2014 ABFF

When four high school best friends' lives are dramatically changed on the night of a near fatal accident, eighteen years later they're reunited, only to discover that a set of past and present secrets will alter the course of their futures forever.

25 TO LIFE shares the story of William Brawner, a young man who kept his HIV Positive status a secret for over twenty-five years. Now, William seeks redemption from his promiscuous past as he embarks on a new phase of life. We journey with William and his family as he struggles to carve out an open and honest future.

A diverse group of guests at a tropical island resort find their lives intersecting when a hurricane strikes, forcing them to bond as they seek refuge. A grieving pastor struggles with losing his faith after his daughter's death. A socialite questions her picture-perfect engagement and future. A widowed grandmother bickers with her troubled grandson. Though strangers, the storm causes their stories to collide as they help each other weather internal and external tempests.

An aspiring poet in a troubled marriage sparks with a new man who helps her find her artistic voice.

A film that explores how African American communities have used the camera as a tool for social change from the invention of photography to the present. This epic tale poetically moves between the present and the past, through contemporary photographers and artists whose images and stories seek to reconcile legacies of pride and shame while giving voice to images long suppressed, forgotten, and hidden from sight.

Til Infinity is a full length documentary celebrating the twenty year anniversary of the critically acclaimed Souls of Mischief album 93 Til Infinity With over 50 interviews with notable MC's, producers and DJ's Til Infinity offers a retrospective and in-depth look at the famed Hieroglyphics crews landmark 1993 debut album Oakland California filmmaker Shomari Smith interviewed the entire Hieroglyphics collective while traveling across the country to capture intimate dialog with hip hop notables.