Identity Movies

Through testimonies from people who practice the art of drag, this short film offers an intimate insight into this world of rhinestones and glitter.

The Mejia family emigrated from Oaxaca to Fresno, California 40 years ago. Filmmaker Trisha ZIff filmed the family in 1996, and returns now to see...

Is home the place you are from, or what you carry inside you wherever you go? The Red House is a story about the endurance of love in the face of...

A mother tries to give what she sees as the best to her daughter.

Leo the foreign legionnaire, Wilhelm the priest and Charly the brothel owner are unequal brothers. Wilhelm is determined to have Charly's brothel...

CodeSwitching is a mash-up of personal stories from three generations of African American students who participated in a landmark voluntary...

Torn from their home by a hand in the sky, colorful entities seek freedom from a rigid binary in this short experimental animation.

Features stories from around the globe that explore identity and relate to one another in unexpected and meaningful ways. This documentary traverses...

Young Fouad, the son of Adel Pasha, travels abroad to continue his studies. During his absence, Adel Pasha assaults Amina, the widow of Attia, the...

Lorraine Carter lives a quiet, contemptuous life in the mundane suburbs of Lincoln. She is restless, discontented and dreams of what once was and...

A group of young adults, Navigate love, identity, self-destruction while trying to survive their twenties in a world that constanlty makes them feel...

Kabir exists simultaneously as a saint, poet, mystic, rebel, and a reformer, resisting any singular definition. By connecting personal experiences,...

Vinny's night is interrupted by strange screams coming from somewhere in his house. As he searches for the source, he finds himself face to face with...

Jeanne is a black artist in her sixties who hasn't had the career she'd hoped for. She has fallen into a deep depression. Bitter, she is unable to...

A young boy searches for the meaning of life, but instead must learn to cope with issues much greater than himself.

In a school marked by silences and veiled prejudices, a group of Black students finds in the Black Well-Being Circle a space for listening,...

A moving recording of the late writer and renowned jazz singer Abbey Lincoln is captured in this new film from Brooklyn-born director Rodney...

Light Upon Light: A Documentary on Hijab is an intimate and deeply personal exploration of the diverse, raw, and untold stories of hijabi women....