Alone in the Game- Despite the growing acceptance of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, the sports world continues to be an unsettling environment for many LGBTQ people and one of the final frontiers for LGBTQ equality. In the five major North American professional leagues - NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB, and MLS, - where statistically we would expect hundreds of openly gay athletes, there is not a single openly gay male professional athletes currently competing.
Alone in the Game exposes the dark side of sports - the homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination - that affect not only closeted athletes, but also their teams and the very institution of sport in America. Examining the 'old boys club' of professional, collegiate, and high school athletics, the documentary combines the voices of sports’ pioneers, such as NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and former ESPN President John Skipper, with the experiences of world-class athletes, such as NBA center Jason Collins, NFL linemen Ryan O’Callaghan, MLS Cup champion Robbie Rogers, and Olympic medalists Gus Kenworthy and Megan Rapinoe; as well as three closeted athletes, who have to decide whether they are ready to come out and live their truth with the possibility of it destroying their career dreams and relationships with family, friends, teammates and coaches. The film captures rarely seen stories of struggle, perseverance, and triumph, delivering a message of hope and promoting understanding to ensure that the culture of exclusion changes.
View TrailerIn Her Solitude-'In her Solitude' is Darryl Ebanks' first official short film starring Lea Anderson. The film centers on the effects of how someone deals with trials and tribulations in solitude. What do you do? How to get yourself out of it? What's the next step? What I want to show the audience is what people go through in these situations that we sometimes feel alone and prefer solitude.
Featuring a young woman in a big city living on her own is also prevalent in this short film, a situation that can be rather lonely and overwhelming. Women often characterized to be emotional carry a lot of weight in going against these pre-conceptions, and as a result have to go through extra reflection on how they choose to deal with situations and challenges. Often, choosing to handle trials on their own, but experiencing an unexpected freedom in being able to find happiness in their solitude.
Babushka- Nadine, a young American girl, travels to visit her aging Russian grandmother in Crimea, Ukraine, whom she has not seen for over ten years, and attempts to reconnect with her and her Russian ancestry before the annexation of Crimea.
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