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  • Black Girl Poem *Viewer Discretion Advised*

    [Trigger Warning] In 'Black Girl Poem,' black women take a surrealist approach in confronting the power dynamic of sexual harassment and catcalling within the African American community. The three women towering above the city act as a chorus, symbolizing a heightened representation of resistance...

  • Abbeville: Lynching in America *Viewer Discretion Advised*

    [Trigger Warning] The extraordinary journey of a family overcoming a century of silence to expose the truth. Produced with the Equal Justice initiative, this is a film about the importance of commemorating, remembering and disrupting history. As Bryan Stevenson states, we won’t be able to move fo...

  • A New Path

    19-year-old Mukesh Rajak was born into a marginalized community in an impoverished region of rural India. His childhood was marked by discrimination and social exclusion due to his status as a dalit, a member of India's 'untouchable' castes. But a chance opportunity to attend a nonprofit private ...

  • 73 Questions

    A 73-question interview with Steve Jones about being on the streets of San Francisco.

    Director: Leah Nichols
    Producer: Leah Nichols
    2017 | 10 mins | USA
    Languages: English
    Subtitles: English

    FILMMAKER Q&A:
    https://simaacademy.com/filmmaker-qa/73-questions/

  • (Un)divided

    Amina is an Iraqi American refugee and Muslim. Joe is a Trump supporter who was afraid of Muslims in America — until he met Amina. The widening political division and polarization of our world have become so personal, that the very idea of civil, open-minded conversation can seem unreachable, and...