A Shaming

Follows Grammy award-winning Roy Hargrove during the last year of his life and illuminates his impact on Black music while delving into themes of power, race and ethics in the music industry.

A sunny California afternoon. The Host welcomes a couple and their four year-old daughter Piggy to his housewarming party. His high-school friend and unrequited love climbs out of the pool to greet the new guests. She knows The Father--she applied to work at his much-anticipated restaurant opening in town. In a game of cat and mouse, the couple toy with other guests. Envy brews under the surface of every interaction as seduction becomes a tool of torture. Each character masks the pain to spare themselves and the child.

A female MMA fighter on the brink of self-destruction finds a lifeline in a court-ordered equine therapy program, leading her to confront her past and redefine her future.

'Temp-to-Perm' is a four-minute meditation on the bizarre behavior of the corporate culture: What begins as a seemingly benign interview for the position of 'temp-to-perm,' Jane is subjected to an increasingly bizarre series of questions and demands as we learn just how far she's willing to go for gainful employment. The film begins by examining the dehumanizing behavior lauded in offices spaces but then takes a turn into the absurd tabloid demands placed on actresses.