A dance group rehearses for their latest performance Inabitáveis about black homosexuality. While the choreographer conducts research and gives guided tours, he meets Pedro, a young trans girl looking for her own means of expression. She desperately wants to be taught by him.
Ace and Miko desperately want to become famous actors but it seems the universe has a different plan for their lives.
A modern fantasy action film that tells a story about owning one's identity and realizing how we are all truly alike.
When Mac, a young butch Latina dies, her girlfriend Hope must overcome both personal grief and homophobic hostilities from Mac's family in order to respectfully send Mac off into the after-life as she would've wanted.
2016 NBCUniversal Short Film Festival - Finalist
2016 Frameline LGBT Film Fest...
In a world where neon orange is banned, unexpected customers visit a dry cleaner run by two siblings.
Three performers. One poem.
Written by Mark Maza. Directed by Chance Calloway. #WeOwnthe8th
"Winter"
It’s hard to tell the difference between
This weather and
I-
Such a cold, dead thing-
It can’t stop bringing up the parts I’ve gutted
In my name,
And by “parts” I mean,
The cared-f...
A Chinese-American restaurant worker falls in love with an 18th century Qing dynasty god who visits him at night and leads him on a journey of sexual awakening and self-discovery.
Trapped in the grind of working full time at a Chinese restaurant, a young repressed boy named Matt encounters a mys...
A found VHS tape tells the story of a woman who awakens alone on the subway and is beckoned by a mysterious figure in red that leads her down a nightmarish path of horror.
Shot entirely on video, "Solstice" screened at #WeOwnThe8th's Winter Showcase in Downtown L.A.
starring SACHIE ALESSIO • D...
A long-distance couple meet at an isolated desert motel to give their relationship one last shot.
starring SACHIE ALESSIO & MARC FAJARDO
Written & Directed by GERRY MARAVILLA • Produced by US/THEM Executive Producers CHANCE CALLOWAY & JAMES BERTON RYAN II
Directors of Photography STEVEN YEE & ...
After exchanging glances between "good mornings" and "good afternoons", Marcelo realizes it's time to try to go further with Márcio, the doorman in his building.
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set...
Hilarious new moments from the PRETTY DUDES universe, combined in one epic double feature and a collection of bonus features!
"Bravo Double Delta" - The Dudes theorize on why bigger feels better.
"Brother's Keeper" - Sammy Cantu stars as a date for one of the Dudes who is put through an extensiv...
A lighthearted drama about family, faith and second chances. Inspired by films like "Before Sunrise" and "My Dinner with Andre", the story begins with Naomi, a headstrong but fragile expectant mother, leaving her small town in Japan for New York City with the firm intention of making her highflyi...
Sunji (Yoshi Sudarso) is worried about a mysterious new development on his privates, leading to a memory of how the Dudes first met Zario (Bryan Michael Nuñez). Extras included here: a zip file of the photos Zario took of Sunji and Ellington and the short film "Ain't Afraid of No Ghost," where th...
A young man is lured into the world of backyard boxing in order to save his mother’s life.
starring JASON SISTONA & DANIEL EDWARD MORA
Written & Directed by GERRY MARAVILLA • Produced by MELANIE DIPIETRO & LEO OLIVA
Executive Producers B. RICH ADAMS & GERRY MARAVILLA • Dir. of Photography ADAM...
John decides to confess his love for Lindsay five minutes before the world is about to end. When he gets there, Michael also comes in trying to confess his love as well. Hilarity ensues.
Written and directed by Jeff Liu & Stanley Wong
A high school boy receives mysterious superpowers from panties.
Simply, a story of vulnerability.
A hook-up between two young men - they make a connection, but it quickly becomes apparent they're looking for different things.
A man's survival is left in his own hands.
Directed by Stanley Wong & Travis Ashkenasy
A group of twenty-somethings circle around a stoop and share a joint when one of them gets lost in the mystery and beauty of the urban sidewalk - a mosaic of stories emerge. With an all transgender cast, Spot pushes the known boundaries of diversity and inclusion in indie filmmaking.
A romantic date night is interrupted by screams for help when a woman frantically finds her way to the doorstep of complete two strangers.
Written by Angie Teodora Dick
Directed by Conrad Lihilihi
Starring
Kevin L. Walker, Donnabella Mortel, Angie Teodora Dick , Maynard Okereke
An 18 year old virgin boatman from the rural Philippines finds his tender sexual awakening complicated by a dark secret from his family's past.
Two strangers meet randomly in an unfinished apartment, leading to a violent attraction and a dependency beyond reason.
A mysterious device sends two thieves on a horrific and unexplainable journey.
Written and Directed by Conrad Lihilihi
Starring: Maynard Okereke & Anthony Washington
A minister is malevolent and sinister behind his righteous disguise: he consorts with - and later extorts from - the owner of a gambling house, and betrays an honest girl - driving her and himself into ruin.
During World War II, a bigoted, newly commissioned American Army officer is put in charge of the Japanese-American soldiers who form the 442nd Regimental Combat Team.
A newspaper editor uses every trick in the book to keep his ace reporter ex-wife from remarrying.
The life and career of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, who battled opponents inside the ring and racism outside it.
A ragtag group of Pennsylvanians barricade themselves in an old farmhouse to remain safe from a bloodthirsty, flesh-eating breed of monsters who are ravaging the East Coast of the United States.
Anna Mae Wong stars in the this classic version of the well-known tale, which also features one of the earliest onscreen kisses between two female actors. An amazing boy takes the Darling children to Never-Never Land on an adventure.
In the earliest feature film adaptation of the celebrated novel, a boy raised by wild animals tries to adapt to human village life.
In this early silent film from pioneering director Oscar Micheaux, kindly Sylvia Landry (Flo Clements) takes a fundraising trip to Boston in hopes of collecting $5,000 to keep a Southern school for impoverished Black children open to the public.
