11:30 a.m. – 12:53 p.m.

Gods of the Universe (International)

Advanced beings must train star children to guide humanity to the next stage of evolution before a catastrophic event destroys Earth, but their methods differ and time is running out.

TRT: 23 min

12:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Sins of the Father (MIC)

An assassin working for the Nigerian government is lured of semi retirement for one last assignment.

TRT: 18 min

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

Dialogue (Short)

A therapists counsels two couples and while he attempts to assist them with their problems it becomes clear that his home life is far from perfect.

TRT: 14 min

1:50 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.

Hip Hop’s Lost Soul (Short)

While exploring memories of the past, a mother and son find out the true meaning of understanding their differences.

TRT: 11 min

2:15 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

if(fy) (Animation)

Ifeanyi has been planning his first move; he just needs an in. Or maybe an unobstructed view. His intentions are dubious but pure. He swears! After securing a pity-invite, he finally gets the chance he’s been waiting for. But will it be too late?

TRT: 16 min

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

My Epiphany (BWIF)

From darkness to divine revelation, one woman’s journey to faith and rebirth.

TRT: 10 min

3:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

Finding Inspiration (MIC)

Jamal is confronted by his past and has to make a life-altering decision.

TRT: 9 min

3:20 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Life and Times of a Unicorn (TV & Web Series)

Messiah realizes that his marriage to Justine is deteriorating and he must make a difficult decision that will impact his family.

TRT: 29 min

4:00 p.m. – 4:20 p.m.

Dear Josephine (BWIF)

Josephine Baker was a global icon known for her iconic banana dance but what many may not have known is how much Ms. Baker contributed to what we know today as classical ballet.

TRT: 10 min

4:20 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.

Who is Trudi Lacey? (BWIF)

Who is Trudi Lacey? shares the life challenges, sacrifices, and accomplishments of an unknown legend in college basketball and how she is still finding a way to impact the game and its players.

TRT: 23 min

4:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Princess Love (Short)

After losing her mother, 16-year-old Madison becomes pregnant as a result of being sexually assaulted. Alone, scared and confused, she decides to take matters into her own hands as she turns to the only person she has left – her father.

TRT: 39 min

11:15 a.m. – 11:30 p.m.

A Mind of Its Own (Student)

C.J., a black woman, is a hard worker and is looking to move up the corporate ladder. When she comes into work on the day of her big presentation with a new hairstyle, her literal, loud-talking hair causes her coworkers to react in a less-than-ideal manner where she faces racial microaggressions.

TRT: 13 min

11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Juke (Student)

Ex’s unexpectedly reunite at a rollerskating rink. They must decide if their love is worth saving or if their past was meant to be left behind them.

TRT: 8 min

11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Echoes Unheard (Student)

An entrepreneur and a professor fight to keep the legacy of the nation’s largest Black-owned life insurance company.

TRT: 9 min

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Lovebugs (Feature Length)

New Lovebugs are lost after a storm and trying to find their way home. An upset birds heart is broken and tricks his friend into capturing all the love in the world.

TRT: 54 min

1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

The World We Created (HBCU)

A coming-of-age story about the imaginative adventures of a boy living in the projects as he comes to terms with the reality of his environment.

TRT: 10 min

1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

Harlem Fragments (Short)

Harlem Fragments is an Afro-Futurist Drama Sci-Fi that follows the journey of two young siblings, Mya and TJ, as they navigate their parents’ divorce leading from the early 2000s up and through the 2008 recession.

TRT: 17 min

1:45 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

Nany (Short)

The story about a young woman who struggles to free herself from a home filled with humanity’s most legendary evil force.

TRT: 13 min

2:10 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Necessary Evil (Short)

After escaping the self-destructive grip of street life, Jamaal embraces metaphysics and finds his footing in the world as a black entrepreneur, with his guiding light, Samaya, at his side. But the past refuses to die quietly. 

TRT: 36 min

2:50 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Marbles and Bullets (Feature Length)

At the Battle of the Wilderness a war-hardened Confederate soldier makes a fateful decision in the heat of battle that sends him on a journey home through a parallel wilderness with a ten-year-old slave boy who challenges his character and road to redemption.

TRT: 118 min

5:00 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.

Turf (BWIF)

Four friends living by the motto “fake it till you make it” or “do it for the gram” lunch meeting gets interesting and they realize everything isn’t what it seems once reality sets in…

TRT: 12 min

5:20 p.m. – 5:35 p.m.

Cadence: A Love Story (Short)

A couple struggles to find their rhythm after heartbreak knocks them out of sync.

TRT: 11 min

5:35 p.m. – 5:50 p.m.

Red Reminds Me (Student)

A film that shows how Black women are disproportionately impacted by HIV. Stacy shares her story of resilience.

TRT: 15 min

5:50 p.m. – 7:20 p.m.

