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  • The Garden of Edette

    Movie

    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.

  • #OTVretrospective

    1 season

    OTV Retrospective is a reflection on the past five years of the organization’s journey. Co-founders Dr. Aymar Jean Christian and Elijah McKinnon take viewers on a cinematic tour of its humble beginnings as a research project answering the simple question “do intersectional stories matter?”

    The ...

  • lululemon presents: Well & Black Variety Show ft. Roy Kinsey

    Movie + 1 extra

    Show originally released February 2022, streaming on-demand Juneteenth 2022.

    In this hour we are celebrating Chicago's blackness by showcasing some of Chicago's finest musicians, performers, writers, and filmmakers. From behind the scenes to in front of the camera, Well and Black Variety Show i...

  • Darling Shear

    2 seasons

    Darling Shear: Season 2 is now streaming!

    Darling Shear, is a two-season 14-episode docu-series by Diana Quiñones Rivera, that follows Darling Shear as she choreographs a piece for 6 dancers rooted in the tradition of Hollywood musicals. Through rehearsals, everyday life, and performances, Darli...

  • Chestbound

    Movie

    A drama about healing, acceptance, and forgiveness by Janine Anne Uyanga.

    Following Ray's top surgery, intimate moments with their chosen family are interrupted by the news of their father's stroke, but returning home to see him would mean confronting Ray's estranged mother.

  • Forked Tongue
    Movie + 1 extra

    Forked Tongue

    Movie + 1 extra

    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.

  • Questions

    Movie

    Short film by Sibusisiwe Gugu Manqele now streaming on OTV.

    A short experimental poetry film about trauma, healing and self-actualisation, narrated by a woman telling and owning her past and present experiences. The film is set at a diary session at a therapist’s couch, where we see Zethu talkin...

  • Bronx Cunt Tour - Season 1

    5 Episodes

    Right on the wings of the super successful debut of Lil Blk in Chicago, Nic Kay takes the solo performance Lil Blk on the road in the Bronx Cunt Tour Series.

    Lil Blk is an experimental solo performance. Influenced by New York City gay/queer ballroom culture, live punk shows, butoh, and praise d...

  • You're So Talented

    2 seasons

    You're So Talented is a series following Bea, an out of work Chicago actor, as she navigates her twenties and all of its inevitable dramas.

  • Whole

    Movie

    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...

  • JustLatasha's Inner Actions

    1 season

    A sketch comedy series from a Black Bi woman's sense by 2022 #OTVFellow Latasha Mercer.

    "Latasha" is not essentially real; she's a universally different character in each sketch, however all named Latasha. The series grabs her PoV on queerness, dating, and Black culture spoofs as a Black Bi wom...

  • Craft Service

    2 seasons

    Welcome to Craft Service.

    A talk show experience that shares recipes for nourishment, recipes for success, spells, and stories

    I believe that with imagination, play, and application, we can create the world that we want to see.

    If you believe this too this is the show for you!

    If you don't b...

  • Swimming the Psalms of Seas

    Movie

    Film created by Reggie Davis coming March 1, 2024.

    The movies we watch and the music we listen to have an undeniable effect on our state of mind. And so why not harness the influential power of cinema by watching movies with inspiring social and mindfulness rich content. That stimulates the pro...

  • Uneverything

    1 season

    A comedic series following a 37-year old black woman who tries to come to terms with being husband-less, parent-less, childless, and quite possibly terrible at everything.

  • Hello Sickness

    Movie

    An American girl living in South Africa to take care of her sickly grandmother creates imaginary friends to cope with her loneliness but when her grandmother dies, her guilt manifests in her friends who quickly become her enemies.

  • Mason

    Movie

    Horror film written and directed by Sharena Sigmon, produced by Angellic Ross.

    A Black pregnant woman fears her vicious dreams predict her and her unborn child's untimely demise.

    Official selection for the Chicago Horror Film Festival where it won Best Chicago Director and Best Actress
    Official...

  • Eat
    Movie + 1 extra

    Eat

    Movie + 1 extra

    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...

  • Freaky Phyllis - Season 1

    4 Episodes

    Freaky Phyllis is a 4- part comedy web series that follows the life of an elderly widow who feels like she hasn't truly lived and begins to go out, party and date!

  • Anthology - Season 1

    8 Episodes

    Anthology is a narrative series that follows the life-altering events of 6 twenty-somethings during one summer in New York City.

    The series offers an alternative for audiences who are tired of watching the struggling-millennial-New-York-ensemble trope omit people of color. In place of a traditio...

  • Quare Life

    1 season

    Four queer women of color negotiate professional and personal relationships on Chicago's south side.

    //CAST AND CREW//
    M Shelly Conner (Creator/Producer/Writer)
    Myra Boone (Pilot Producer/AD)
    Jessica King (Director)
    Christian Mejia (Cinematographer)
    Alistair Slaughter (Sound Engineer)
    Dru Monta...

  • The Retreat

    1 season

    Series created by Ashley Denise and Ricki Lynée of Nuanse Entertainment.

    A suspenseful series about schemes that unfold amongst a group of black women after a damning secret is revealed during an artist retreat. “The Retreat” was devised to highlight black women in front of and behind the camer...

  • SWITCHIN'

    Movie

    Short film by George Ellzey Jr. now streaming on OTV.

    Language is the building block of every civilization which shapes culture, identity, and community. Accompanied by contemporary dancer, Deja Hood, SWITCHIN' explores African American communication habits and the policing of said language for ...

  • Damaged Goods

    1 season

    Barely surviving the city of Chicago, Damaged Goods centers around four messy young adults will experience a complete loss of self-identity, which propels them onto a path of uncertainty.

  • The Secret Life of Dandelions

    Movie

    The Secret Life of Dandelions is a song about resilience and about making it through tight spaces. This song is a part of Roy Kinsey's 11th album, "Dandelions: Gods Don't Cry," which released April 25, 2025.