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In Short

Sometimes brief glimpses are the most intriguing; flashes of insight, which are paradoxically fulfilling. These are titles, which explore broad themes within limited timeframes, push these media makers to the very edge of storytelling and visual innovation. This collection is populated with titles that rise to the challenge of engaging an audience over the nuances of character, plot and place, telling so much with so little.

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Bi-Racial Hair
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Bi-Racial Hair 4miins 55secs

A young teen girl ponders race and its meaning for her through a poem about her hair.

Black Body Radiation
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Black Body Radiation 38min 58secs

Hollablk’s short film, ‘Black Body Radiation’ imagines a future New York dominated by three rival, warring, black religious sects after two space ships mysteriously crash into Manhattan.

Reparation Blues
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Reparation Blues 5mins

A performance piece on the modern meaning of the displacement caused by slavery, around the controversial issue of reparations.

Swim
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Swim

An animated experience piece on race, exploring questions of place and belonging.

Taxi (2008)
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Taxi (2008) 6mins 31secs

Filmmaker Javan Cornelius explores race in a very modern context - the back seat of a taxi cab.

The Ghosts of John Jay
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The Ghosts of John Jay 4mins 30secs

A short documentary exploring from a student perspective the truth about a seemingly notorious high school in Brooklyn, New York.

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Jeremiah Strong
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Jeremiah Strong 25 mins

A short film about a drifter trying to make amends for past mistakes. While searching for a low-rent apartment, Jeremiah discovers affordable housing isn't the only thing that's difficult to regain in life.

NBPC New Media Insitute

NBPC New Media Insitute

The language of media production and distribution is one that has often written its own script. The artist...

Black Family

Black Family

Here are titles, which through the exploration of sometimes-controversial themes and characters highlight...

The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)

The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)

The Open Letter Project is a national collaboration of producers from the third annual New Media Institute,...

Spotlight

Spotlight

The process of independent filmmaking, especially in terms of documentary content, is one that has constantly...

Africa Open For Business

Africa Open For Business

"Africa: Open For Business" probes into the world of successful African businesses and exposes myths...

BlackART Roots

BlackART Roots

The popularization of black art and culture is a story with many chapters. In these selections an attempt...

Blog: Black Looks
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Blog: Black Looks

An Africanist blog from Nigerian writer Sokari Ekine.

Burning in the Sun [Remix]
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Burning in the Sun [Remix] 11mins

Daniel Dembele returns home to Mali with an idea, cheap renewable energy for the masses, can he make his solar panel social business stick in West Africa?

This War At Home
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This War At Home 7mins

In a letter to a namesake uncle lost in Vietnam author Ivan Sanchez ponders the value of war, and connects this generational void to the deterioration of his Bronx neighborhood.

Mandisa
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Mandisa 4mins 20secs

Mandisa, a young poet living in a township of Durban, South Africa, shares her challenges pursuing a career in the arts.

Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute
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Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute 8mins

Youth producers at Youth Movement Records reflect on the injustices they witness in the aftermath of the police shooting of young Oscar Grant.

Remix: In Search of Our Fathers
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Remix: In Search of Our Fathers

Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.

None on Record: Nick
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None on Record: Nick 05mins 24secs

After arriving to New York City, Nick entered into Columbia University on fellowship. Transitioning from female to male in his third year of study.

Perceptions Shattered
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Perceptions Shattered 51' 26

A series of audio stories produced by youth producers in partnership with Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and WBEZ Chicago working with a variety of youth producers.

Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt
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Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt 23mins 34secs

Filmmaker Noland walker interviews fellow contemporary Byron Hurt.

Education
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Education 08mins 30secs

Education and the black male, youth in general, link to many wide themes within the black community, here the students of Hampton explore it.

The Other Side
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NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs

Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?

Black Hole
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NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins

A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.

House, Home & Finance
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House, Home & Finance 8mins 31secs

A profile of a successful mortgage lending business in Ghana.

From Black Power To Black Monday
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From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs

Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition

Blues People ~ Super Chicken
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NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 07secs

As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.

Made In Lesotho
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Made In Lesotho 5mins 36secs

Jennifer Chen runs a socially conscious production factory in Lesotho that ships to global businesses like Footlocker and The Gap.

Breaking Silences
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Breaking Silences 10mins

A discussion of the alarming rate of domestic violence against women of color on college campuses.

Daallo Airlines
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Daallo Airlines 6mins 41secs

Not withstanding a collapsed government, Somalian businessman Mohammed Yassin Olad maintains a successful, and critical, airline business.