Aubrey “Choc” Muldrow grew up in a religious family on the Southside of Chicago. Knowing he was gay from an early age, he experienced taunts, threats, and violence from his family, his church, and his neighborhood. Fearing he was cursed, and would never be perceived as “normal,” he did everything...

CONTENT WARNING: sexual content, vulgar/oppressive language, blood/gore

A disillusioned human/vampire hybrid, takes on escorting to survive a changing society.

Horror drama short by Kyle Hinton.

Kyle is an unapologetically Black nonbinary screenwriter from the suburbs of Chicago, who aspires...

A visually sumptuous exploration of the drag persona of model Shea Couleé, this short film is an arresting display of dance, music, and fashion. When high end fashion model Miss Couleé discovers evidence that her powerful husband, Mr., isn't the faithful man she thought she married, she teams up ...

Inertia is a visual musical experience by Brandon Markell Holmes. An exploration of black thought, existence & trauma ; through the lens of [MODERN Technological Narcissism]&[The Civil Rights Movement] - into the premature journey of Black JOY , acceptance, Existential tyranny , Religion , Binary...

Short film by Monty Cole coming to the #OTVAPP October 1st.

Growing up in the suburbs, 12 year old Brandon Moore feels like he's maybe missing parts of his Blackness. When his friend's aunt accidentally takes him into a part of the city where he's not supposed to go, Brandon discovers that mayb...

An elderly Creole woman’s life is bound to her flesh-eating garden. When Edette unexpectedly befriends a young girl before her next sacrifice, she must choose between killing her new friend or dying alongside her beloved garden.

Short drama by George Ellzey Jr.

CONTENT WARNING: Alluded physical violence and strobing lights.

Life forces one to confront their deepest wounds and the person who impaired them in unexpected times and fashion. Bosom is a dramatic short set in one location with two characters and years of unr...

After Reza, a non-binary rising performing artist from a township in Soweto, begins to settle into Johannesburg when Mase, a writer struggling to understand his identity, unexpectedly arrives into his life. Through their brief introduction they suddenly begin to reveal intimate vulnerabilities th...

Short film created by Jasmine Ogunjimi.

On the evening of her 25th birthday, Tomi Adebiyi is surrounded by half-packed suitcases in a frantic attempt to book a one-way ticket to the island of Bermuda. An all too familiar interruption from her hysterical praying mother and proverb reciting uncle ...

Short film by Zanah Thirus now streaming on OTV.

A Black Feminist couple’s attempt to plan a patriarchy-free commitment ceremony.

Short film created by and starring #OTVAtlas Ambassador Makeda M. Declet.

Diane is grieving. Her mom passed away and now she hates the world. After her car is towed, a down-on-her-luck Uber Eats driver signs up for a mysterious new gig App.

Short drama by Elizabeth Tawose.

In a world where fair and light-skinned women are seen as the standard of beauty, high school student Amari Stevens struggles to see the beauty in her dark brown skin color. When Amari is rejected by her crush Cameron Jones, for her “lighter” friend Kiara Willia...

Short film by Melanie Ojwang now streaming.

After moving back in with her overbearing mom, a recently unemployed 20-something starts creating juicy audio erotica under a male pseudonym and struggles to keep her identity and her hobby a secret when her fanbase explodes.

Drama-comedy short created by Brazilian filmmaker, Roger Ghil.

1ST Zé runs a repair shop where he toils over the dregs and discards of his suburban seaside town. Zé is a black bisexual middle-aged man looking for love, and facing down the traumas of colonialism to find a new kind of freedom. Bu...

Contemporary Soul and R&B musician and southside native Shawnee Dez, performs an unplugged 3-part set accompanied by her trio Rene Cruz, Kenneth Leftridge and Eddie Burns. The performance is interspersed with with interview segments led by host Karla Huffman.

Concert originally streamed on-time...