Based her grandfather’s boyhood in St. Louis, Yasmin Gorenberg tells a story of the pain passed from refugee parents to their children and the hope that can overcome it. “40 Nickels” captures the image of a generation of immigrants to the United States in the 1920’s and 1930’s and through that spotlights the effects of the 1919 pogroms in Eastern Europe. This is a film about parents and children: how trauma never leaves a family, and how hope and resilience is also passed down. It asks the question: Can a new generation look at the world with wonder rather than fear?

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Set among the cane fields of rural Louisiana, Burning Cane follows a deeply religious mother struggling to reconcile her convictions of faith with the love she has for her troubled son.

Phillip Youmans made this short exclusively for Dazed in part of his takeover as guest editor. Described as a love letter to his home of New Orleans this stunningly shot short is truly poetic.

November, an urgent film about white male privilege set against scenes of Black joy, freedom, and beauty.

Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.

Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.

Upon immigrating to New York, a West-African mother finds comfort in the dresses her daughter makes for her.

“Won’t You Celebrate With Me” is about Black woman unity in an alternative Afrofuture. The film depicts a small community of Black women who have let go of technology, material possession, and contact to the outside world. Through this isolation, they’ve developed an unbreakable bond.