The Films

• Year 2024
• Country USA
• Runtime 13 min
• Director Mikayla Swanson

Filmmaker in Attendance

The story of hardship, growth and resilience many indigenous women experience.

• Year 2025
• Country USA
• Runtime 16 min
• Director Glen Janssens

Hope comes to a South Memphis neighborhood that has struggled with basic resources. It takes the unlikely form of a climbing gym, where Jarmond Johnson and others experience different outcomes on the wall.

From the Director: An incredibly devastating note that has changed the trajectory of our film. and the entire Rox community - Jarmond Johnson - the film’s main subject and a deeply loved figure in the Memphis Rox community was shot and killed on June 29th while doing the work he loved, serving the people he loved. The whole community has been rocked, but they’ve responded with love, resilience and positive action.

• Year 2025
• Country USA
• Runtime 29 min
• Director José Guadalupe Jiménez Jr.

Filmmaker in Attendance, Has Subtitles

“Citizen” explores the near deportation of Grand Rapids, Michigan-born U.S. citizen, Marine, and combat veteran Jilmar Ramos Gomez. This film scrutinizes the system that nearly expelled him, the collaboration between local law enforcement and I.C.E., and raises critical questions about who gets to define what it means to be American.