Editing
Kristan Sprague
Kristan Sprague is a New York-based film editor. He edited Manos Sucias (2014), which won Best New Narrative Director at the Tribeca Film Festival and earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Editing, and Newlyweeds (2013), directed by Shaka King, which premiered at Sundance and won the Independent Spirit "Someone to Watch" Award. He also edited Judas and the Black Messiah (2021), A …
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By Any Means · 2026By Any Means
★ 8.12026
MovieHistoryCrime
In 1960s Mississippi, young Black FBI agent Wayne Strider is sent to investigate a wave of brutal killings targeting civil rights leaders. Forced to work alongside notorious mafia hitman Greg Scarpa, Strider finds himself pulled into a deadly hunt where the lines of justice and vengeance begin to blur.
Judas and the Black Messiah · 2021Judas and the Black Messiah
★ 7.32021
MovieDramaHistory
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers on the orders of FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends—falling for a fellow revolutionary en route—a battle wages for O’Neal’s soul.
A Thousand and One · 2023A Thousand and One
★ 6.62023
MovieDramaCrime
Struggling but unapologetically living on her own terms, Inez is moving from shelter to shelter in mid-1990s New York City. With her 6-year-old son Terry in foster care and unable to leave him again, she kidnaps him so they can build their life together. As the years go by, their family grows and Terry becomes a smart yet quiet teenager, but the secret that has defined their lives threatens to destroy the home they have so improbably built.
El Tiguere · 2025El Tiguere
2025
MovieDramaFamily
In the face of food insecurity and a harsh legal system in the Bronx, a Dominican immigrant operates his mobile food garden under the radar, determined to rebuild his life and repair his relationship with his estranged son.
Master · 2026Master
2026
MovieThrillerDrama
The political ambition of a Bangladeshi teacher corrodes both community and self, as corruption takes hold.
Dirty Hands · 2014Dirty Hands
★ 6.62014
MovieThrillerDrama
Towing a submerged torpedo in the wake of their battered fishing boat, a desperate fisherman and a naive kid embark on a journey trafficking millions of dollars worth of cocaine. Shot entirely on location along the Pacific coast of Colombia—in areas that bear the indelible scars of the drug trade—Manos Sucias refuses to glamorize the drug trade but rather seeks to offer a rare glimpse of its devastating effects.
Cierva · 2025Cierva
2025
MovieDrama
An emerging photographer is forced to make a crucial decision while on a career-defining job.
Cuban Food Stories · 2018Cuban Food Stories
★ 6.32018
MovieDocumentary
After ten years living as an expat in the United States, Asori Soto decides to return to his homeland of Cuba to search for the missing flavors of his childhood. This is a journey to discover culinary traditions long thought lost due to the hardship that Cuba survived after the collapse of the Soviet Union.














