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Black Eyes, Black Lives

A selection of exceptional shorts from filmmakers, curated by S.O.U.L Celebrate Connect founder Iyare Igiehon.

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RiveRive

Drama201711 mins

Three friends swap love lessons before one of them plans to propose to his girlfriend.

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Ojumo Ti MoOjumo Ti Mo

Documentary201916 mins

Three years after their father passed, a family of four women come together through a series of phone calls spanning over three months.

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We Do What We CanWe Do What We Can

Drama20199 mins

We Do What We Can is a film that looks at one of the miracles in the journey of diaspora Africans.

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Beneath the SurfaceBeneath the Surface

Animation & Artists Moving Image20174 mins

A comedy-drama animation about two best friends growing up in the same world but experiencing it completely differently.

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Secure the BagSecure the Bag

Drama201917 mins

Best friends Emeka and Joseph find ten thousand pounds inside a bag in a local playground.

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AppreciationAppreciation

Drama201914 mins

An African Pentecostal Pastor questions everything she believes after a life-changing event.

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Almost An AdultAlmost An Adult

Music video20198 mins

A conceptual film following musical artist Jords’ quest to serendipity. The Tree of Life’ is the cornerstone of the film as he battles to triumph through grief.

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MotherlandMotherland

Documentary20193 mins

Exploring the way in which culture has a fundamental influence within the African Diaspora in London.

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KindredKindred

Drama20188 mins

Samona Olanipekun explores the concepts of home, identity and belonging, from the starting point of the theme of globalisation.

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Dear PhiladelphiaDear Philadelphia

Documentary202028 mins

Three African American fathers unravel the incomparable partnership of forgiveness and community.

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FatherhoodFatherhood

Drama20175 mins

Iggy London's short film designed to decode the intimacy between men of colour.

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I Am PilateI Am Pilate

Drama202012 mins

A journalist sent to the home of former district governor for an interview, but his routine obituary fact check reveals an extraordinary secret.

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Survivors GuiltSurvivors Guilt

Comedy20208 mins

A young recluse suffering from PTSD encounters a late-night commercial that promises him an unexpected and somewhat magical cure.

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Father of ManFather of Man

Drama201716 mins

Compelling story of a complex relationship between an ​imperious​ ​father and his son.

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Something in the ClosetSomething in the Closet

Drama201912 mins

Is there really a monster in Madi's closet, or is it something else that she fears?