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  • Opaque

    Movie

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

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

  • Front and Center

    Recently released and upcoming releases. All in one place, front and center for the world to see.

  • Season 1
    3 Episodes

    Season 1

    3 Episodes

    What happens when you try to f*ck with a f*ckboi? Follow three women as they find out their target is much more than originally thought.

  • Fuzzy Legs
    Movie + 1 extra

    Fuzzy Legs

    Movie + 1 extra

    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.

  • Guadalajara, Mexico (2021)

    8 Episodes

    After a successful competition in Johannesburg, South Africa and Berlin, Germany, and across the United States we hosted the Central American edition of this film race for creatives, storytellers and filmmakers of all levels in Guadalajara , Mexico. Using one intersectional theme, one prop and ...

  • For Better

    1 season

    For Better is the romantic dramedy reinvented. An anthology series; each episode focuses on a different couple in their slice of life.

  • #OTVLIVE
    6 seasons

    #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...

  • Blackity Black Pride

    115 items

    A collection of our most melanated content all in one continuous playlist.

  • The Haven
    1 season

    The Haven

    1 season

    The under-paid staff of a domestic violence shelter grapples with the messiness of their personal lives while trying to help their clients embark on abuse-free futures. A houseful of traumatized and temporarily homeless women—each with their own specific emotional baggage—means nearly constant ch...

  • 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...

  • PSA
    3 Episodes

    PSA

    3 Episodes

    The CATCH DESIRE VISUAL EP is written and performed by Chicago-based OBGYN and rapper, Dr. Every Woman (aka Wendy Mcdonald), as well as appearances by local influencers, such as recording artist and model Syren, advocate and actor Damon Williams, choreographer and stylist Darling Shear, and danc...

  • Season One
    6 Episodes

    Season One

    6 Episodes

    Former-lovers-and-now-best-friends Jo and Carter are looking for love--it’s not going well. A young white trans woman and queer Black man living in their native Chicago, they may have the world’s bigotry and their own insecurities stacked against them, but at least they have each other.

  • Latinx Stories

    A collection of series, pilots, short films, and video art representing Latinx stories and voices.

  • Starving Artists - Season 1

    3 Episodes

    Chicago comedy duo Aasia and Dewayne go to extravagant lengths to reach their goals of international stardom and complete world domination. A show about being young, gifted, and black in a world that praises straight, white, and wack.

  • #2QIK - Season 1

    9 Episodes

    Two Queens In a Kitchen is a turn-to-relevance cooking series that features a rotating cast of guest hosts from the #OTVCommunity. Set in a kitchen, two queens gather to chat about relevant topics and spill the tea about their current works in progress -- all the while preparing a delightful snack.

  • FOBia - Season 1

    1 Episode

    An Indian immigrant woman adapts to life in America with her American roommate and Indian neighbor while dealing with cultural misunderstandings and general mayhem in FOBia.

    Written and created by Priya Mohanty.
    Directed by Reshmi Hazra Rustebakke.

  • Nupita Obama Creates Vogua

    1 season

    Nupita Obama follows queer artists of color as they work to secure love and housing. The pilot, “Nupita Obama Creates Vogua,” launched Open TV (beta)’s (Now known as OTV - Open Television) Open TV Presents series about artists exploring alternative relationships. The first season picks up four we...

  • How to L0ve

    1 season

    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.

  • Ghosts and Where They Lay

    Movie + 1 extra

    Ghosts and Where They Lay contemplates memory, possession and the act of letting go. This story follows a ghost stuck in her past and the two teens who have ‘captured’ her as they recognize that holding on, to power, the past, or idolization, does not, in fact, grant satisfaction. Through non-tra...

  • My Mind Works Different

    17 items

    Playlist curated by OTV co-founder and Head of Development (2020) Aymar Jean Christian.

  • Noodles & Incense

    Movie

    “Noodles represent our lives. The longer they are, the more years we have. They separate and tangle, only to come together once more in the broth… The smoke rises to the heavens, and blurs the lines between life and death.”

    When Amy finds out that her girlfriend Megan is moving across the countr...

  • 111
    Movie

    111

    Movie

    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.

  • Make a Memory

    Movie

    Evelyn Landow is a DIY filmmaker and 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 playful love and memories that have re...

  • OTV LIVESTREAMS

    12 items