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TEN YEARS OF FRESH - HHFF 2025
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If They Took Us Back
In the alternate history short film If They Took Us Back, the U.S. government mandated the return of all formerly enslaved people back to Africa in 1863. More than a century later, a descendant of the ‘Black Returns’ (DANIEL) decides to break the 160-year exile and return to the U.S. in exchange ...
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Hip Hop Time Travel Machine
A true Hip Hop Head changes the course of hip hop and must go back in time to restore iconic rap moments or hip hop, as we know it, will be lost.
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Boxes & Elephants
In the aftermath of a one-night stand, a Woman and a Man grapple with a life altering decision.
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Break A Leg
A struggling actor is thrown into the role of a lifetime, when an unconventional exercise places him in the middle of an extortion plot.
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54 & Counting
54 & Counting is the journey of Officer Nakia McConnell, a black officer that is conflicted between his lifelong dream of being a police officer like his father and speaking up against the injustices committed against his people. 54 represents the number of high-profile cases of unarmed black men...
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Crowns & Chaos
A group of friends launching a groundbreaking hip-hop showcase in their city rise to popularity, but their unity is tested by diverging ambition.
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Street Frames
A raw look at Busta, a graffiti artist in Philly, whose murals speak his truth. Each spray can holds a story—of struggle, survival, and the power of street expression.
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You Don't Have To Go Home
“You Don’t Have To Go Home, But…” is an ode to dance, a grimy love letter to Philadelphia, a story about what to do when the DJ has played the last song, the club’s lights have come on, and you have to go… somewhere. Following the lives of three dancers at with legendary Philly dance party Second...
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The Celebration
A mother and father battle lingering trauma as she endeavors to create a joyous high school graduation celebration for their son.
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Stay With Me
A loving son is determined to protect his mother after her controversial work makes her the target of increasingly dangerous threats.
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Seeing Without Sight
SEEING WITHOUT SIGHT is a documentary that follows the inspiring journeys of girls and women with vision loss, challenging societal norms of beauty and inviting viewers to embrace a deeper understanding of what it truly means to see.
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Rock Island Prison 1864
Guarding Confederate POWs in a Civil War prison, a runaway slave now Union soldier, desperately fights for power, to never return to slavery.
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Probable Cause
A day in the life of Latino teenagers in North East Los Angeles who are suddenly faced with a situation that forces them to grow up sooner than expected.
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MAD Stories
After a life-altering accident, Mark Anthony Duckitt rises from adversity to empower struggling artists through Pronoia.Africa—turning pain into purpose and resilience into art.
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Love Letters
Can art really be considered violence? When communities push back against the walls and freeways built over them the state cracks down protecting property and destroying human lives. Sight was handed down the harshest sentence in history for his graffiti and continues to pay to this day.
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Last of the Nobodies
In the last place you'd expect hip-hop music, a group of Montana artists come together to create a collaboration album to make their voice heard.
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Harlem Footsteps
A group of restless tourists abandons their clueless guide; end up being led around Harlem by a sharp-tongued local legend with stories the brochures never tell.