The Science of Ghosts

Encruza Based on the concept of crossroads, the short film "Encruza" addresses issues that go beyond black bodies. In an interconnected way, the narratives are constructed in the encounter of the characters. The elucidation of poignant conflicts are the ends of this crossroads that culminate in this great celebration that is the street carnival in Lapa carioca.

CoroAo... Black women support ancestry, the place of speech and action in the ori. CoroAção subverts wheels, buckets, loads. The petty rag is a sacred crown. A black body walks, lifting a bucket, supporting an ocean, retracing the steps of history itself.

Behind the Paints In the 17th century in Brazil, works of art were created with scenes of enslavement inserted in landscapes that are attempts at Eurocentric descriptions idealizing slavery as an exotic and even beautiful world to appreciate. What is behind the beauty of the painting “Engenho de Mandioca” by the Spanish Modesto Brocos, through the narrative vision of a woman portrayed in the background of this painting.

De Novo No!... A part of Samuel's life, a part that only he and those involved know...

Toda Palavra Crueldade... "Everything will be difficult to say: the real word is never soft. The being is excessively lucid and the word is dense and hurts us. Every word is cruelty." Video poetry from the text "Fala", by Orides Fontela.

Win Lose or Draw Straws Did you know the next President of the United States could be decided by drawing names from a hat? Win, Lose or Draw Straws is a feature length documentary exposing one particular oddity of the US election system. The increasing existence of and wildly varied ways of determining elections that end in perfect ties. Told by the people who experienced the emotional highs and lows of a political campaign that was determined by a random game of chance and exposing the way random luck affects our lives from local races all the way to the White House.

Idol A young Chinese celebrity is called into an emergency meeting after a fan of his commits suicide.

Header When Lars (13) gets further and further behind in the initially still funny duel with his brother Kai (11) and thus also threatens to lose the love of his mother, he is faced with a decision: Will he fight against his unfairly playing brother or will he give up?

Ex Disposer "Ex Disposer" follows Andy, the destructively neurotic former drummer for New Jersey hardcore outfit Disposer, who discovers his old band is returning home after a cross-country tour. Nostalgic for his days behind the kit, Andy attempts to reunite with his bandmates, but first, he must confront the bad blood that was shed during his split from the group.

History of BOYCP A short documentary which that talks about the neighborhood high school in the Back of the Yards Neighborhood in Chicago, it's origins, and how it came to be the empire that it is today. Join us as we interview the principal, as she explains how this school came to be, and students from different grade levels as they describe their experience with academics, social life and extracurricular activities in this school.