Based on the dialogue with the paternal figure, the film is a reminder to black men of the encounter of today in tomorrow about the absence that arose yesterday.
When one moment changes everything, Henry’s family are split between a past they no longer recognise, and a future they could never foresee. Based on the Sunday Times best-selling autobiography by Henry Fraser, The Little Big Things is a uplifting and colourful new British musical with an explosive theatrical pop soundtrack in a world premiere production.
Six children embark on a journey through healing when they become a part of the "You Are Not Alone" mural project; a 6x6 foot turtle-shaped sculpture developed by renowned artist Professor Marietta D'Antonio Fryer of Cheyney University.
Based on the novel ‘Wilted Flower’ by Nou Hach, the film unfolds a gripping tale of grief and desperate hope. When Noun, the mother, breaks off her daughter's engagement to a struggling suitor in favor of a wealthier match, tragedy ensues. As her daughter's heartbreak consumes her, illness tightens its grip, pushing Noun to turn to ancient rituals for salvation.
Walter, from The Muppets, climbs out of a picture of himself on one of the walls of the Jim Henson Company, followed by Abby Cadabby, from Sesame Street. Walter and Abby get the idea to take an outdoor anniversary group photo. With a wave of her wand and some magic words ("Fabric, fleece, and foam sublime! Come on out, it's picture time!"), Abby brings all of the pictures of Muppets and Creatures from across the company to life. Since the photo shoot isn't due to happen until midnight, this gives everyone plenty of time to interact and mingle with each other; most of the special consists of interactions between characters from various Jim Henson Company productions.
A short drama about a library cleaner who plans a final return to Nigeria, his birth country.
A Black boy’s journey through an ineffectual public school system reveals the racial inequities built into everyday British life. Young Kingsley Smith is a spirited aspiring astronaut with a love of drawing whose life is turned upside down when he is thrust into a new school for the “educationally subnormal”—a harrowing experience that gradually awakens his mother to the institutional mistreatment of the children of West Indian immigrants. Shot on Super 16 mm to evoke BBC television dramas from the 1970s.
An eight year old girl adopted from China leads her father to a deeper understanding of what she faces in a new culture and what she longs for from her home country.
Lu Yang is a strong player on the football team and behaves well in the game. Teachers and colleagues criticized him, but he left the collective to organize a team outside the school. Under the influence of external coach Wu An, Lu Yang fostered individualism and his performance declined. And through a game between the class team and the external team, students are able to distinguish between right and wrong.
The filmmaker and her husband filmed their sons reaching the same milestones during the boys’ first year of life, placing the images side by side on the screen so audiences can see how the boys’ individual journeys mirror each other. Besides providing a meditation on how siblings grow up, the film is a joyful look at what it’s like to make sense of the world for the first time.
A new 'Dora the Explorer' live-action film is in the works. The script follows as Dora, Diego and their new friends trek through perilous dangers of the Amazonian jungle in search of the ancient treasure of Sol Dorado in order to keep this powerful treasure out of enemy hands.
