United We Heal Film Festival – Jun 18 & 20
Posted by Philadelphia Citizen on June 10, 2025
There’s something for everyone at the Fourth Annual United We Heal Film Festival: documentaries, animation, narrative, experimental films. There are two very important things they all have in common: They are all shorts — 30 minutes is the cutoff. And they each address the healing of the Black community from oppression. Organized by filmmaker Ebony Roberts, the unique social justice film festival offers an opportunity for short films written, produced, and directed by Black and Brown filmmakers to reach a wider audience.
United We Heal Film Festival takes its name from the short film Roberts produced in 2020 in response to the deaths of Black Americans at the hands of the police and subsequent protests. Roberts first became enamored with cinema when she saw Back to the Future at seven years old. It’s not the most traditionally cited vehicle for sparking a love of filmmaking, but the exciting element of time travel, combined with the wonder and storytelling magic of producer Steven Spielberg, hooked her.
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