Featuring the best of urban short films by tomorrow’s next great filmmakers, this episode includes: Magnolia Bloom: In 1950s Las Vegas, a black singer is denied her first headlining performance when the venue refuses to admit black patrons. Black Dispatch: A Confederate engineer’s house slave risks everything by stealing military plans in hopes of delivering them to the Union Army to earn her family’s freedom. Civil: Civilians and soldiers collide and must ultimately decide each other’s fates in South Carolina, 1865.

Featuring the best of urban short films by tomorrow’s next great filmmakers, this episode includes: 365 Days in LA: In the midst of a pandemic and after a health scare, a veteran high school teacher halts her life and leaves all she knows behind. Black Dad: Social Black Parental Commentary through the lens of a middle-aged father.

Featuring the best of urban short films by tomorrow’s next great filmmakers, this episode includes: The Way Out: Following a violent encounter with her abusive boyfriend, a young woman finds an unexpected way to leave him. Roll Pin Punch: Two MMA fighters, both women of color, spar with one another while flashbacks haunt their every punch, every kick, every takedown. Naphtali: A couple struggles to deal with the loss of their boys to child protective services, but in order to get them back they must face what got their kids taken away in the first place. Anna v Anna: During a live TV interview for her second book release, a shy, successful author faces an identity crisis with a confrontational interviewer.

Featuring the best of urban short films by tomorrow’s next great filmmakers, this episode includes: Dreams From the Edge: A young girl dreams of becoming a Hollywood actress, despite her mother’s reluctance. Looking For Me: The misadventures of a life coach whose life is in the garbage, yet again. Goodbye: A woman returns home to say a final goodbye and faces an unresolved love. The Way Out: A woman tries to leave her abusive partner when he unexpectedly returns home, leaving her with a choice.

Featuring urban short films by our next great filmmakers, this episode includes: Straw Man: A scarecrow sets out to save his family’s farm from foreclosure. CODA: A dancer struggles with identity when she meets a Deaf man who stirs up feelings about growing up hearing in a Deaf family. Tape 23: A son and his father film what will be the last episode of their home movie series.