Progeny
CC
Closed captions online
OC
Open captions in-person
Parenthood’s trials, tribulations, errors and successes.
Films in this Program
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative
Black Santa
Every year Henry looks forward to his job working as a mall Santa alongside his son Otis. But as Otis grows older, this…
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative
Rest Stop
On a bus ride from New York to Oklahoma, Meyi, a young Ugandan-American girl, realizes her place in the world through…
United States PremiereShort Narrative
We Are Griots (Nous les Griots)
Daouda is a father from Senegal living in France. Malik, his son, wants to marry Mariama. A meeting beetween the…
East Coast PremiereShort Narrative
Mai Jeroum
On the morning of, Bev and her family anticipated the verdict of her son’s trial.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Narrative
The Truth About Alvert, the Last Dodo (La Vérité sur Alvert, le Dernier Dodo)
On Réunion Island, little Lunet and his grandfather Dadabé set out on a quest to turn a chicken into a dodo bird, whose…
World PremiereShort Documentary
Ebony
Filmed over two years, a single mom raising six kids in a transitional housing program in Brownsville, Brooklyn aims to…
Tickets
In Person
Sunday, August 62:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
Thursday, August 33:00PM EDTLightbox Film Center