This One’s for the Makers (Documentary Shorts #2)

Earth to KB

Directed by Em K Shapiro

An insightful documentary portrait of KB Brookins, a writer and visual artist from Texas whose star is on the rise.

Aliza Nisenbaum: Painting from Life

Culminating with the opening of Nisenbaum’s Queens Museum exhibition Queens, Lindo y Querido, this film follows the development of Nisenbaum’s observational portraiture and highlights the power of a socially engaged art practice to make a difference in the lives of individuals and communities.

Wouldn’t Make It Any Other Way

Directed by Hao Zhou

Having built a colorful life in Iowa, a costume designer returns to their island hometown, Guam, to make costumes for a children’s theater show and reconnect with distanced parents.

REST INTUIT

Rest Intuit is a rumination on the current revolutionary trend of rest as a revolutionary practice.

American Seams

Directed by Carly Jakins

The stories of three quilters reveal an intimate portrait of rural women in the American West.

I Am Not Your Black Girl

Directed by Jacqueline Mangrum, Ricki Nelson

I AM NOT YOUR BLACK GIRL is a poignant visual embodiment of a poem by the same name, reclaiming the identity of one Black woman against societal impositions.