Idella Johnson

Bull Street

A woman faces the battle of her life when her estranged father's family tries to evict her and her grandmother from the only home she has ever known.

Benediction

A broken woman’s search for solace lands her at a black baptist church in rural Mississippi, where an eerie encounter leads her to unsettling truths.

Greyson Family Christmas

When Maya Greyson brings home a new boyfriend, her family are in for a surprise.

Ma Belle, My Beauty

A surprise reunion in southern France reignites passions and jealousies between two women who were formerly polyamorous lovers.

One of These Days

In the Texan “Hands on a Hardbody” competition, contestants stand around a new pickup truck for days, touching it with one hand. Whoever holds out the longest wins the truck.

Things With Feathers

Things With Feathers is a short narrative that challenges the cultural silence to sexual assault Black women have created as a coping method. Through the eyes of Aaliyah, we experience the struggle one girl faces to keep the family together before worrying about her well being, to deal with her spiritual healing over her mental and physical, to aspire to cope, and to fight to find hope.

Blood Runs Down

When a woman undergoes a frightening transition, her vigilant five year old daughter must decide between saving her or protecting herself in this haunting tale of inheritance, daughterhood, and demons.

The Mortician

Alienated and cold, The Mortician (Method Man) processes the corpses with steely disregard. He is lonely and isolated. He is introduced to his new employee, Noah, (EJ Bonilla) by the morgue boss (Edward Furlong). Noah is a volatile youth working as part of his parole.Noah brings the notorious gangster, Carver (Dash Mihok), and his crew to the mortuary door. The Mortician's attention is pricked by the tattoo of Botticelli's 'Birth of Venus' inked on the body of a murdered woman (Judy Marte), that arrives at the morgue, triggering a series of haunting dreams from his childhood. Discovering a scared child, Kane (Cruz Santiago), fleeing the morgue, he's forced to act. They become reluctant allies, struggling for redemption as they run. Through his awkward heroism, the Mortician reconnects with his long forgotten past, and finds the answers he's been searching for. He find redemption and peace.

The Capitalist

Brian operates below the radar running an underground poker game and marijuana cartel. Only a few know about his diverse portfolio including Ace who has gathered intel and formed unlikely alliances to take a big score from Brian.