Bradford Young Filmes

  • 2013
    Mother of George

    Mother of George

    Mother of George

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    A Nigerian couple living in Brooklyn are having trouble conceiving a child - a problem that defies cultural expectations and leads to a shocking...

    Mother of George
  • 2009
    Mississippi Damned

    Mississippi Damned

    Mississippi Damned

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    Three poor Black kids in rural Mississippi reap the consequences of their family's cycle of abuse, addiction, and violence.

    Mississippi Damned
  • 2007
    Mo

    Mo

    Mo

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    Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't...

    Mo
  • 2013
    Vara : A Blessing

    Vara : A Blessing

    Vara : A Blessing

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    In a small Indian village, Lila is learning to dance from her mother, Devadasi, a Bharatanatyam dancer. She falls in love with low class Shyam, who...

    Vara : A Blessing
  • 2024
    False Positive

    False Positive

    False Positive

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    The untold story of the fastest man in the world, Butch Reynolds, whose legendary career was derailed by a faulty drug test in one of the greatest...

    False Positive
  • 2009
    Colonial Gods

    Colonial Gods

    Colonial Gods

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    A complicated friendship between a young Somali and Nigerian man unfolds against the chaos of gentrification and displacement in the small immigrant...

    Colonial Gods
  • 2007
    Pariah

    Pariah

    Pariah

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    A lesbian teenager unsuccessfully juggles multiple identities to avoid rejection from her friends and family. Mounting pressure from home, school,...

    Pariah
  • 1970
    REkOGNIZE

    REkOGNIZE

    REkOGNIZE

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    REkOGNIZE is a three-channel video installation and a meditation on photography, memory, and movement. Artist and Academy Award-nominated...

    REkOGNIZE
  • 2009
    If I Leap

    If I Leap

    If I Leap

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    If I Leap
  • 2016
    Letter to the Free

    Letter to the Free

    Letter to the Free

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    Inspired by some of the greatest musical recordings and performances 'behind bars', Young imagines a time and place where jails and prisons are no...

    Letter to the Free
  • 2016
    Black America Again

    Black America Again

    Black America Again

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    A visual celebration of the beauty, strength, perseverance and spirit of the Black community in these troubling times.

    Black America Again
  • 2017
    To Be Free

    To Be Free

    To Be Free

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    In a tiny after-hours club, Nina Simone finds a way, for one moment, to be free.

    To Be Free
  • 2013
    The Door

    The Door

    The Door

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    The Door, by Ava DuVernay, is a celebration of the transformative power of feminine bonds, and a symbolic story of life change.

    The Door
  • 2009
    Eventual Salvation

    Eventual Salvation

    Eventual Salvation

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    A documentary following the efforts of Earnestine Smith, an 80-year old American, to return to Liberia in order to rebuild her life following the...

    Eventual Salvation
  • 2019
    As Told To G/D Thyself

    As Told To G/D Thyself

    As Told To G/D Thyself

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    The cosmic journey of sacred youth, during which pain, pleasure, and sublimation are nonnegotiable.

    As Told To G/D Thyself
  • 2018
    Untitled (M*A*S*H)

    Untitled (M*A*S*H)

    Untitled (M*A*S*H)

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    Leigh’s video work Untitled (M*A*S*H) (2018) imagines a fictive order of black nurses operating on the front of the Korean War, a conflict that...

    Untitled (M*A*S*H)
  • 2014
    En Vogue

    En Vogue

    En Vogue

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    A high-concept, in-your-face experimental short showcasing the unique beauty, energy and exuberance of one of NYC's last underground subcultures:...

    En Vogue