Topaz Jones

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    Documentary Topaz Jones & Rubberband

    Don't Go Tellin' Your Momma

    Winner of a 2021 Sundance Jury Prize, Topaz Jones's visual album is an autobiographical journey into his formative influences. Told in vignettes, it is modeled off the Black ABC's—an invention from 1970, when Black educators in Chicago developed an alphabet flashcard set to provide Black-centered teaching materials to the vastly white educational landscape.

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    Experimental Justice Jamal Jones

    How To Raise A Black Boy

    An experimental fairytale dedicated to the modern black boy, in which four boys disappear one night, as many black boys do, and find themselves on a fantastical journey to break the curses of black boyhood.

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    Drama Christian Nolan Jones

    Glitter Ain't Gold

    Jibril and his best friend, Tawanda, take a trip to the flea market to buy a fake gold chain in this charming SXSW award-winner.

  • S/W Awards

    The Short Awards 2022: Category Winners

    From the 233 short films we featured on Short of the Week in 2021, our team has selected 14 we think deserve extra praise and attention. This is the 2022 Short Awards

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    Film Noir Andrew Jones

    Frank DanCoolo: Paranormal Drug Dealer

    Reporter, Holly Malone, is out to bring down drug lord, Dancoolo, and break the story of her career. It's a fan film masterpiece with the perfect mix of wacky characters, memorable one-liners, and over-the-top effects.

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    Drama Corrie Jones

    Water

    Things get tense as a young boy struggles to accept his father's disability.

  • Best of the Month

    Best of the Month: September 2021

    A Sundance winner, an ambitious animation and the perfect summation of parenthood make up the trio of films selected by the S/W team as our Best of the Month picks

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    Documentary Ryan Booth

    Five Star

    With 41 full-ride Division 1 scholarship offers, Brandon Jones is one of the most heavily recruited high school football players in the country. But beneath the stats, the college offers, and the very real possibility of achieving his dreams of playing in the NFL, he’s just a kid. And he’s facing the biggest decision of his life.

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    Documentary Nathan Caswell & Jeremiah Zagar

    Always A Fire

    Chad Jones, athletic superstar and NFL hopeful, was brutally injured in a 2010 car crash. His journey to recovery is documented is this virtuosic short from the team at Union HZ.

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