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A black-and-white film still from Revival 24 shows a blurred figure of a Black man dancing mid-motion against a black background. The man is wearing a black tank top, jeans, and a dark-colored durag.

Claiming our bodies for ourselves.

Thank you to our screening partners: Twelve Gates Arts, me too. International, and Galaei.

Films in this Program

A black-and-white film still from Revival 24 shows a blurred figure of a Black man dancing mid-motion against a black background. The man is wearing a black tank top, jeans, and a dark-colored durag.
North America PremiereExperimental

Revival 24

Revival 24 captures an immediate moment within the third space in which, through the spirit, the Black male body…

A film still from Our Bodies Ours shows an embroidered white bird mid-flight on a black background.
World PremiereShort Documentary

Our Bodies Ours

Our Bodies Ours is a short poetic animated film that explores the nuance and beauty of trans becoming from a diasporic…

A film still from Glass Bricks shows a Black drag queen performing in a dark room with a red spotlight.
Short Documentary

Glass Bricks

Deconstructing what it means to be a man, Glass Bricks challenges the outward presentation of gender conformity through…

A film still from Free Lyric shows a teenage Black girl surrounded by three teenage Black boys in a room.
North America PremiereShort Documentary

Free Lyric

Reliving one of the first viral social media moments in rap culture, when a 17-year-old female rapper’s life was turned…

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A film still from I Got My Brother shows two Black men sitting on the floor against a wood wall in a house. The man on the left is wearing a beige shirt and camo pants. He has a tattoo on his right arm. The man on the right is wearing a green shirt and khaki pants. He’s looking at the man on the left, and the two are both smiling.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Documentary

I Got My Brother

Two brothers reflect on their candid and often humorous memories of surviving the foster care system and prison,…

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Friday, August 72:00PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
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