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African American Directed Shorts - 4/6 at 11:25am

Disco Head
Directed by: Lindsey Oblitey
Synopsis: Carter has a fateful encounter with an unexpected stranger in a bathroom who introduces a bit of needed ridiculousness into his life.

Pink & Blue
Directed by: James Parris
Synopsis: Animated short promoting gender-equality and challenging gender-segregation from a toys-eye-view. A group of toys in a house segregated by gender have their status quo challenged.

GAMERS
Directed by: Searit Huluf
Synopsis: An amateur female gamer is given a lifetime opportunity to try out for a pro league gaming team, only to be repressed by self-doubt.

ASIA A
Directed by: Andrew Reid
Synopsis: Inspired by a true story. A recent spinal cord injury patient struggles to reconcile his sense of self-worth with his new reality as a paraplegic.

Birth of Afrobeat
Directed by: Opiyo Okeyo
Synopsis: Filmmaker Opiyo Okeyo follows iconic drummer, Tony Allen, as he recounts how he and late musician Fela Kuti, founded Africa's most popular music genre--Afrobeat.

Trio
Directed by: Kevin Giles
Synopsis: Two siblings struggle to coexist with their vice-riddled single mother

White Noise
Directed by: Frida Perez
Synopsis: In need of extra cash, Dolores, a young black waitress, participates in a psychological study.

The Treadmill
Directed by: Stefan Dezil
Synopsis: In the near future, an out-of-shape black man uses his VR Treadmill sending him back to a point in history to motivate himself to run.

Utopia
Directed by: Aimiende Negbenebor Sela
Synopsis: Angel, a twenty-something aspirational woman, wakes up from a coma in Uganda.