IBDFF 2022 Trailers (A-Z) - see these films next week!

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AAAMC Speaks

Directed by Dr. Tyron Cooper, Ethan Gill, Haley Semian

Day 2 Block Category: Pop Culture, followed by Q&A

Day 3 Block Category: Pop Culture, followed by Q&A

Through this docuseries, the wealth of materials within Indiana University's Archives of African American Music and Culture comes alive.

Becoming Black Lawyers

Directed by Evangeline M. Mitchell

Day 2 Block Category: Mission & Purpose

When these five Black lawyers set out on their journeys to receive a professional legal education, they discover the contradictions of studying in an institution that idealistically represents justice for all.

Black Action Figures

Directed by Dave Steck

Day 3 Block Category: Pop Culture

In this short documentary about representation and the power of seeing yourself included in popular culture, Duro Wicks shows some of his personal collection and talks about his passionate drive to find and collect Black action figures.

Black Daddy: The Movie

Directed by Damon Jamal Taylor

Day 3 Block Category: Mission & Purpose, followed by Q&A

A triumphant docu-musical that highlights the often-overlooked Black father's point of view, Black Daddy: The Movie follows a group of like-minded men as they share stories of the joy, pain, and complexities of Black fathers in America. 

Book II: History of Africans in America

Directed by Bayer Mack

Day 2 Block Category: Society & Justice

John Brown is dead, but the African American fight for freedom continues. After northern industrialists and southern planters work together to create a booming Antebellum economy and class system based on cotton and cheap immigrant labor, the country splits over the issue of slavery and descends into a bloody Civil War.

Breathing Black

Directed by Tina Canady

Day 2 Block Category: Health & Wellness

Breathing Black follows nine Black Baltimoreans as they find joy

amidst the global COVID-19 Pandemic and a summer of reckoning.

The Children Could Fly

Directed by Tiffani Marie

Day 3 Block Category: Mission & Purpose

Following students within a unique program, this documentary disrupts the belief that increased schooling leads to social and economic uplift, critical thinking, and a sustainable sense of purpose. 

Crossroads Stories

Directed by Alyse Tucker Bounds and Ryan Furr Creative

Day 3 Block Category: Society & Justice, followed by Q&A

Through a series of interviews with community members in Columbus, Indiana, this documentary aims to start the conversation about race in small-town America and making safer places for everyone to live.

The Glories of Our Journey: A Community Story 

Directed by Jerald Harkness

Day 1 Opening Night Reception Featured Screening

This documentary tells the story of John Hope School No. 26, which for many decades was an important part of the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood in Indianapolis. Bound together by a spirit of love and resilience, the school served a flourishing neighborhood and demonstrated community at its best.

It's Different in Chicago

Directed by David Weathersby

Day 2 Block Category: Pop Culture

It's Different in Chicago is an anthology documentary that tells the story of how House music and Hip-Hop culture complemented and competed with each other leading to deep revelations about the different segments within the Black community of Chicago.

Isolated Hope: Navigating the New Normal

Directed by Pamela Hart Vines

Day 3 Block Category: Health & Wellness, followed by Q&A

Isolated Hope: Navigating the New Normal explores the emotional and physical struggles brought on by the pandemic and the ways that some in Washington D.C.  are finding closure.

The Last to Know

Directed by Erica Stevenson

Day 2 Block Category: Society & Justice, followed by Q&A

Join 89-year-old retired educator and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, Opal Lee, often referred to as the Grandmother of Juneteenth, as she begins a years-long campaign to make her vision of Juneteenth becoming a federally recognized holiday a reality.

Reparations

Directed by Jon Osaki

Day 2 Block Category: Society & Justice

Reparations explores the four-century struggle to seek repair and atonement for slavery in the United States. Black and Asian Americans reflect on the legacy of slavery, the inequities that persists, and the critical role that solidarity between communities has in acknowledging and addressing systemic racism in America.

'Round Miles

Directed by Christopher Wilkinson, Edited by Jake Feldman

Day 3 Block Category: Pop Culture, followed by Q&A with editor

Six Jazz legends gather at the Catalina Jazz club to discuss the style and personality of Miles Davis. Originally filmed as research for the 2015 film, Miles Ahead, the conversation was so compelling it was released as a standalone documentary. 

The Sun Rises in The East

Directed by Tayo Giwa

Day 2 Block Category: Mission & Purpose

The Sun Rises in The East chronicles the birth, rise, and legacy of The East, a pan-African cultural organization founded in 1969 by teens and young adults in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. 

Taking Israel

Directed by Vincent Singleton

Day 2 Block Category: Mission & Purpose

From 1988-2002 over 200 African American students from Wilberforce University in Ohio went to Israel each summer to observe the political, social, and educational environment. This documentary chronicles their story and impact.

This is [Not] We Are

Directed by Beret E. Strong and Katrina Miller

Day 3 Block Category: Society & Justice

Exploration of the gap between the progressive self-image of Boulder, Colorado and the lived experiences of its Black community is interwoven with the firsthand recollection of Zayd Atkinson, a university student who was threatened by an armed police officer outside his dorm and lived to tell the story.

The Wolves and Butterflies: Lupus Diaries

Directed by Keisha Jordan

Day 3 Block Category: Health & Wellness

This documentary unpacks the complex realities of living with lupus, exposing the emotional journeys of not only lupus warriors, but also their caregivers, loved ones, and friends.