Ain’t No Back to a Merry Go Round (Documentary)

When five Howard University students sat on a Maryland carousel in 1960, the arrests made headlines. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students in picketing, the first organized interracial civil rights protest in US history was born.

TRT: 90 min

11:00 a.m. – 12:55 p.m.

Farming While Black (Documentary) /Panel Discussion

Leah and her Soul Fire Farm cohorts help propel a rising generation finding strength in the deep historical knowledge of African agrarianism – and its potential to save the planet.

Panel Discussion afterwards

TRT: 75 min

12:55 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Religion, Philosophy, and Mental Health in Black Americans (Documentary)

Religion, Philosophy & Mental Health in Black Americans features three Black American storytellers sharing the common experience of being mentally and emotionally taxed by “life on life’s terms,” yet finding their way to firmer ground through nebulous constructs of faith and/or philosophical thought. 

TRT: 56 min

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Trivia For Us Game Show/Game (TV & Web Series)

Together the two trivia enthusiast developed the game show concept after attending trivia games within their community that left them feeling excluded and isolated. It was at that moment Deydra and Shakira saw an opportunity to create a game that celebrates Black history well beyond Black History Month!

The Trivia For Us Game Show incorporates music, improv, crowd participation and thought-provoking trivia questions that create a one-of-a-kind game show that highlights Black culture and history for a multicultural and multigenerational audience. So sit back and relax as you are in immersed into “A Mind Game For the Culture”!

TRT: 30 min

11:00 a.m. – 11:25 a.m.

Preschool to Prison (Documentary)

Preschool to Prison is a compelling examination of how most schools in the United States are built and operated like prisons. Zero-tolerance policies are used to justify suspension and arrests that set up a pathway to send children of color and children with special needs to go from school to prison.

TRT: 25 min

11:30 a.m. – 1:08 p.m.

SWAY (Feature Length)

A Black community leader, who has it all, sees his life spiral out of control within hours after his brother goes missing, he’s blackmailed by a strange woman, and a murder tests how far he will go to protect the ones he loves.

TRT: 98 min

1:15 p.m. – 1:55 p.m.

Mosiah (Short)

Marcus Mosiah Garvey, a Jamaican-born political activist and founder of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA), is on trial in New York in 1923. Following the leadership of J. Edger Hoover & the BOI (later, the FBI), the government has charged Garvey with mail fraud in connection with selling stocks for the Black Star Line – a shipping line designed to forge a link between North America and Africa.

TRT: 40 min

2:00 p.m. – 2:13 p.m.

On Dear Ears (BWIF)

A mother’s worst fear comes true when her special needs daughter’s actions are misunderstood during a routine traffic stop.

TRT: 13 min

2:20 p.m. – 2:32 p.m.

The Rose Room (Short)

Octave follows her cousin Ray into a dark night life fight ring.

TRT: 12 min

2:40 p.m. – 2:53 p.m.

Take Note (BWIF)

Take Note is a heartwarming story about a middle school science teacher, Ms. Amado, who finds herself caught in a delicate situation.

TRT: 13 min

3:00 p.m. – 3:17 p.m.

Taste of the Mecca (HBCU)

An awkward black boy begins to find love while struggling to fit in at his prestigious HBCU.

TRT: 17 min

3:25 p.m. – 5:25 p.m.

When Three Become One (Feature Length)

What happens when a young woman with a rare blood type is in need of a life-saving bone marrow transplant, and the only matching-donor is the man she had an illicit affair with? Now her husband must decide whether to allow her lover to save her life, or let her die.

TRT: 120 min

5:30 p.m. – 6:08 p.m.

Interview with a King (Animation)

Interview With A King is a 3D animated short film set in 2023 that vividly brings Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to life through a captivating interview experience.

TRT: 38 min

11:05 a.m. – 11:23 a.m.

Keepers of the Flame (BWIF)

On the eve of the 1913 inaugural Women’s Suffrage parade, the formidable activist Mary Church Terrell, along with two leaders of historic African American Sororities, Alpha Kappa Alpha and Delta Sigma Theta, confront and challenge parade organizer Alice Paul, regarding the racist, exclusionary practices of the white suffragette movement, in order for black suffragettes to participate in the parade.

TRT: 18 min

Trailer

11:30 a.m. – 11:50 p.m.

In the Nick of Time (TV & Web Series)

One man’s life is turned upside down when his son is left at his doorstep for him to take care of. Nicholas Stephenson now must balance his life as a single father while dealing with his career, his other family members, and some secrets from the past that was once thought to be have been locked away forever.

TRT: 20 min

Trailer

12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

War is Not the Answer (W.I.N.T.A) (TV & Web Series)

W.I.N.T.A is an original two part miniseries that addresses the lasting effects of PTSD.

