Emerging Filmmaker Spotlight

Emerging Filmmaker Spotlight

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Emerging Filmmaker Spotlight
  • Song of Earthroot

    Song of Earthroot is a feature-length documentary that centers on Kinh T. Vu, a Vietnamese American music education professor, who was adopted at the end of the American War in Vietnam. We follow Kinh as he returns to Saigon, Vietnam for the 37th time in 11 years as he reclaims his story by writi...

  • Inclusion on the Air

    A documentary about the life and work of Emily Kingsley, a former "Sesame Street" writer and longtime advocate for children with disabilities and their families.

    From filmmaker Eli Canter.

  • Spectrums
    Movie + 2 extras

    Spectrums

    Movie + 2 extras

    Student short from Kayla Hurley, a student at Towson University in Towson, MD.

  • Sonder: A Talk with Ed Johnson

    Movie + 2 extras

    sonder: (n.) the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own - populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries, and inherited craziness.

  • Select One
    Movie + 2 extras

    Select One

    Movie + 2 extras

    A college student spirals into crippling anxiety when trying to fill out a form that will only let her select one race.

    About the Director
    Ariel Narayan is a Sophomore at Boston University, studying film and television. Through her work, she hopes to promote diversity and social change for under...

  • Planting Roots

    "Planting Roots" focuses on the multifaceted challenges faced by the youth in San Juan la Laguna, Guatemala. Fransisco Mendez introduces his perspective on growing up in this community and he highlights “Dreams and Hopes” as an organization that educates and equips students through scholarship, m...

  • Planting Roots - Recharging Energies

  • SEEDS: Planting Hope Through Education

    'SEEDS', Planting Hope Through Education is a grassroots documentary which transports you to Uganda and spotlights the crucial importance of education in eradicating poverty. The documentary takes viewers on an emotional and uplifting journey following Annabelle, Janepher and Brenda - three remar...

  • Kasheer Kaete (Where is Kashmir)

    In conflict-ravaged Kashmir, Adnan - a young boy of a lower middle-class family stretches himself beyond limits to earn a smile on his blind sister’s face by buying her a birthday cake. His efforts however, are left at the mercy of circumstance when, while returning from the town bakery, Adnan’s ...

  • At What Cost

    An Asian-American dancer is forced to confront her trauma in the wake of her immigrant mother's death and in doing so, mends her strained relationship with her younger brother.
    At What Cost reflects the experience and struggles of immigrant families: the generational divides, the unrealistic expe...

  • Lady!

    As a degenerative disease robs her husband’s identity, a devoted wife battles caregiver fatigue and heartache, but eventually discovers a new purpose in life.
    This documentary follows caregiver Siti as she finds herself on an unmapped course in caring for her husband, while trying to hold her fa...

  • Physical Therapy

    A gay Latino doctor must decide between keeping his low-income clients or taking a job at a private practice for the kids of the mega-rich.

  • Uncivilized

    After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, certain media outlets sparked a new conversation when they compared refugees from Ukraine with those from third world countries, questioning their civility. The Uncivilized documentary follows the lives of 4 Syrian refugees in Calgary, Canada and uncovers th...

  • Refuge

    John is a Haitian migrant who fled his country due to political instability and death threats. After a long journey, he managed to be recognized as a refugee in Mexico, which allowed him to start a new story in a new territory, but for John this story is not over since his wife and baby were stra...

  • Ofrenda

    A young woman finds herself at odds with grief and tradition as she prepares for Dia de los Muertos.

  • Deliver Us [Trailer]

    Black mothers are dying in childbirth at staggering rates, and in the midst of a global pandemic and a national race reckoning, black midwives around the country are opening birth centers and demanding justice for Black mothers. From filmmakers Jenny Callaghan & Randi Matthews