Shot by Shot
Charlotte, NC
April 2026
Director: Caleb Raymond-Dye Joseph
An African-American teen, is in his backyard shooting a basketball, he makes every shot, this shows the classic stereotype that growing up African-American boys only way out is basketball. At the end it clocks him and he realizes that he can do other things with his life.
Nothing to See Here: Watts
Watts, CA
January 2026
Director: Michael Soenen
Forced to sit together and watch each other’s lives, people with every reason to distrust one another must decide how their community will be seen—and whether they can agree on a shared version of the truth.
As personal histories collide, long-held assumptions begin to break down.
What emerges is not consensus, but recognition.
And when the filmmakers choose to screen the film for active gang leaders—many of them lifelong rivals—the project takes on real-world stakes.
What began as an attempt to understand a community becomes something far more uncertain—and far more consequential.
Nothing to See Here: Watts is a film created by the community—not about it—revealing what becomes possible when people see their enemies differently.