Exuberant, light-hearted Black character sketches. Thank you to our screening partners: <a href="http://www.flygirrl.com/" target="_blank">Flygirrl</a>

Black nonbinary painter Chester searches for space and belonging in their rapidly changing hometown, navigating identity, creativity and the struggle for permission to exist on their own terms.

Budget Paradise

After calling a classmate a “lazy white cow,” a young Black student embarks on a virtual saga to avoid being canceled.

LWC (Lazy White Cows)

Ree Ree, a 43-year-old social worker and single mother of three, pursues her lifelong dream of being a rapper despite backlash from her fierce teenage daughter, Destiny. Over the course of a long day, Ree Ree tries to win her daughter over before she steps up to the mic in front of her community.

Ree's Destiny

Low-key, anxiety-managing millennial Monroe Malone is trying to outrun last year’s job loss when she collides with a weave-snatching cartel led by Big Baby. After overhearing his plan to kidnap hair tech genius Camille J. Walker and steal her Infinite Track invention, Monroe jumps into action. The encounter is bound to leave him not untouched by blood.

Seek No Favor

Living in the mundane suburbia of a small Irish town, teens Diana and Sol plan to escape by building a spacecraft and living in the sky. When doubt starts to set in, they have to decide whether to pursue their dream or remain in their familiar world and face the inevitable.

Why the Sun & Moon Live in the Sky

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