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Sunday June 22nd 2025, 8:00 pm
OUTshine Celebrates Black History Month
Streaming: February 7th - February 13th
Film Details
Runtime: 79 minutes
Genre: Drama, Free, Gay, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance
We have always felt that our community is stronger together and we strive to support all of the members of our community. To this standard we are happy to present this series of short films highlighting the efforts of those Black and Queer content creators both behind and in front of the camera. Ensuring that the community is represented is an important step and ensures that the next generation will see more and more people like them seen, heard and standing up proud.
I CANTELL YOU ANYTHING
Director: Kevin Anthony, USA, 13 minutes
Best friends Miles and Cole can’t resist each other. They experiment with new pleasures and emotions behind the back of Mile’s overprotective brother. But the fear of getting caught can’t stop what their bodies are telling them
BLUNT
Director: Hisonni Mustafa Johnson, USA, 20 minutes
An interracial lesbian couple attempts to ease the racial tension between them and their parents using the power of straight talk and a little bit of Cannabis.
MELLOW
Director: John Tsiavis, Australia, 3 minutes
Some people choose to be an activist, for others, it's an ongoing fight for survival. This is a 'moving portrait' of Mellow, a trans, non-binary activist in Los Angeles. The story of moving out of darkness into the light, turning hardship into positivity.
SMOKE, LILIES, AND JADE
Directors: Deondray Gossfield and Quincy LeNear Gossfield, USA, 28 minutes
Alex, a young artist of the Harlem Renaissance, flirts with the idea of bisexuality through posturing and conversations he has with his girlfriend, Melva, and his Bohemian mentor, Raymond. Then he meets Beauty, a Latin man who pursues Alex with poetry and fire, and the fun turns to earnest. The music of a concert performance breaks the floodgates of Alex's desires, and he finds himself torn between Melva and Beauty. Which one will he choose? Based on a short story by Robert Bruce Nugent, shockingly penned in 1926, with narration by Billy Porter, Smoke, Lilies, and Jade is a beauty to behold.
EGÚNGÚN (MASQUERADE)
Director: Olive Nwosu, Nigeria, 15 minutes, In English and Yoruba with English subtitles
When Salewa must return home to Lagos, Nigeria, she finds herself back in a place where she once had to hide herself. But now she goes in search of her own peace.
