Q&A with Director Sean Havey and Producer Andres Cediel

“We Still Love Here” is a short documentary told through the eyes of die-hard fans, capturing the final home game of the Oakland A’s in intimate detail. As Oakland bids farewell to its last pro team, the film reflects on the Coliseum as a refuge—a place where the city’s diverse community came together to celebrate baseball, belonging, and “The Town” itself.

Directed by Julia Nacario

An Oakland-based Bisaya tattoo artist rediscovers and unlocks indigenous Filipino histories through ink. In pre-colonial Philippines, tattooing was an integral part of self-identification and status amongst the Visayan people. Today, 500 years after the Spanish colonized what they dubbed “Las Islas de los Pintados”, many Filipinos have lost touch with this prolific tattoo tradition of nearly 4,000 years.

Q&A with Director Calvin Gaskin

Black Joy is revolutionary. Black Joy Parade is more than just an event, it's a celebration of community, culture, and resilience. Oakland is a city rooted in activism, creativity, and unity. It’s a moment to honor the past, embrace the present, and inspire the future. Here's to more black joy.

#MakeItBay is an initiative dedicated to uplifting the Bay Area’s cultural economy and generating jobs by attracting film and TV productions to the region. Through the launch of an Oakland Film Development Office and a rebate program administered by the City of Oakland, #MakeItBay will build core infrastructure to support screen sector growth in the East Bay.

Directed by Emmanuel Phillips

Follow Maekiaphan, a Taino woman from the U.S. Virgin Islands on her journey to reclaim her Taino heritage and to become the first woman Kasike (chief) of the Taino tribe.

Directed by Kjell Boersma & Thao Lam

As a child in Vietnam, Thao’s mother often rescued ants from bowls of sugar water. Years later they would return the favour. BOAT PEOPLE is an animated documentary that uses a striking metaphor to trace one family’s flight across the turbulent waters of history.

Q&A with Director Jalena Keane-Lee & Producer Amber Espinosa-Jones

Hawaiians, including Pua Case and her daughters, protest the construction of telescopes on the sacred Mauna Kea, highlighting the environmental and cultural impact, while showcasing the resilience of their movement and sisterhood.

Directed by Brian Muña 

Follow filmmaker Brian Muña as he seeks to reconnect with CHamoru, the language native to the people of Guam and elders in his family. In this search for self-identity, he examines his culturally American upbringing and the importance of passing on the language to his sons.

Directed by Shenny De Los Angeles & Amanda Morell (iiritu)

Hija de Florinda is a poetic offering, meditating on the spiritual connection between protecting the land and protecting our children. Set in the Florida Everglades, a young Naomi learns from her grandmother how to nurture nature's grief with the ancestral practice of controlled burns.

Directed by Catherine Murphy

Hip Hop Duo Obsesión was one of the first groups of the booming Havana Hip Hop movement of the 1990s, part of a new generation of AfroCuban youth who used Hip Hop as a platform to talk about a wide range of racial and social justice issues, and to promote Black pride and Black consciousness. Branching into Popular Education and community activism, Obsesión has kept going until today. This short documentary explores their creative work - and their philosophy of life and music.

Directed by Shaka Jamal & Sizwe Andrews - Abakah

This powerful short documentary follows the journey of the men who came together to explore fatherhood beyond its conventional definitions—delving into deep healing, emotional restoration, and community reimagination. It’s a moving portrait of resilience, vulnerability, and transformation—a call to redefine fatherhood as a pathway to healing, connection, and collective liberation.

Directed By Juan Cruz

El Pescador is an intimate portrait of the Caribbean through the lives of those who devote themselves to the sea. From the voice of a Puerto Rican fisherman to the bond between a father and his son in Colombia, the film reveals how fishing both unites and distinguishes, portraying a legacy shaped by tradition, struggle, and hope.

Filmed in La Parguera, Lajas, Puerto Rico and Palomino, La Guajira, Colombia.

Director: Geron A. W. Richards

Bamboula Eh Séa Ya is a migratory story of the evolution of bamboula in the U.S. Virgin Islands & Puerto Rico. It follows Marie Paul, traditional Afro-Caribbean dancer and practitioner of bamboula. Tracing the origins and interconnections of Bamboula and Bomba from the U. S. Virgin Islands to Puerto Rico, this film is a call to action to preserve a long but not forgotten history and is an invoker of ancestral pride & indigenous heritage.

A Guide For Teaching The Framework For Values, Ethics, and Accountability In Nonfiction Filmmaking. This first-of-its-kind syllabus will support film instructors and students to critically engage with the framework’s principles, which center collaboration, care, and accountability while examining how power dynamics, representation, and ethics intersect in documentary practice.

Directed by Imani Nikyah Dennison

A poetic documentary about the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, Kentucky, from the 1960s to mid 2000s. In this intimate video portrait, we delve into the ritual of roller skating and how roller rinks emerged as sanctuaries for Black culture. Through a charged combination of archival footage, still photos, newly shot material and newsreel footage, we explore the history of a segregated Louisville and the magic that its Black community has conjured as an act of resistance.