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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...
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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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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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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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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...
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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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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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J Bambii: CHAOS
Movie + 1 extra
Produced by Brain Studios in Association with Birchman Productions
“CHAOS” centers the life of Young Jasmine, a high school junior grappling with the complexities of love, identity, and societal pressures such as colorism, fat-phobia and desirability politics at a young age. The video
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Everything is Everything
Movie + 1 extra
"Everything is Everything" is a conversational-style documentary that explores the heartfelt commemorations of Juneteenth by Chicago natives during the summer of 2024. This is Kin Marie's sixth film for the Filmmaker's Mixtape Challenge, led by Briana Clearly.
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Club Chicago Television (CCTV)
1 season
Club Chicago Television, or CCTV
A network where you can tune into a different queer club night every week.
Over the summer of 2020, CCTV aimed to broadcast Chicago parties, DJs, performers, and organizations that are leading and shaping the way to a brighter future in Chicago. Each broadcast f...
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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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Black Queer Futures
Movie
Poetry Narrative by Femi Adebowale.
Black Queer Futures asks the question of what young Black Queer people could be if they had access to limitless inspiration. Through Simi, we see the power of showing young Black Queer people that they have infinite possibility and power in who they want to be.
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SOUL
Movie + 2 extras
Mini documentary from Jibril Washington now streaming on OTV.
A mini documentary focused on Dr. Rhoda Moise, a black female scientist, artist, & Egyptian yoga instructor. Her dream? Community health. She brings soul to science.
Rhoda grew up with immigrant parents from Haiti and found a passion...
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Caluim
Movie + 1 extra
Dramatic fantasy by Brazilian filmmaker, Marcos Alexandre now streaming.
A black actress receives very peculiar treatment on a film set made up of a white crew.
Cast: Meniky Marla, Hamilton Junior, Lia Nascimento, Gabriel Carvalho and Gabriel
Director: Marcos Alexandre
Screenplay: Marcos Alexa... -
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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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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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...