STRAW 2025: A Mother’s Silence Was Louder Than a Siren
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.

Daniel is let out of jail for his mothers funeral. During his furlough he kidnaps his son and takes him to a movie set where a western is being shot.
A haunting look at grief, survival, and a mother’s quiet collapse in a world that never gave her room to fall.
In 1971, when discussions about how to integrate their school system break down, the community of Durham, North Carolina agrees to bring in Bill Riddick(Babou Ceesay) to conduct a series of summits(charrettes) to help them move forward with desegregation.
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