In Short
Sometimes brief glimpses are the most intriguing; flashes of insight, which are paradoxically fulfilling. These are titles, which explore broad themes within limited timeframes, push these media makers to the very edge of storytelling and visual innovation. This collection is populated with titles that rise to the challenge of engaging an audience over the nuances of character, plot and place, telling so much with so little.
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Bi-Racial Hair 4miins 55secs
A young teen girl ponders race and its meaning for her through a poem about her hair.
Black Body Radiation 38min 58secs
Hollablk’s short film, ‘Black Body Radiation’ imagines a future New York dominated by three rival, warring, black religious sects after two space ships mysteriously crash into Manhattan.
Reparation Blues 5mins
A performance piece on the modern meaning of the displacement caused by slavery, around the controversial issue of reparations.
Taxi (2008) 6mins 31secs
Filmmaker Javan Cornelius explores race in a very modern context - the back seat of a taxi cab.
The Ghosts of John Jay 4mins 30secs
A short documentary exploring from a student perspective the truth about a seemingly notorious high school in Brooklyn, New York.
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Jeremiah Strong 25 mins
A short film about a drifter trying to make amends for past mistakes. While searching for a low-rent apartment, Jeremiah discovers affordable housing isn't the only thing that's difficult to regain in life.
The Open Letter Project (NMI 2008)
The Open Letter Project is a national collaboration of producers from the third annual New Media Institute,...
What does it mean to be a man? The Masculinity Project will gather multi-generational voices to explore...
An honest perspective of the world would not be near complete without the younger voices of any generation....
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Burning in the Sun [Remix] 11mins
Daniel Dembele returns home to Mali with an idea, cheap renewable energy for the masses, can he make his solar panel social business stick in West Africa?
This War At Home 7mins
In a letter to a namesake uncle lost in Vietnam author Ivan Sanchez ponders the value of war, and connects this generational void to the deterioration of his Bronx neighborhood.
Never Will Be Forgotten: Oscar Grant Tribute 8mins
Youth producers at Youth Movement Records reflect on the injustices they witness in the aftermath of the police shooting of young Oscar Grant.
Remix: In Search of Our Fathers
Filmmaker Marco Williams documents his journey to finding his biological father.
NMI 2007 ~ Sojuke 2mins
A poem by poet Bryonn Bain, accompanying the 2007 NMI project Juke Joint Live.
Black Filmmakers On Film: Byron Hurt 23mins 34secs
Filmmaker Noland walker interviews fellow contemporary Byron Hurt.
NMI 2006 ~Black Hole 2 mins
A video-textural exploration of the physics of well-being as it relates to blackness.
NMI 2006 ~ The Other Side 3mins 16secs
Ever wondered what would happen if you kept throwing a tennis ball at a wall?
NMI 2007 ~ Blues People 2mins 47secs
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.
Touch Adventure, In Zambia 9mins 16secs
Tourism and business meet again, and this time with thrilling results in Zambia, Africa.
From Black Power To Black Monday 11mins 51secs
Produced by Howard University students for NBPC's Eyes On The Prize New Media Competition
Made In Lesotho 5mins 36secs
Jennifer Chen runs a socially conscious production factory in Lesotho that ships to global businesses like Footlocker and The Gap.
NMI 2007 ~ Remixing The Blues 1min 34secs
As part of NBPC's 2007 New Media Institute, producers around the nation convened in Jackson Mississippi to document the blues through new media.