Tag: USA

Short Film: BLACK STAINS, 14min, USA, Experimental/Dance

Black Stains addresses the systemic pattern of racial profiling by the police. Inspired by the personal experiences of choreographer Trent D. Williams, Jr., the film illustrates the reality of being black in the United States. Through interviews with men of varying ages and robust athletic dancing, the film persistently asks the question: why do we… Continue reading Short Film: BLACK STAINS, 14min, USA, Experimental/Dance

Short Film: WHEN EARTH TOOK A BREATH, 5min., USA, Music

Ora The Molecule’s “When Earth Took A Breath (Are You There?)” depicts our relationship with the natural world. Filmed with a full spectrum camera, plants and trees appear in unfamiliar colours – the sea of red pulsating like alarm bells as we’re reminded of our planet’s climate and biodiversity emergency.

Short Film: AMERICAN QUARTET, 9min., USA, Music

In a 2030s small town bitterly divided over who belongs, a young Muslim-American woman puts herself at risk when she shares her private, digitized memories with strangers, challenging the status quo in the hope that empathy will triumph over hate. “American Quartet, through innovative storytelling and without speaking a word, poignantly communicates the future of… Continue reading Short Film: AMERICAN QUARTET, 9min., USA, Music

Short Film: SANKOFA, 3min., USA, Experimental

Filmed in San Cipriano, Colombia August, 2018 Sankofa is a word in the Twi language of Ghana that translates to “go back and get it.” This 16mm film interprets an exorcism of social repression. Humanity’s passion, pain, and love are revealed through movement, light, and nature. The song “Tonada de Luna” was performed synchronously with… Continue reading Short Film: SANKOFA, 3min., USA, Experimental

Short Film: TARAH WHO? – HURT, 4min., USA, Music Video

Trying to write this, without letting a tear go. Sad is not even the appropriate word. Can’t even be mad, I don’t even have time. Looking back the only thing that makes me smile is your speech, your words, your fake-ness… so .. No, I’m not mad my friend.   Tarah Who? Name of Band… Continue reading Short Film: TARAH WHO? – HURT, 4min., USA, Music Video

Short Film: THE NEXT GIRL, 6min., USA, Experimental/Drama

Danny’s casting call doesn’t go as plan when he meets a young girl with a traumatic past. 2020: Los Angeles Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival – Official Selection – ‘The Next Girl’. 2019: The IndieFEST Film Awards – Official Selection – ‘The Next Girl.’ Project Type: Experimental, Short Runtime: 6 minutes 48 seconds Completion… Continue reading Short Film: THE NEXT GIRL, 6min., USA, Experimental/Drama

Short Film: UPWELL, 6min., USA, Dance

A vision of surfing, embodied by pro surfer Kassia Meador, appears as in a dream and inspires a woman to return to the water after a devastating loss. Surrounded by a diverse group of female surfers, she paddles out and they perform a ritual of connection to each other and to the ocean that is… Continue reading Short Film: UPWELL, 6min., USA, Dance

Short Film: MOTEL-X, 5min., USA, Dance

Motel X is a human trafficking awareness exhibit that featuring the talents of PONES Dance Company in a film. The Film is used in a bigger installation featured at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, OH. Motel X: Sex Trafficking film was created to show the psychological and physical bondage between the victim… Continue reading Short Film: MOTEL-X, 5min., USA, Dance

Short Film: ADAM & STEVE, 3min, USA, Music

Rising pop star Dorian Electra’s music video for Adam & Steve rewrites homophobic religious rhetoric into queer empowerment. Taking the anti-LGBTQ slogan “God made Adam & Eve, not Adam & Steve” and subverting it, Dorian instead imaginatively re-writes biblical “history” through a subversive queer lens. Co-directed by Electra and creative partner Weston Allen, “Adam &… Continue reading Short Film: ADAM & STEVE, 3min, USA, Music