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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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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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Reality Is Not Good Enough
Movie + 1 extra
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...
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The Lisa B. Experience
Movie
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...
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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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BOSOM
Movie
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...
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FORCE! Presents Cadenza Screening with Open Panel Discussion
Movie
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,...
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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...
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#OTVLIVE
6 seasons
#OTVLIVE is our channel on the OTV App that features LIVE-to-tape programming from artists, activists and more. Each LIVE-to-tape broadcast features a uniquely designed program that engages audiences through news or information, education or how-tos, experimental, talk show and performance (theat...
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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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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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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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Viceroy
Movie + 1 extra
Short film by Ashley Denise now streaming on OTV.
Viceroy follows the story of two estranged half-brothers thrown into each other's lives after the death of their father. Set in Brooklyn, with elements of a modern-day Western, this coming-of-age tale explores the journey of two people in search ...
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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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Yogma
2 seasons
Karla, is a young smart yoga instructor with dreams of becoming a celebrity in the culture. Her starry eyes and optimism are met with conflict, confusion, and trouble in her rise to the top. She and her best friend Pasqual devise a plan for becoming the hottest thing on the yoga scene when they l...
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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 ...
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#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 ...
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Manifesting Legacy
2 seasons
We’re teaming up with our friends over at lululemon to uplift Black filmmakers through the month of February. Each week, join OTV’s co-founder and Executive Director, Elijah McKinnon, as they shine a spotlight on filmmakers using storytelling to cultivate a culture of health and wellness. Tune in...
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Anthology
1 season
Series by Nuanse Entertainment now streaming on OTV.
Anthology is a narrative series that follows the life-altering events of 6 twenty-somethings during one summer in New York City.
CONTENT WARNING: profanity, excessive alcohol use, self-harm, recreational marijuana use, adult themes, death/gri...