FILMS

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TRUE NORTH

Year: 2025

Through never before seen compelling historical footage and the voices of those who lived through the tumultuous period of 1960s Montréal, TRUE NORTH uses a bold cinematic aesthetic that centers the power of memory and archive to expose the pivotal events of a moment that impacted the global movement for Black liberation.

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Poster for the HBO documentary "Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project," showing a woman's face with a cosmic background, awards logos, and the title in glowing orange text.

GOING TO MARS:
The Nikki Giovanni Project

Year: 2023

Through intimate vérité, archival footage, and visually innovative treatments of her poetry, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project pushes the boundaries of biographical documentary film by traveling through time and space to reveal the enduring influence of one of America’s greatest living artists and social commentators.

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BLACK GIRLS PLAY:
The Story of Hand Games

Year: 2023

A look at the influence that hand games played by Black girls has had on the American creative landscape.

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STATELESS

Year: 2020

In 1937, tens of thousands of Haitians and Dominicans of Haitian descent were exterminated by the Dominican army, on the basis of anti-black racism. Fast-forward to 2013, the Dominican Republic’s Supreme Court stripped the citizenship of anyone with Haitian parents, retroactive to 1929, rendering more than 200,000 people stateless. Director Michèle Stephenson’s new documentary follows the grassroots campaign of a young attorney named Rosa Iris, as she challenges electoral corruption and fights to protect the right to citizenship for all people.

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Poster for the film 'Elena' featuring sunlight streaming through trees, with a person wading in water and award laurels at the top.

ELENA

Year: 2021

This documentary finds beauty in qualities of Haitian life which the Dominican government scorns.

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AMERICAN PROMISE

Year: 2014

A documentary 13 years in the making, American Promise provides a rare look into black middle-class life while exploring the common hopes and hurdles of parents navigating their children’s educational journeys.

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U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Achievement in Filmmaking at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival
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