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EMERALD CITY, 21min., USA
Directed by Josef Steiff
Two young men cross paths on the back roads of the American Southwest and despite their different backgrounds, find common ground along the Border.

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THE GREAT EQUALIZER, 19min., USA
Directed by Pritchett Cotten
When it comes to "Diversity" and "Inclusion", effective patent rights are "The Great Equalizer". Patents enable a garage inventor to create a new startup and compete with huge, entrenched interests. They are what provide the protection to put in the time and effort to perfect a novel invention for the marketplace. They secure investment to fuel innovation. Patents are the key to the innovation meritocracy, allowing Americans of any race, belief, or gender to raise their station in life and build a better life for themselves and for our country. But, in recent years patent rights have been actively dismantled by “Big Tech” greed and lost to infringing large corporations crushing the individual inventor, which presents the question; What good are "Diversity and Inclusion" when the Patent system fails at its mission to be the "Great Equalizer"?

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COMPRESSION, 11min., USA
Directed by Andrew Twibell
An experimental narrative about a group of young people forced to participate in an endless cycle of filmed performances.

INADEQUATE, 10min., USA
Directed by Elya Randrianaivo
A white professional woman opens her home to a black little girl, who was put into foster care after she overdoses. She spares no effort to take the best care of the child but keeps hitting a wall. This comes to a breaking point when the girl vanishes on visitation day after her birth mother fails to show up on time. Both moms have to work through their differences by teaming up to find the girl and face their parenting inadequacies.

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DISMISSAL TIME, 29min., USA
Directed by Andre Joseph
When a black high school student in a reputable prep school becomes the victim of a vicious form of cyberbullying, his history teacher makes it her mission to bring those responsible to task when the administration fails to act. Inspired by true events.

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