A Mexican bull rider crosses North over the desert to ride a ferocious bull that will change his life. A story of love and rebellion, El Desobediente (The Disobedient One) is a hybrid documentary that explores the power of mythmaking and redemption.
Their animated poetry and backstories flow throughout the film, underscoring a cycle of oppression and resistance. But instead of history repeating itself on this tiny island with a dark history of institutional neglect and abandonment, Fire shows these disabled Black and brown artists refusing to be abused, confined, erased.
When artist and filmmaker Mabel Valdiviezo reunites with her family in Peru after sixteen years of silence, she decides to reveal her troubled past as an immigrant in the U.S. Diagnosed with Stage IV cancer, and using her art as a saving grace, Mabel must find a way to heal her broken family ties before it is too late.
Sticker Movie is a film about sticker art told by street artists, photographers, traders, and collectors who safeguard the culture and share their passion for stickers with the world.
José I. Nuñez & Florencia Arrizabalaga
Muay Thai fighter “Carlitos The Terrible” lost his Right arm at the shoulder when he was 3 years old. This ever brave boy is rising through the ranks of professional fighting, taking on able-bodied opponents and close to fulfilling his dream of fighting in Thailand.
Ann Bennett
LINEAGE LAUNCHPAD© Ancestor’s Tonic is an Augmented Reality/AR platform where African American Ancestors from the past appear at select New York historical sites, in-person and virtually, to share their words of wisdom, strategic advice and calming assurances which collectively can serve as a ‘Tonic’ for modern New Yorkers (and the rest of the world) who are in the midst of a very challenging moment in history for everyone but especially for People- of-Color.
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