WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 14TH BLOCK TWO

Let’s Go Together directed by Kate diRienzi

Length: 10:00

Claire, a socially successful sorority sister, is stuck pre-gaming with her painfully anxious classmate Sophia. Together, they fumble within the constraints of a heteronormative college environment and they form an unlikely connection.

 

Trombone Magic directed by Jason Kim

Length: 10:56

When David figures out the source of the music that is playing inside his head, he comes to a deeper understanding of himself.

 

Black is Black directed by Thomas J. Cooksey

Length: 05:00

Black is Black is a short film sparking a much-needed conversation about colorism, a large issue within the black community, as well as many other communities. Colorism is the prejudice or discrimination against individuals with a dark skin tone, typically among people of the same ethnic or racial group.

Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux directed by Liz Kiger, Matthew Kyle Levine & Ezra Spurrier

Length: 04:57

Brooklyn Telemann Chamber Society’s first music video featuring performer and director Liz Kiger, with footage from Joshua Tree California, and New York, telling an LGBTQIA interpretation of the Jean-Philippe Rameau operatic aria “Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux“ from the Baroque opera Castor et Pollux, where Télaïre recounts the loss of their beloved Castor.

County directed by Fahim Hamid

Length: 26:30

The biggest secret in politics is the smallest office you could possibly run for. “County” is a documentary about County Committee—the fundamental building blocks of our democracy that our Parties don’t want you to know about—and the activists in NYC fighting to unveil and reform a corrupt system.

 

Sunset Orange directed by Anisa Benitez

Length: 05:57

We witness a work-break phone call that brings a young woman from breakdown to breakthrough. “Sunset Orange” is a glimpse into the inflection point of awakening, transcending conditioning, and remembering truth. 

 

Think Lovely Thoughts directed by Stephen Snavely

Length: 15:03

Exploring the tormenting, and often disorienting experience of living with severe anxiety, depression, and panic, Think Lovely Thoughts is a film about the push/pull for one man’s sanity while his subconscious tears at his grip on reality.

 

Workwear directed by Emily Everhard

Length: 05:21

A corporate consultant by day and a drag queen by night, Jebreel’s worlds collide as he prepares for a show and must answer to his demanding boss. A Columbia University short film.

 

pre-face directed by Sarah Gallegos

Length: 12:39

A preface to her origin story, recent graduate Hannah experiences new realizations about life after high school as she struggles to figure out what’s next.

Countdown directed by Lucy Blumenfield & Arielle Friedman

Length: 10:00

Olive wants more than anything to embrace her sexuality in the ways she sees all of her peers doing. Yet in doing so, she begins to question the intimacy of her relationship with Julia, her best friend.