Sponsored Projects
ROOTS OF FIRE LIVE IN CONCERT!
A film by Jeremy & Abby Berendt Lavoi Roots of Fire Live in Concert! is a two-day musical event featuring musicians from the award-winningdocumentary Roots of Fire. This concert will become a feature-length documentary and soundtrack, capturing Grammy-winning...
EMERGENCY CONTACT
A film by Tyler Young An overwhelmed auntie barely making ends meet uses her imagination to entertain her rambunctious niece during a looming tropical storm. DONATE TO EMERGENCY CONTACT
SLIP
A film by Lara Hill A married couple's intimate celebratory date night is derailed when the wife lets the wrong name slip out during sex - her husband's dead name. DONATE TO SLIP
THE CRAMPS: A PERIOD PIECE
A film by Brooke H Cellars Agnes Applewhite deals with monstrous cramps that manifest outside of her own body. DONATE TO THE CRAMPS
THE BLACK NARRATIVES 1618-2143
A film by Jonathan Isaac Jackson Executive Produced by Wendell Pierce and Erika Woods Set in a near future, a grandmother teaches her granddaughter to imbue an artificial intelligence with the rich stories of the African American experience. This journey through a...
I’M ON MY WAY
A film by Ben Chace The legendary Irma Thomas is returning to the studio to record a gospel album and a team of filmmakers will document the process with a feature length film reflecting on her life and career, all culminating in a star studded gospel performance at a...
ROOM FOR DESSERT
A short film by Pamela Davis-Noland A police officer is acquitted, a diner is running out of homemade chocolate cake, and the protests have started. DONATE TO ROOM FOR DESSERT
MANBooBS
A short film by Luke Harris Jamal, a shy, overweight 14-year-old Black boy struggling with his own self-image, stands awkwardly outside a vibrant birthday pool party in honor of his crush- Val. Once inside, he faces insecurities about taking his shirt off while trying...
You Will Not Replace Us
A film by Josh Greene & Luke Harris A documentary drama addressing the shared tribulations and historical unity between Black and Jewish Americans. You Will Not Replace Us is co-directed by two filmmakers, one Black (Luke Harris) and one Jewish (Josh Greene), thus...
Yummy
A film by Kenna J. Moore After returning to work from an abbreviated maternity leave, a grieving online content producer makes an arrangement with a peculiar new co-worker that threatens both of their carefully constructed realities. DONATE TO YUMMY
Torn Direction
A film by Tameka Bob In New Orleans, after the wrath of Hurricane Katrina, a conflicted construction worker battles with the good and evil voices of his childhood comic book characters, all white fighting to overcome a darkened past. DONATE TO TORN DIRECTION
The New Orleans 48 Hour Film Project
The New Orleans 48 Hour Film Project is an annual event that helps strengthen the home-grown Louisiana film industry and connects it to a global filmmaking community. During a wild weekend, teams of filmmakers are recruited from across the Southeastern Louisiana...