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- An Iranian American trans man travels back in time to an LGBTQ+ archive to understand his sexuality. He encounters his past and present selves during an erotic journey of self-discovery.
- A mystical teen noir that follows a young girl's disappearance in the rural Midwest and its effect on teens and parents.
- Zaynab, a thirtysomething lesbian Pakistani Muslim in Chicago, takes care of her sweet, TV-obsessed mother. As Zaynab falls for Alma, a bold, very bright Mexican woman, she searches for her identity in life, love, and wrestling.
- Clemence returns home after dropping out of college with a newly diagnosed mental illness.
- Two strangers get hooked on worms and slither into the primordial ooze.
- Jo, a white trans woman craving an increasingly elusive intimacy, Carter, a queer Black man at odds with his conservative upbringing, and Emerie, a Latina trans woman stuck in an incompatible relationship, all converge from different parts of Chicago for a magical New Year's Eve night. As hangovers fade, and the three friends face awkward hook-ups, nervous dates, and the unlikely pursuit of lasting love, at least they have each other.
- Code-Switched is a comedy-drama series that follows the interconnected lives of five South Asian-American Chicagoans and friends trying to blaze their own trails in a world of high-expectations, fleeting relationships, and gentrified workplaces.
- Ordinary people confront complicated matters of social justice, technology, and culture in a unique near-future world with interconnected narratives.
- Billie #hatesherjob and quits mere months before getting married. She meets a ragtag group of women also looking for employment, and finds herself juggling her upcoming wedding with launching a new tech start-up.
- A queer girl named Trinity huffs the contents of a magic aerosol can and develops the ability to talk to the dead.
- A dark comedy about a woman struggling with body dysmorphic disorder, an unexpected pregnancy and all the Renaissance fanfare that comes with it.
- Starting with teenagers at Dairy Queen and ending with boomers at book club, Nancy and her adult daughter Allison must find the courage to fiercely protect each other from their respective bullies.
- The Orange Story is a narrative short film that tells the story of an elderly Japanese American man who must sell all his belongings and report to a temporary detention center during WWII from where he will be forcibly removed to an undisclosed location. The film also uses archival radio, film, and photographic sources to complement this narrative, providing a strong historical context for the story.
- Chelli Look, a leather bag artist, faces overwhelming grief after the murder of her sister. Chelli's journey towards healing forces her to rediscover who she is as an artist, leading to a revelation that takes her in a new direction.
- A webseries gone viral following 4 gay Latino grads that are also witches slaying white supremacy.
- Despite a language barrier, a friendly Indian grandmother connects with her reserved Polish neighbor while gardening in their backyards.
- A Korean immigrant goes to a local casino after receiving a voucher in the mail for free slot play and lunch. Is this just harmless fun, or the beginning of a gambling problem?
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- ZWISCHEN Lori Felker ZWISCHEN ("between" in German) exists on the thin line between opposing forces. Dirt moves over light to a hand-drawn soundtrack of noise and space. 3min, 2006. BLOKD Martin Mulcahy Through the voices and tools of his great grandfather, an early avant-garde filmmaker, a man explores the world as if we are living inside a movie set. 5min, 2016. YO NO SOY ESA Diana Delgado Pineda On an ordinary winter afternoon, a mother does laundry and her daughter puts her clothes away. What could happen when Mom isn't looking? 6min, 2014. ANT HOUSE Valia O'Donnell The house of a family torn by domestic strife is eaten by termites as a manifestation of the tension within. 2min, 2016. GIANTS ARE SLEEPING Amanda Gutierrez The identity, transformation, and ownership of one Chicago electrical substation, exploring the relationship between human memory and architecture. 11 minutes, 2014. SELFIE Valia O'Donnell A multi-media animation contrasting tourism in Rome with the experience of a Bangladeshi immigrant selling selfie sticks. 1min, 2015. CHOSEN PEOPLE Qihui Wu An experimental documentary depicting the daily activities of the Israel of God Church on the south side of Chicago. 18 min, 2016. GRANDMA and ME DANCING WITH HIBARI Elliott Chu Elliott's grandma is awakened to dance with her favorite Japanese singer. 2min, 2016. HAIL MARY Emily Esperanza An exercise in holding space (vulnerability). 16 min, 2016. SPARROW DUET Steve Socki Animated abstract shapes and gestures dance together in patterns suggesting ritualistic, bird-like action. 4min, 2014.
- Hidden Histories is a touring program of five short narrative films about Japanese American incarceration during WWII. Each film tells a personal story dramatizing a different period of this history, starting from Executive Order 9066 (which authorized the confinement sites) to the present-day legacy for younger generations. Hidden Histories commemorates an important chapter in our nation's history, and pays tribute to the 120,000 Americans who suffered the indignity and untold losses of this unjustified incarceration. These stories also serve as a cautionary tale. The Civil Liberties Act of 1988, signed into law by President Reagan, declared that Japanese American incarceration was "motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria, and a failure of political leadership." Despite this forceful statement, our nation is at risk of repeating these grave mistakes. Hidden Histories provides a much-needed reminder of the profound cost of abandoning our ideals of an inclusive society and equal protection under the law.
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- ShortA gender-fluid Latine performance artist and a neurotic Asian American therapist are led by a series of uncanny circumstances into a world of chakras, spirits, and cult leader fanaticism.