
Genre: Sports
Accidental Athlete [short film]
Paulette Jones Morant recounts her athletic journey at the University of Virginia in the 1970s.
Bike Vessel
A father and son embark on an epic bike ride from St. Louis to Chicago in this stirring documentary that takes a hard look at health disparities in the Black community.
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games [short film]
This film delves into the historical use of hand games and artistic communication in Black culture.
Generations: Black Perspectives Shorts
Discover stories that resonate, inspire, and spark meaningful conversations in this year’s Community Cinema Shorts Program.
Hard Miles
A social worker at a juvenile detention center assembles an unlikely team of incarcerated teens who must outrace their pasts on a transformative 1000-mile bike ride.
NYAD
Three decades after giving up marathon swimming in exchange for a prominent career as a sports journalist, at the age of 60, Diana (four-time Academy Award nominee Annette Bening) becomes obsessed with completing an epic swim that always eluded her: the 110 mile trek from Cuba to Florida, often referred to as the “Mount Everest” of swims.
Shorts 4: Documentary – In Motion
These short documentaries offer singular looks into lives that have been transformed by pivotal events.
Shorts 7: Black Perspectives – Resonance
Vibrant cultural legacies come to life, hidden histories are unearthed, everyday life is illuminated, and resonant stories unfold in captivating splendor in this collection of shorts.