The family matriarch’s unexpected presence creates tension amongst the family when she brings her favorite dish, a large helping of body shame and judgment, to the Thanksgiving dinner table. As Shai vehemently works to accept her body as is, her sister Kyra’s own body dysmorphia intensifies her s...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

In this social thriller, Tonia Stanwell finds herself on a nightmarish quest through a mysterious government agency to get to her 36th birthday. As our protagonist navigates this surreal and absurd world hellbent on preventing her from getting to 36, we examine the social issues and portray the v...

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.

A young girl and her father go on a turbulent visit to her grandfather's grave; meanwhile, a chaste nun struggles with her growing desire for a young man.

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.