TRT: 30 min

Trailer

12:35 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Saved, Sanctified, Single, & Sexual (TV & Web Series)

Sherell is a 30 something career driven woman aspiring to aim high in all facets of her life. She’s successful, bright and very attractive. She’s been in a romantic relationship with her long term boyfriend enjoying life and intimacy.

This Series is a six part series based on the experiences of real events of the author.

TRT: 25 min

Trailer

1:05 p.m. – 1:22 p.m.

Surviving Josephine (MIC)

This story is inspired by the people that created Nola Darling. Surviving Josephine is a story about the adverse effects of dealing with a woman that loves on her terms. This is a story about Nola’s toxic homegirl. This short fil m is funny, honest, and therapeutic. Josephine is a satire on love, sexual power, and healing.

TRT: 17 min

Trailer

1:30 p.m. – 1:35 p.m.

I’m Not Your Black Girl (MIC)

I Am Not Your Black Girl is a poignant visual embodiment of a poem by the same name, reclaiming the identity of one Black woman against societal impositions.

TRT: 5 min

Trailer

1:40 p.m. – 2:08 p.m.

The Historic HBCU Photograph (HBCU)

In 2021, a vaccine was approved by the CDC, allowing social activities to slowly resume.
As a result, HBCU alumni from across the country came together for one day on the steps of Morningside Park in Harlem for a Historic Photograph.

TRT: 28 min

Trailer

2:15 p.m. – 2:21 p.m.

Don’t Look Back (MIC)

In this crime drama, a devoted father grappling with unemployment, stands before a warehouse, contemplating a robbery to secure his family’s survival. Torn between his moral convictions and the desperation to provide, he hesitates in the shadowy silence. This moment marks a pivotal choice, driven by love and the harsh realities of life, pushing him towards a path he never thought he’d consider.

TRT: 6 min

Trailer

2:25 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.

Widows Fire (Feature Length)

In the wake of her husband’s death, a grieving woman’s hidden secret fire takes control, satisfying her lustful desires with a deadly twist.

TRT: 110 min

Trailer

4:20 p.m. – 4:33 p.m.

Amber Alert (Short)

A couple deals with the struggles of separation in front of their daughter. In the end there are no winners or losers, just the pain of a missing loved one.

TRT: 13 min

Trailer

 4:40 p.m. – 5:04 p.m.

Torn (Short)

A short film about a young mother having to choose between her devoted boyfriend and her husband who just woke up from an 8 year coma.

TRT: 24 min

Trailer

5:10 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

The Black Experience (Short)

Four aspiring black screenwriters find out the writing world may not be as inclusive as they’d hoped when they pitch their dream projects to a movie executive who is only interested in the “authentic black experience.”

TRT: 5 min

Trailer

5:20 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.

Ivory Coast Initiative (Short)

Entrepreneur Tanya James, works with businessman and philanthropist Ghislain Dadie to build an elementary school in the Divo region of Cote D’Ivoire, a young mother jumps through hoops and red tape, including the harshness of everyday living that comes with life three hours from the city center.

TRT: 20 min

Trailer

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Box Brown: A Box Marked Freedom (MIC)

BOX BROWN: A Box Marked Freedom is the incredible TRUE story of Henry “Box” Brown, an enslaved man who mailed himself to freedom in 1849.

TRT: 90 min

Trailer

1:15 p.m. – 2:53 p.m.

Breaking the Generational Curse of Silence (Documentary)

An unearthing of the hushed stories of sexual assault in the Black community, this documentary navigates the intergenerational silence, cultural complexities, and courageous journeys of those breaking the cycle.

TRT: 98 min

Trailer

2:53 p.m. – 3:12 p.m.

The Weight We Carry (MIC)

Successful poet and professor Dr. Michelle Nichols, pushes her daughter Jordan, a star athlete and an A student, to a place of no return.

TRT: 19 min

3:12 p.m. – 4:17 p.m.

Rising Above the Fray (Documentary)/Panel

Rising Above The Fray retells the story of a few good African American men and women who served the Armed Forces as Army warrant officers. Not only did they retire honorably, but they did so at the highest rank of Chief Warrant Officer Five (CW5)..

Panel Discussion afterwards.

TRT: 65 min

Trailer

4:17 p.m. – 5:42 p.m.

Remember Me: Dementia in the African American Community (Documentary)

This documentary explores what dementia is, why it is disproportionately impacting the black community, and what we need to do to reverse the trends.

TRT: 85 min

Trailer

5:42 p.m. –  6:12 p.m.

Ma Etta’s Localree (International)

In this coming of age story, Darlington (Alvin Freeman) a magnetic- charming Decembree, vacations in Liberia under false pretenses to captivate young Localree women under his allurement.

Ma Etta (Nasera Kamara), the neighborhood “Madame” trains young Localree women how to benefit financially off of Decembrees without ever having to leave the country.

Trailer