Shorts Lineup:
Kindah: A History in the Shadows
Same Water
The Sight Unseen
The Final Letter: Reed Peggram's Harrowing Quest to Belong
Followed by:
Q&A
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KINDAH: A HISTORY IN THE SHADOWS
Directed by Tibria J. Brown (USA 2025, 10:00min)
Kindah: A History in the Shadows spotlights the under-documented history of the Maroon community in Jamaica. The Maroons are descendants of self-emancipated Africans who did not just escape slavery but outwitted and fought the British Empire to secure their freedom.v -
SAME WATER
Directed by Martine Granby (USA 2025, 21:30min).
Drawing from institutional and personal archives, this film revisits a colored-only riverside recreation space that existed alongside a celebrated white-only water park, exposing the layered histories of segregation and unequal access to nature and leisure in Jim Crow America. -
THE SIGHT UNSEEN
Directed by Shawn Antoine II (USA 2026, 39:00min).
In 1971, a six-year-old girl in the Bronx discovers a glowing cross in her bathroom window, igniting awe and doubt across her community. Fifty years later, she returns to confront the mystery that shaped her faith—and her understanding of miracles. -
THE FINAL LETTER: REED PEGGRAM'S HARROWING QUEST TO BELONG
Directed by Teja Arboleda (USA 2026, 24:00min).
"The Final Letter" is based on the letters Reed Peggram wrote to his grandmother while he was a Harvard doctoral student and Julius Rosenwald Fellow studying at the Sorbonne, arriving the year before World War II erupted