[SOLIDARITY] Resistance of Vision Film Festival

RESISTANCE OF VISION is a touring festival presented by the 27-year-old 501c3 non-profit arts organization San Francisco IndieFest, comprising four programs of short films roughly 90 minutes in length that will premiere in May 2025 with both virtual on-demand screenings on their website and also in-person screenings in Boston, San Francisco, Wichita and Birmingham.

1. When we Arrive as Flowers Susan O'Brien, 5 min, USA (OUR BODIES, OUR CHOICE) When We Arrive as Flowers, follows Diovanna, a New York-based trans Afro-Latinx dancer as she realizes her transfemme identity through a choreographic journey of self-discovery, celebration, and the poetic metaphor of a flower coming into bloom. Full film: https://vimeo.com/840442584

2. Nomads in the City Moliana Alpha Muller Mundy, 14 min, Spain (WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?) Nomads in the City is a short documentary film that gives insight into the Squatter community of modern London. From the perspective of females and queers, we explore how routine movement and evictions affect their day-to-day life, navigating the growing housing crisis and exploring alternative forms of living. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/679046893

3. Ancestral Call Sonia Kennebeck, Tetiana Anderson, 16 min, USA (FIGHT THE POWER) Danielle Scott, a legally blind Black, Polish-Jewish, and Asian mixed-media artist at the cusp of international fame, risks her own well-being by exposing herself to the intergenerational trauma of the Atlantic Slave Trade. She traces her ancestors' lives for a greater purpose: creating art that reveals the wretched pain and intense beauty of the era while guiding her audience through an experiential journey toward healing and hope. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/1023345332

4. Roll Down The Window Lipa Hussain, 10 min, UK (FIGHT THE POWER) Filmmaker Lipa Hussain interrogates a neurological condition she has experienced since childhood and the parallels it represents with her own religious and racial struggles. Alice In Wonderland syndrome causes the sensation of shrinking and losing bodily control. The film explores the idea of utilizing AIW to confront an enemy from Lipa’s past. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/990039720

5. Black Tide Kim Yip Tong, 13 min France (THIS IS AN EMERGENCY) On July 25, 2020, the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on the reef on the east coast of Mauritius. Twelve days later, oil began to spill, causing the worst ecological disaster ever to occur in the region. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/951605081

6. Feeling the Apocalypse Chen Sing Yap, 7 min, USA (THIS IS AN EMERGENCY) A psychotherapist struggling with climate anxiety explores what it means to live in a dying world. Trailer: https://vimeo.com/679046893

7. Local One Stephen Maing, Brett Story, 10 min, USA (WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON?) The Amazon Labor Union made history in 2022 by becoming the first group to successfully unionize an Amazon warehouse in the U.S. Two and a half years later, the company has refused to recognize the union and bargain a contract. To pressure the company to start negotiating, the Amazon Labor Union, now affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, launches a nationwide strike during peak holiday shopping season. From the filmmakers of the Award-winning film Union, Local One takes us into the first days of the strike at two Amazon warehouses in New York City, this time in solidarity with hundreds more workers across the country. Full film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxlCIvnMbo

8. Resist: The Resistance Revival Chorus Susan O'Brien, 19 min, USA In the midst of a country divided, a diverse group of women and non-binary individuals unite through the historic power of music to create a movement ignited by song. Full film: https://vimeo.com/808267633

Total running time: 95 minutes