The youth wanted to show the grim realities of living in poverty and the trauma one bad decision could cause for the entire family.

June 1943, Officer Harvey, a white police officer and black business owner Carver Jefferson meet while Beaumont is under martial law. Tensions explode, forcing them to make decisions that will question their morals.

When kids in the neighborhood begin to go missing, Aria, her friends, and her two mothers band together to make sure Aria isn't next.

A glimpse into the life of two farm boys, Sam and Seb Buckley. One is black and the other is white.

While being terrorized by one of their own, the kids of a group home come together to take her down.

When a young girl loses her mother right before a game, it takes her teammates to help her pull through.

While contemplating his future, a teenage boy is forced to publicly address a painful secret.

A teenage girl, kidnapped off the streets, fights to free a group of hopeless girls from a deadly sex trafficking ring. The young girls from Maryvale Group Home wanted to write a film that showed how hopeless and lonely it feels to live within the foster care system. In addition, a few of the gir...

Raised by Krump is a 22-minute documentary film that explores the Compton/South Central, Los Angeles-born dance movement called “Krumping”, and the lives of some of the area’s most influential and prolific dancers.

Nelson Mandela is one of the most influential men in the world. Mandela stood firmly as a public leader of the anti apartheid movement. In 1962, he was arrested and convicted of sabotage and conspiracy to overthrow the government and was sentenced to life in prison. An international campaign ensu...

Three siblings learn a valuable lesson about how to show appreciation to their mother. The youth created this film to show people that love is the key to happiness, not money.

Classic rhythm and blues street drama where music saves the day.

When 82-year-old Leo "Bud" Welch skyrocketed from the Mississippi backwoods to global Blues stardom in 2014 with his debut record, it took the music world by surprise. Where has this guy been the last 60 years? Why has nobody ever heard of him?

An African American police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.

Cities across the United States are consistently being impacted by the growing number of single parent households. This occurrence transcends cultural barriers although, the African American community has been impacted most. What has caused this dilemma? Why are families no longer headed by a mot...

Josh Crooks is a promising teen hockey star in a sport where Black players like him are chronically underrepresented. Ice Breakers reveals the buried history of a pioneering Black hockey league in Atlantic Canada, as Crooks discovers that his unshakable passion is tied to a rich and remarkable he...

Envy leads two young girls to become best friends and to appreciate their own lives. The youth created to teach people to value the little things, such as family and friendship.

Four girls’ innocent game of hide and seek takes a turn when they realize they are not alone.

A young girl searches for answers to her father’s identity and the reason she was sent to foster care. While putting the power of love on display in this cinematic short film, the youth from the Maryvale Agency wanted to show us the traumatic burden cast upon children who've entered the foster ca...

Witty, razor-sharp observations abound in this stand-up performance from Gina Yashere.

Filmed live in San Francisco, CA, UK's premier black female comedian, Gina Yashere, has come to America! Her unique take on being a cultural insider and outsider never fails to raise the roof as she gives us her take on the news gripping the nation.

Like father, like son.

After being released from a treatment center, a teenage kid realizes that everyone he comes in contact with quickly fades away. The youth from the Hillsides Agency created this film to express how alone, invisible, and voiceless they feel in the foster care system; as well as to encourage partici...

Set in the Civil Rights Era, a group of young Black girls must band together to defeat a villain trying to silence them and their movement. This film was written by five Black girls who wanted society to recognize that Black women are victims of violence and racial injustice too. They felt that t...