Directed by Kasey Lum, Bloom tells the story of a woman (Jodi Balfour) who returns home, only to find it empty. While she was out, her girlfriend has cleared out her clothes and abandoned the relationship. Left only with the plant that she had purchased as a gift for her lover, the woman grieves the loss by…
Racial issues aren’t funny. But the way that we engage it as a culture can be laughable. In American Fiction, Thelonius ‘Monk’ Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) is a well-respected professor of English literature but he is struggling to leave his mark on the literary world himself. His latest novel has failed to catch on with publicists who…
Death of a Whistleblower tells the true story of Luyanda Masinda (Noxolo Dlamini), a reporter who is compelled into action when her friend, Stanley, is suspiciously murdered. Stanley was working on an explosive story about government corruption and Luyinda scours his laptop for information. As she peels back the incredible layers of fraud, she encounters Albert…
The Umbrella Men: Escape from Robben Island dives right into the action almost immediately after the events of the first film. After saving the Goema Club, Jerome, Keisha, Morty, Mila and Auntie Val have settled into the sweet life of success. However, Tariq has not forgotten their duplicity and vows revenge. Soon after, the men find…
Being all things to all people is an impossibility for anyone. Directed by Chloe Robichaud, Days of Happiness tells the story of Emma (Sophie Desmarais), an up-and-coming conductor with tremendous skill and promise. With a promising future in front of her, Emma’s career is (micro)managed by her father, Patrick (Sylvain Marcel). However, their relationship has always strained…
In the end, everyone ends up where they’re supposed to be. Directed by Antoine Fuqua, The Equalizer 3 sees the return of retired government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) as he attempts to process the actions of his life. After a job goes wrong, McCall finds himself lost in Southern Italy. Yet, surprisingly, the injured stranger isn’t…
Growing up is hard to do, especially if you’re a kraken. Directed by Kirk DeMicco, Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken tells the story of Ruby Gillman (Lana Condor), a teenage girl who feels like an outsider at her high school. As a kraken in a human world, Ruby is told that she must hide who she really is…
Directed by Peter Sohn, Elemental follows Ember (Leah Lewis) a fiery young woman who lives in Element City, a world where residents of fire, water, earth and air co-exist. The daughter of immigrants Cinder and Bernie (Shila Ammi and Ronnie del Carmen), Ember works hard in their family’s store and hopes to take over for her father…
Runs in the Family tells the story of River (Gabe Gabriel, who also wrote the script), a young trans drag man who is invited by his father, Varun (Ace Bhatti) to join him on a road trip across South Africa. Their mission? To break River’s estranged mother out of rehab. Things seem to be going their…
Directed by Sharon ‘Rocky’ Roggio, 1946: The Mistranslation that Shifted Culture is an essential documentary that delves deeply into the pain and suffering of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities at the hands of churches. Because of the ways that Christians have interpreted scripture, many queer-identifying Christians continue to face judgment or opposition from their communities. Here, Roggio and her…
