Post-cyberpunk short film coming to OTV May 18, 2022.
A young programmer attempts to revive their lost mother by building an A.I. with human memories. A.I. Mama is a post-cyberpunk short featuring Kei, a young programmer who attempts to resurrect their lost mother by coding an A.I. that can inpu...
Short coming-of-age film coming to OTV June 1, 2022.
Amina, a Pakistani-American girl, starts her first day of middle school in the suburbs of Chicago. She quickly finds out, it's not all what it's cracked up to be and having hairy legs doesn't help.
Psychological noir short film coming to OTV June 1, 2022.
Her traumatic experience has led her into an alleged crime that takes place in between manic episodes. when she realizes what happened it was already too late... or was it?
Set in 1950s Bronzeville, Louise Parker is facing eviction from her home. Desperate to keep her independence and status, she is introduced to a lucrative performing opportunity. While attempting to keep this new venture a secret, she simultaneously gains popularity, risking being exposed to and d...
Short coming-of-age film coming to OTV May 18, 2022.
CODA is a coming-of-age story that asks us to consider the passing of time and what it means to us.
Short romance film coming to OTV June 1, 2022.
Growing Pains is a short film denoting Daniel's first experience of love. Told through the form of a poem he recounts the highs, lows and how his surroundings impacted how this experience affected him.
Episode 2: "Gangs" now streaming on OTV.
Created by Wanjiku Kairu.
Two (wannabe) models flecked with anxiety, reach their dreams, learn new lessons, and try to keep touch with reality. Join them on a surreal rollercoaster of neuroses and contained hijinks across the streets of Chicago.
Short film coming soon OTV May 18, 2022.
Secrets are revealed the night Celeste and her girlfriend Sara try an edible marijuana cookie.
Starring:
Damaris Chambers
Rotana Tarabzouni
Tara George
Chances Williams
Muhsin Fliah
Writer/Director/Producer: Kandis Go
Executive Producer: Dwayne Dugger I...
Series by Apoorva Gundeti and Christina Reis coming to OTV in fall 2022.
Stuck in Reality follows two friends, Liz and Riya, who manage a bookstore and find themselves constantly taken advantage of by customers, friends, and even family members. At the beginning of each episode, Liz and Riya li...
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...
Come with questions and leave with answers. Blaq In Bed has been intentionally designed to provide folks with tips, resources and bravery needed to navigate complex spaces and discussions around intimacy, sex, disclosure and the fantasy.
Sci-fi anthology series coming to OTV in May 18, 2022.
Co-created by Stephanie Jeter, Tim Maupin and Derek McPhatter, HIVE ponders the ways complex social issues may evolve through time and space. The pilot episode, Trace, follows four artists struggling to work and live together at a creative ...
Music video coming soon to OTV.
Evelyn Landow is a DIY filmmaker & musician. After spending years archiving home videos & recording two albums with her father during the pandemic, 'Make A Memory' is a hybrid film that celebrates the relationship with her father— a piece commemorating the playfu...
#OTVAPP subscribers can stream this program on-demand until March 31st at 11:59pm CST. You do NOT need a ticket to stream this program on-demand.
In this hour we are celebrating Chicago's blackness by showcasing some of Chicago's finest musicians, performers, writers, and filmmakers. From behin...
Music video in dystopian future by Midwest-based artist, Finnoh.
Director - Elise Holowicki
Producer - Andrea Raby
DP - Joe Martinez Jr.
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,...
A voice bigger than the stage, Andrew Sa has been surprising audiences in small clubs for years but what he has planned for a Millennium Park debut is even larger. As part of the city’s Year of Chicago Music, and the Millennium Park Music Series, CIVL (Chicago Independent Venue League) has invite...
Visibility Sucks is a 24-hour glimpse into the life of an artist suffering from a major identity crisis after a global pandemic sends him plummeting from the limelight to working in a grocery store. Shard, the protagonist, takes the viewer on a surreal journey as he tries his best to regain a sen...
After Reza, a non-binary rising performing artist from a township in Soweto, begins to settle into Johannesburg when Mase, a writer struggling to understand his identity, unexpectedly arrives into his life. Through their brief introduction they suddenly begin to reveal intimate vulnerabilities th...
Flock is a trans-created dramatic thriller about a man traveling to Maine to rescue his lover from a lethal cult.
"These Thems" is an award-winning comedy series following the lives of four friends as they navigate gender, sexuality, and the delightful messiness of New York City's queer community.
How to L0ve is a comedic web series following a group of teenagers who reunite to work as ball people at their community’s local tennis tournament.
Three Hispanic siblings are called back to their hometown after a family tragedy that forces them to confront their ignored culture, past failures, and hidden secrets.
//CAST//
Lauryn Lugo
Adrian Nuno
Andrew Nuno
Michelle Jasso
Armando Reyes
John Magana
Mateuz Wielomek
Rose Konvalinka
//CREW// ...
