Social Justice Film Festival - Shorts Night

Join us for a night of short films.

The Cage

The Cage features a cast of untrained non-actors from the community of North Philadelphia, bringing raw authenticity to the story of a teenage basketball player's survival on Philly’s streets that entangles him with violence, anger, and death.

(Ricky Staub, USA, 15 min)

Xavier

In a 2017 attack, French police officer Xavier was shot dead. There are broken dreams and unfulfilled hopes for peace, but no place for hate. Dialogue and tolerance are the only possible solutions.

(Giovanni Coda, Italy/USA, 8 min)

Marilyn's Lib

The vigorous 80-year-old lady in gym class turns out to be a former feminist reporter for Newsday who pursued a class-action lawsuit against her newspaper and won equal pay for women.

(Katya O'Brien, USA, 8 min)

Lawman

1875, Indian Territory. Bass Reeves, the first African-American deputy arrests an outlaw and brings him toward encampment. A battle of wills arises between them as the outlaw tries to escape. Based on true events.

(Matthew Gentile, USA, 13 min)

Lilacs

Hanna comes back to Lebanon after living 12 years in Germany to see her ill mother. However, her mother's last wish triggers Hanna to look for her twin brother Firas who was kidnapped in the Lebanese civil war.

(Mira Shaib, Lebanon/Germany, 24 min)

On the Outs

“On the Outs” follows three inmates with disabilities as they prepare for reentry, get discharged and navigate the challenges of returning to their old lives. Produced by the Amplifying Voices of Inmates with Disabilities (AVID) Prison Project, this documentary scrutinizes the prison institution and its treatment of inmates with disabilities.

(Jordan Melograna, USA, 37 min)