Recording of the livestream is available on-demand until 3/16/22.

Cadenza is a musical film about Black women and femmes in the visitors' waiting rooms of a prison. Directed by Anna Martine Whitehead and Wills Glasspiegel, the film extends and documents FORCE!, an opera-in-progress by Whitehead,...

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...

Oríkì Oshun is an experimental short film that honors the Orisha Oshun, a central figure in Yoruba cosmology and spirituality. Rooted in the Yoruba tradition of oríkì—a performative act of praise that invokes the essence, attributes, and destiny of a person, place, or deity—this film reimagines t...

Music video in dystopian future by Midwest-based artist, Finnoh.

Director - Elise Holowicki
Producer - Andrea Raby
DP - Joe Martinez Jr.

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...

Lisa B offerS a rare alternative of her incredibly popular, Unpolitical Woman Comedy Show, called the VERY POLITICAL WOMAN Comedy Show. The live show was during Black History Month, 2023.

Powered by lululemon and #blkcreatives, Lisa Beasley, brings her comedic prowess to Tribe Supper Club to ma...

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 ...

Psychological thriller by Ian Martin.

CONTENT WARNING: Blood, police violence

A Black boy must navigate personal and political revolution when he is suddenly exposed in an alternate world that presumes him extinct.

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...

Experimental comedy-drama, Reality Is Not Good Enough (2021), coming March 1, 2024.
Reality Is Not Good Enough is created by Rashayla Marie Brown.

Reality Is Not Good Enough is a sensitive and humorous tribute to the director’s mother, who dreamed of being a reality TV star, no matter how expl...

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.

Short film by Zanah Thirus now streaming on OTV.

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

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.

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...