Through these stories, the complexities of achieving true well-being are explored, confronting the challenges of toxic diet culture, embracing health differences, and broken systems.
Brown Babies
When an aspiring black writer dies from a medical error while giving birth to twins, her loyal husband must pick up the pieces of their life.
Brown Babies follows the love story between Zay, a Morehouse graduate and software engineer, and Asia, a junior newspaper editor and aspiring children's author. After meeting at a college homecoming weekend in Atlanta, the two quickly fall in love. When the pair start to build their family and Asia gets pregnant with twins. Dr. Edward, their black, female Obstretrician handles the first stages of the pregnancy but then has to take a sudden absence. She is covered by Dr. Gall who is white, dismissive, and cold cut who ignores the complications that Asia voices to him during her pregnancy. This results in Asia tragically dying while giving birth to her newborns. Now a broken, grief-stricken new father, Zay is left to pick up the pieces of his life, raise his new twin girls on his own, and fight for justice to avenge his fiancee's wrongful death.
Brown Babies follows the love story between Zay, a Morehouse graduate and software engineer, and Asia, a junior newspaper editor and aspiring children's author. After meeting at a college homecoming weekend in Atlanta, the two quickly fall in love. When the pair start to build their family and Asia gets pregnant with twins. Dr. Edward, their black, female Obstretrician handles the first stages of the pregnancy but then has to take a sudden absence. She is covered by Dr. Gall who is white, dismissive, and cold cut who ignores the complications that Asia voices to him during her pregnancy. This results in Asia tragically dying while giving birth to her newborns. Now a broken, grief-stricken new father, Zay is left to pick up the pieces of his life, raise his new twin girls on his own, and fight for justice to avenge his fiancee's wrongful death.
16 minutes
All Meat Diet
ALL MEAT DIET follows the increasingly harrowing journey of a young man who turns to a collective of zealous fitness enthusiasts in pursuit of his "best self."
As the protagonist entrenches himself in a community that mirrors his ambitions, he also finds the shame he harbors reflected back at him through the voices of several of his most fervent peers.
This film delves into toxic positivity, the proximity between regimen and intemperance, and our innate desire for validation and community.
As the protagonist entrenches himself in a community that mirrors his ambitions, he also finds the shame he harbors reflected back at him through the voices of several of his most fervent peers.
This film delves into toxic positivity, the proximity between regimen and intemperance, and our innate desire for validation and community.
5 minutes
And We Rest on Giants
And We Rest on Giants is an exploration into the lives of people of color aging and long-term survivors of HIV. As stigma continues to ravish communities of color, this short explores the daily walk of those thriving unapologetically and provides a first-hand account of the HIV journey. Layered with spoken word, these stories ignite the importance of honest discussion.
2 minutes
