LEAVE IN THE WIND, 4min., South Korea
Directed by Young-Shin Kim
Two guys an old love, or was it all just a dream?

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LET'S GO, 10min., USA
Directed by Siggi Jung
Depressed divorcee who also ...

This music video speaks to the all-too-common matter of people dealing with rejection simply because they have decided to be true to themselves, to be authentic and be who they are. It is a project designed to bring hope, energy and resilience to those who are marginalized and minimized by others...

Watch the best scene reading: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji9Ul2rh8Gs

In the summer of 1971, Barbara, a devout Catholic and single mother, navigates a crisis of faith when her teenage sons, Ben and Charlie, reveal their desire to transition. In a time when transgender identity is barely ackn...

ANOTHER STAR, 24min.,USA
Directed by Antonia Stevenson
Another Star is set in 1970s Washington, D.C., where young Black girls begin vanishing from neighborhood streets, their disappearances met with silence, suspicion, and systemic neglect. When one girl fails to return home from a simple trip to...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Adam Lives in Principal
My child breathes inside of me
I am nothing when he’s born
I am woman larger than before
Like the moon plummeting to Earth when gravity falls,
sliding down beneath my back,
pushing and raising my stomach to the sky,
offering me
as I am ...

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Tell me how pretty I am, buy me a necklace, and swiftly steal my heart. Take me to the zoo and whisper in my ear

that I am more beautiful and esoteric than the black panther, perched on a fake plastic tree behind his glass prison walls.

Come to my house and ...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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Inheritance

Dear Son,

Even before you arrive,
before your name means anything to the world,
there is something
the world will expect you to understand.

This world was made by killers.

Troy.
Thermopylae.
Tours.
Waterloo.
Gettysburg.
Stalingrad.

Each place a moment...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

I Live So Close I’m Wearing Pajamas

“Only a puddle remained where, just a day earlier, a man had bobbed in the amniotic fluid of illusion.” “A Man in a Fishbowl,
Marinated in Unreality,” Dan Barry, The New York Times, 5-10-06

Everything’s rendered as a Victor...

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

Once there was a woman in the night forest
who could hear above the register of most.
She would listen to mice sing in chorus
or coyotes comfort their young
over the flash and rumble of coming weather.

There was the night when I stayed in the garden
late in...

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

What goes on inside those walls?
What happens beyond that gate?
What are they hiding, and who
are they trying to keep out?
I have a few ideas, but I also
have my doubts. I can’t even
count the number of times
I looked through the bars
of that gate. I’ve never
s...

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

My pretty red hat tells me I'm special
My godsent president says it's okay I'm not kind
“Well why did you make them run you over?”
Those blue-haired people are out of their mind.

Mr. Donnie does business - he’s filthy rich!
He’ll pull us out of this economic s...

Performed by Val Cole

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Performed by Val Cole

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POEM:

In The Storm
in the storm
I’m alive
under fog
from the deep
by the sea
where her voice
to me waves
for release
oh, she waves
yes, she calls
in the song
of the sea:

“Will you Hear me.”

so I reach
for her hand
and I try
to call back
for my heart
has been torn
l...