2021 Selections
A Cure for All Things
Directed by
Katherine Chou
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 2: Who We Are, Where We've Been
A young Taiwanese American woman finds a mysterious vial amongst her late mother's things, transforming her into her ancestors and descendants.
1:30 PM
A Date, with History
Directed by
Gaspar González
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 2: Who We Are, Where We've Been
The arrest of a Black woman and a white man at a Miami motel in 1955 provides an unexpected glimpse into the era's complex social history.
1:30 PM
A Day At The Beach
Directed by
Lamesa Nashrat
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 2: Who We Are, Where We've Been
Amid catastrophes of late-stage capitalism, a narrator explores memories and speculative futures from a vanishing shore, all with the careful help of Siri and Jeff Bezos.
1:30 PM
A Song of Grace
Directed by
Arielle C Knight
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 3: P&G Presents Widen the Screen
A poetic story about a Black mother raising an exceptional young artist.
7:00 PM
Accepted
Directed by
Dan Chen
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Closing Night Feature: Closing Night
The ambitious students of the TM Landry Prep School enjoyed a remarkable 100% acceptance rate into the country's most elite colleges until an explosive NY Times article exposed the controversial teaching methods of its dynamic founder.
6:00 PM
Ale Libre
Directed by
Maya Cueva
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Shorts Program 4: Who We Are, Where We're Going
Alejandra is a criminalized organizer and unapologetic immigrant. While preparing for her deportation case, she is forced to reckon with a past mistake and a system that could tear her apart from her family and the only home she has ever known.
12:00 PM
Americanized
Directed by
Erica Eng
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Shorts Program 4: Who We Are, Where We're Going
Growing up in Oakland’s hip-hop culture, Chinese- American Eng struggles to fit in with both her African American basketball teammates and the Asian kids who think she's too "Americanized."
12:00 PM
Black Birth
Directed by
Haimy Assefa
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 3: P&G Presents Widen the Screen
Three expectant mothers, including the director, navigate the joys, fears, and complexity of Black motherhood in America
7:00 PM
Change The Name
Directed by
Cai Thomas
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 3: P&G Presents Widen the Screen
Fifth grade student activists and educators in Chicago campaign to change the name of a park from a slaveholder to abolitionists Anna Murray and Frederick Douglass.
7:00 PM
Congratulations (Mabrook)
Directed by
Asad Farooqui
Friday, November 19, 2021
Shorts Program 1: Opening Night
It's Eid. At a chaotic party, where the men talk politics and the women gossip, two acquaintances share a secret.
6:00 PM
Cupids
Directed by
Zoey Martinson
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 3: P&G Presents Widen the Screen
In this playful comedy, three kids worry that their beloved school bus driver will be lonely this summer without them. Imagining the perfect matches, they set out to find her a partner.
7:00 PM
Del Rio
Directed by
Raj Trivedi
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Shorts Program 5: 2020 Encore Films
On her treacherous journey to reunite with her daughter, an undocumented mother's fateful run-in with a border patrol agent changes both of their lives forever.
2:30 PM
Double Cultura
Directed by
Yessenia Sanchez
Friday, November 19, 2021
Shorts Program 1: Opening Night
As the only English speaker of the house, twelve year old Marisol takes on the overwhelming responsibility of being her immigrant mothers translator.
6:00 PM
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock
Directed by
Shannon Kring
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Feature Film
Indigenous women unite to stop the oil pipeline that threatens their land, water, and very existence.
4:00 PM
Game Changer
Directed by
Tina Charles
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 3: P&G Presents Widen the Screen
Tired of not being respected as a serious gamer simply because she is a woman of color, avid African-American video gamer Tanya DePass decides to change the game.
7:00 PM
Gets Good Light
Directed by
Alejandra Parody
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Shorts Program 5: 2020 Encore Films
A luxury condo begins the day staged for an open house to lure wealthy buyers, but by night becomes a refuge for a family targeted by immigration enforcement.
2:30 PM
Hawaiian Soul
Directed by
ʻĀina Paikai
Friday, November 19, 2021
Shorts Program 1: Opening Night
During the 1970s native rights movement, George Helm, a Hawaiian activist and musician must gain the support of kupuna (community elders) in the fight to protect a precious neighboring island from military bombing.
6:00 PM
Homegoing
Directed by
Yeon Park
Friday, November 19, 2021
Shorts Program 1: Opening Night
During the coronavirus lockdown in the US, an immigrant couple from South Korea struggles to define where home is
6:00 PM
Jesa
Directed by
Kyungwon Song
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Shorts Program 2: Who We Are, Where We've Been
When the filmmaker interviewed her parents about Jesa, a Korean tradition honoring ancestors, things don't go quite as expected.
1:30 PM
Learning Tagalog with Kayla
Directed by
Kayla Galang
Sunday, November 21, 2021
Shorts Program 4: Who We Are, Where We're Going
In this lesson, Kayla teaches you conversational phrases, common expressions, and much, much more in Tagalog.
12:00 PM