Documentary Shorts

Documentary Shorts

Documentary shorts created by award-winning mediamakers.

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Documentary Shorts
  • Black(out)

    When a tech assessment turns into a deadly competition, an ambitious Black teen's internalized biases are tested as she pursues the sole elite position.

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  • Dignity in Rest: First Look Trailer

    Dignity in Rest: First Look Trailer

    *Our History. Our Legacy. Our Final Resting Place.*

    Where we rest matters.

    "Dignity In Rest" is a powerful documentary exploring Black history, cultural identity, family, and the sacred right to choose where we spend eternity. Atlanta filmmaker and Blacktivi...

  • Michigan Visits Matter: The Family Cost of Incarceration

    A short documentary exploring the devastating impact of visitation restrictions on families affected by incarceration in the state of Michigan (USA).

  • How Ethnic Minority Festivals Are Becoming a Part of Hong Kong Culture

    Hong Kong is a bustling metropolis known for its iconic skyline and vibrant street life. But beyond the towering skyscrapers lies an incredible mix of cultures and traditions. The city is home to a diverse array of ethnic communities, including Indian, Pakistani, Nepalese, and Filipino, among man...

  • Shankleville: A Love That Still Stands

    "Shankleville: A Love That Still Stands" chronicles the love story of an enslaved couple who built a community in East Texas, their descendants who celebrate their contributions, and the importance of their history.

  • PowerLines

    Redistricting isn't about lines. Redistricting is about power. Who controls that power? That's up to you.

    “Power Lines,” created with the support of The Carter Center, is the inspiring story of how ordinary citizens united across partisan lines to end gerrymandering in Michigan. This entertainin...

  • Voting Matters with Dr. Carol Anderson

    Voting Matters challenges America's youth to prove their civic and political engagement in a high-stakes examination of voting rights and democracy. This film will be graded...

  • Before 1619: She Took Justice

    Journey to Angola and discover the feats of an extraordinary African warrior Queen who fought European invaders in the 1600s and her powerful connection today.

  • The HoodTrophy Bino Story: Breaking the Generational Curse

    Dive into the captivating narrative of HoodTrophy Bino - a California hip-hop artist from the projects of South Central and Palmdale, discovered by Soulja Boy in jail, and destined to overcome the generational curse of poverty and incarceration plaguing all of the males in his immediate and exten...

  • The Language of Light: Ricky Maynard

    An Indigenous Tasmanian photographer, Ricky started as a darkroom technician at the age of 16. In viewing the racist treatment of Indigenous people in the past via colonial photos, Ricky started questioning the photographer's role, the influence of the image in society and its persuasive power. I...

  • Echoes of Immortality

    This is an experimental film about "love." When we become entangled in the complexities of reality, our limited bodies intertwine within it. Confronted with challenges and dilemmas, we forget that our own selves and the surrounding environment are inextricably intertwined, triggering distorted an...

  • Journey in India: The Land of Colors

    Join Street Art Sans Frontières on an incredible three-week journey across India, where we transform the vibrant streets of Mumbai, Jaipur, and Chandigarh with art. Discover the challenges and triumphs of bringing participatory street art to local communities, fostering cultural exchange and crea...

  • The Jazz Photographer

    “The Jazz Photographer” is a mini-documentary that delves into the world of Bobby Roebuck, exploring how he captures the essence of jazz through his lens. Through his photography, Roebuck tells a compelling story of the genre's evolution and the artists who bring it to life.

  • Mushroom's Quest

    A compassionate and determined young woman, embarks on a heartfelt journey across continents to discover her roots. Armed with little more than a dream and a prayer, her story unfolds against a backdrop of hidden truths, unexpected revelations, and unwavering love.

  • A Race In The Sun

    An exploration of cycling culture through the eyes of Ayesha McGowan who rose through the ranks of the New York City underground cycling world to break barriers as the world's first African American woman to become a professional cyclist.

  • Superadapted, Partners of the Same Dream

    "SUPERADAPTADOS, partners of the same dream", is about the start-up of a factory of adapted tricycles, managed by young people with motor disabilities. These bikes will be donated to other kids with disabilities. A unique case of its kind in the world.

  • Pushing The Limits

    Jean Maggi, shortly after birth, contracted a disease for which he could never walk. Since then only one thing has been proposed: to exceed every limit for “live standing." When he reached the highest route in the Himalayas with his adapted bicycle, he marked a true world landmark. This documenta...

  • Fotonovela

    An old photograph triggers a search for identity.

  • La Magia De Las Pompas

    Art and science come together in soap bubbles. In this documentary we get closer to soap bubbles to learn all their secrets

  • Sombras De Beirut

    Lebanon is the country with more refugees per capita in the world, reaching a third of the population. How is it managed? Interviews with refugees and researchers go deep into the situation. The violence replicates, the scape is repeated.

  • Despues De La Lluvia

    The documentary 'After the Rain' immerses us in three stories of struggle and overcoming in post-conflict Colombia against the backdrop of male violence, the FARC conflict and respect for the rural environment. Overcoming violence and abuse, supporting rural development and fighting climate chang...

  • Square The Circle

    How to be a circle in a square world? In a two-dimensional space, out of time, a person seeks their belonging to the world through a journey to infinity.

  • Islandtrification

    Islandtrification documents the journey of Kānaka Maoli families resisting predatory gentrification on Maui, Hawaii, which has a deep history of displacing locals due to economic development-agribusiness and remains the prime spot for the world elite to build their multimillion-dollar estates.

  • The Blues

    After the brutalization and death of Tyre Nichols, Memphis protestors and citizens came together in honor of his life and against the violence of the several Memphis policemen that took his life, This is a visualization of January 27th through January 31, the day before Nichols' funeral.

    *This f...

  • A Life in Boxes

    As a son uncovers the multiple lives of a father he never knew, his father's life choices reveal a complex truth that echoes throughout a grieving family; peeling back the layers of who Darryl Tarrance truly was.

    In the summer of 2021, young filmmaker Tayton T. Troidl sets out on a journey of fa...