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American Problems, Trans Solutions (2024)
Logline: Black trans people are among the most marginalized Americans. And because they are also closest to some of the nation’s most pressing problems, they are often able to craft innovative solutions.
Three-part series
Directors: IMARA JONES, NAZENET HABTEZGHI
Producer: NAZENET HABTEZGHI, TILER WILSON
Executive Producer: IMARA JONES
Cinematographers: ROBERT CAUBLE
Editors: CHELSI BULLARD (eps 1-2), CAROLINE BERLER (ep 3)
https://www.pbs.org/wnet/chasing-the-dream/series/american-problems-trans-solutions/
Locked Out (2023)
Official movie poster featuring a chalk drawn house on pavement. A small Black child sleeps on the concrete without shoes and holds a teddy bear.
Logline: Owning a home, the cornerstone of generational wealth, is increasingly out of reach for people of color, impacting women the most. In Detroit, Black women face scammers and evictions, as they fight modern-day redlining to help make The American Dream a reality for all.
77 minutes
Directors: KATE DAVIS, LUCHINA FISHER
Producer: RUPERT MACONICK
Executive Producers: CHRIS BUZZINI, SLAVA BASOVICH, PETER HOOTMAN, STEVE COOK, MICHELLE TRAVINSKI
Cinematographers: CAI THOMAS, JESSE BARRON
Editors: CAROLINE BERLER, CHELSI BULLARD
Composer: GARY GUNN
www.lockedoutfilm.com
The Right to Read (2023)
A young Black boy wearing a black long-sleeved shirt reads a piece of paper that he holds with both hands. Crinkled paper and floating books are in the background. Note: Not to scale.
Logline: The Right to Read shares the stories of an NAACP activist, a teacher, and two American families who fight to provide our youngest generation with the most foundational indicator of life-long success: the ability to read.
71 minutes
Director: JENNY MACKENZIE
Producers: SABI HABIB-LOWDER, JENNY MACKENZIE, KAREEM WEAVER
Executive Producers: LEVAR BURTON, GERALYN DREYFOUS, REGINA K. SCULLY, KATE DRAKE BETTNER, AMY REDFORD, ALLISON MOLKENTHIN, SCOTT & JESSELIE ANDERSON, JUSTIN OLSEN & CHI KIM
Cinematographer: DANNY SCHMIDT
Editor: CHELSI BULLARD
Composer: JONATHAN KIRKSCEY
www.therighttoreadfilm.org
I Identify As Me (2021)
A Black woman wraps her arms around her wife from behind and kisses the side of her face. Her wife smiles revealing dimples in both cheeks.
Logline: A chorus of queer and trans BIPOC reflects on how the intersectionalities of gender and people are infinite.
10 minutes
Directors: TINA COLLEEN, MONICK MONELL
Producers: TINA COLLEEN, MONICK MONELL
Cinematographer: SAFIYAH SMITH
Editor: CHELSI BULLARD
Music: RUPERT UZZELL, AMANDA JONES, CHAD CROUCH, R.T.
www.pocproductions.com
Not Going Quietly (2021)
Official movie poster featuring Ady Barkan who wears a shirt that reads “#Listen To Our Stories” while holding his walking stick in this right hand and a sign that reads “Don’t Take Our Healthcare” in his left hand. He’s being escorted by a police officer. The Washington Monument is in the background.
Logline: Ady Barkan's life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.
96 minutes
Director: NICHOLAS BRUCKMAN
Producer: AMANDA RODDY
Writers: NICHOLAS BRUCKMAN, AMANDA RODDY, KENT BASSETT, MARTHA SHANE
Cinematographers: NICHOLAS BRUCKMAN, ERIN COLLETT, MICHAEL DWYER, RYDER HASKE, ALEX POLLINI, AMANDA RODDY
Editor: KENT BASSETT
Additional Editor: CHELSI BULLARD
Composer: GIOSUÉ GRECO
www.notgoingquietlyfilm.com
I Was Here First (2015)
Two white young adults smile and enjoy themselves on the dance floor of a dimly lit and green-tinted party venue.
Logline: I Was Here First follows 3 prominent ex-Williamsburg venues, taking a critical look at the future of experimental art in a city whose soaring rental market is driving some of its best artists out in search of more welcoming places.
19 minutes
Directors: ADAM GOLUB, KATHERIN MACHALEK
Producers: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN, LUCILA MOCTEZUMA, ADAM GOLUB, KATHERIN MACHALEK
Cinematographers: ADAM GOLUB, KATHERIN MACHALEK
Editor: CHELSI BULLARD
UnionDocs Collaborative Studio Director: LUCILA MOCTEZUMA
UnionDocs Artistic Director: CHRISTOPHER ALLEN