SHORTS PROGRAM
Black + Queer On ScreenThrough the intimate lens of eight gender-diversive people and masculine-presenting women, the social concept of gender is explored and challenged.
Total Running Time – 75 minutes
Engúngún (Masquerade)
Director: Olive Nwosu
Year: 2021
Country: Nigeria/UK
Running Time: 13 Minutes
A young woman returns home to Nigeria for her mother’s funeral and finds painful memories and unexpected healing.
Merman
Director: Sterling Hampton IV
Year: 2023
Country: United States
Running Time: 11 Minutes
Andre Chambers, a.k.a. “Merman“, is a 58 year-old Black queer man who speaks about his life as an emergency nurse, leather title holder, and civil rights advocate.
I Identify As Me
Director: Tina Colleen & Monick Monell
Year: 2021
Country: USA
Running Time: 10 Minutes
Through the intimate lens of eight gender-diversive Trans, gender-diverse people and masculine-presenting women, the social concept of gender is explored and challenged.
Finding the Light
Director: Brandon Haynes
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Running Time: 22 Minutes
Donna Hylton uses her experience in the prison system and her social justice non-profit to support other Black women and LGBTQ+ folks.
Catching Spirits
Director:Vanessa Beletic
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 13 Minutes
Destiny’s been told that she has seizures when she dances. But will dancing endanger her or unlock a magical birthright?
Hold On To Me
Director:Te Shima Anusha Brennen and Rajvi Desai
Year: 2022
Country: USA
Running Time: 5 Minutes
Hold On To Me is an ode to Mother LaTravious, originally from Florida, a Black trans matriarch who chronicles her journey from caterpillar to butterfly.