2nd annual strong chance film festival winners

A down on his luck guy goes back to his hometown for his 10 year reunion hoping for one more epic night with the fellas but on their way to the reunion, everything goes terribly wrong. Their worse night ever just keep getting crazier!

Young couple Jared and Taylor have always been the perfect couple to their friends. But when they abruptly break-up, both Jared and Taylor quickly find comfort from their closest friends--some shared, some new--deciding that this bitter break-up gives way to enjoy the night and forget their troubles. What was supposed to be a typical friend's night out becomes one night of chaos, missed connections and new discoveries in this outrageous new comedy about friendship, relationships and how one crazy night can change everything.

When Michael (Robbie Petrie) meets Evie (Sara Gray), they believe they're meant for each other. But as the leaves fall and the weather grows colder, their all-too-perfect tale of love at first sight is confronted with reality.

"The Good Life" and its a story of trauma, scars, healing, and freedom. This story follows my one women's journey of being molested that laid the foundation for a life of further trauma, abuse, depression and nonexistence. This short documentary is about a pinnacle moment that lead to healing from sexual child abuse, being set free, and the movement created out of the process that helps others heal from their own trauma and abuse.

“The One and Only Jewish Miss America” is the surprising story of Bess Myerson, the talented beauty queen from the Bronx, and how she won the world’s most famous beauty pageant 75 years ago, at the tail end of World War II. The film follows Bess, the middle daughter of poor Russian immigrants, from her childhood in a one-bedroom Jewish housing project apartment through the suspense-filled pageant. Impressed by the college-educated musician, the judges chose her in spite of anonymous threatening phone calls and sponsor disapproval of a Jewish pageant winner. On her 1945 Miss America tour, Bess faced antisemitism and closed doors at race-restricted venues which did not allow Jews. It is also a story of courage as her disappointment turned to determination, leading Bess Myerson to start her own tour to teach tolerance at high schools and colleges around the country -- a tour which launched her lifelong passion for justice.

The incredible true story of American nurse and entrepreneur, Diana Wright. Overcoming poverty and abuse, Wright built a multi-million dollar business devoted to improving the quality of life for nurses, only to be given a terminal Cancer death sentence by the very industry she dedicated her life to. Failed by the American medical system with only eight months to live, Diana takes her health into her own hands, spending her forecasted time in search of the cure for Cancer.

A comedy web series of fantastic proportions, coming to you one day after it should. An actor navigates both the concrete jungle of NYC and his own imagination. If you've ever felt like you wake up every day and are always just a little behind or not quite your best self, this is the series for you.

Bubbly Brown Sugar tells the story of two soulmates meeting in their dreams and their parallel journeys to finding each other upon waking up.

In Bubbly Brown Sugar, lifestyle blogger and entrepreneur Jewel Patterson has always had psychic dreams that often times came true as a child. When she accepts the proposal for marriage from her longtime sweetheart, Gabriel Hamilton, her psychic dreams come back with such intensity, it throws her life upside down.

Welcome to Petunia's Playhouse! Join us each week to learn a new Self-Care technique to help you through difficult times! In the first two episodes, Petunia and Pumpkin Duck as learn all about Affirmations and Gratitude! Learn how these Self-Care techniques can change your way of thinking so you can tackle any obstacle head-on!

ADULTIN’ is an anthology web series that will examine the personal struggles associated with growing up as we move toward adulthood. Specifically the mundane, overlooked, but necessary, tasks that may weigh differently on all of us as we grow, learn, & figure out this concept called adulthood. This series aims to creatively highlight the ambiguity that comes with adultin’.

MrJayV is a raw, character driven comedy series following Harlem born property owner and small time marijuana dealer JayV Brown (Jay-V Simmons) through a hilarious, heightened and uncensored scope of life in the hood. JayV's crazy love life and the opening of a hair salon in JayV’s newly inherited store-front property run by Alicia Johnson (Latresa Baker) invites more hilarity, antics and drama to the neighborhood.

A quarantine date takes a hard left.

Frankie Weston wakes up after a one night stand, unsure what to make of the morning.

“The middle school reminds me of the middle child, longing for a voice of their own.” —Dr. Constance McIntyre

Hidden in a community of misrepresentation of a failed past, a local middle school, which once was on the brink of shutting down, resurfaces to a vision of hope and inspiration via its new department of dance.

Carol City Middle School, located in Miami Garden, FL was earmarked to close after five consecutive years as a ‘F’ rated school. It’s new principal, Mr. Derrek Negron, revises a new plan to change the landscape in hopes of pulling the negative mindset from its roots. In order to revitalize the school as well as community, he initiated a performance arts wing, with dance at the forefront.

With less than four months marked on the calendar, a skilled, kind, and experienced dance director was selected to steer the reigns to bring this vision to fruition

Understanding the dynamics of the middle child, Dr. Constance McIntyre, the program’s new Director of Dance & Film, graciously creates a platform for a beautiful group of middle school students to discover their voice through dance.

In a sleepy suburb in 1959, Chuck learns that his life may not be as Rockwellian as it may appear. He discovers that his mother has committed suicide, and that society demands that some tragedies be kept in the dark.

Dto and Lonte are lifelong bestfriends who grew up with big dreams of becoming well known award winningactors . Now in their 30s they are at a crossroads in their careers as one is fed up with the games of the industry and has decided to create his own projects and the other is trapped in insanity being convinced that his success must come through the status quo.

5 months after the internet has stopped working, Aley, a misguided internet entrepreneur battles depression and suicide. As she discovers a new internet, she reflects on the connections she has lost and the connections we need.