Film

While off duty, a black rookie police officer gains a new perspective on his career when he’s detained in a routine traffic stop.

This short documentary examines the rise and fall of John L. Phillips Jr., a Brooklyn Civil Court judge, kung fu master, filmmaker, and activist theater owner whose one-of-a-kind career was undone by scandal.

Over the course of a Brooklyn summer, recent college grad Simba falls in love with a stripper, spends a night in jail, and almost ruins the family business.

As he prepares for a reunion with his long-estranged family, an African immigrant living in Brooklyn simultaneously confronts the heartache of losing his lover.

An actor who hates his black skin and the hardship that comes with it makes the radical decision to erase his identity and embody “whiteness.”