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Beside Myself
1 season
Pilot from Erin Elizabeth coming to OTV June 1, 2023.
After stumbling upon a secret that she’s been hiding from herself, the unruly subconscious of an anxiety-riddled woman is forced to give herself an ultimatum: start socializing, going outside, and being their Gotdamn authentic self, or else ...
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Sunflower
Movie
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...
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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...
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The Right Swipe
1 season
When best friends India and Margo team up to start the Right Swipe, a business fixing men’s dating profiles, they have only three rules:
One: They must use their powers for good. Two: They charge on a sliding scale. Three: They can’t sleep with their clients. Or date them. Or flirt with them.
U...
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Serial Dreamer
4 items
In Hair Story, a pilot for Serial Dreamer, residents of an artsy Black co-op tell their wild stories to an out-of-work drag queen as she styles their hair to pay her rent.
// MUSIC VIDEO / DREAM SEQUENCE //
WATCH THE FULL VIDEO: http://www.weareo.tv/presents/bsayf
Apple: https://itunes.apple....
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Mar de Marisa
Movie + 1 extra
Dramatic mystery by Gabi Morbeck.
Marisa, after waking up to a call from her mother, finds herself immersed in introspection amidst mysterious events. She is startled by a strange sound of the sea, something unusual since moving to her husband’s city.
When Marisa investigates the source of the ...
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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...
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Hotline
1 season
Hotline is a murder mystery about Attorney Hazel Clarke. She is a straitlaced perfectionist who only cares about winning court cases. That all changes when her estranged sister Chelsea shows up. Hazel wrestles Chelsea out of her house but not her life. Soon after their reunion, Chelsea's dead bod...
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Handsome
1 season
Romantic comedy series by Devon Kane.
After leaving a 10-year relationship, Devon has to navigate through a dating scene he knows nothing about - getting up to speed with things like dating apps, OnlyFans and being called DADDY, to name a few. When Devon meets Gabriel however, all of this falls...
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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)
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REMENDO
Movie
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...
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The Exorcism of Mary Magdalene: A Divine Intervention
Movie
The Exorcism of Mary Magdalene: A Divine Intervention is an exploration of belonging, through a liminal state of placelessness. Through the iconography of Mary Magdalene and their narrative contextualities, I resurrect the archival yet contemporary transgenerational reckonings & beckoning's of di...
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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...
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Lipstick City
Movie + 1 extra
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 ...
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Inertia
Movie
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...
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Shawnee Dez: Unplugged
Movie
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...
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Bermuda
Movie
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 ...
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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...