Morehouse College Human Rights Film Festival 2025- Day 3

From the venue:

Open your eyes, 1 p.m.

A visually impaired guide on tours immerses everyone interested into his world. But to get closer to the world of his sighted daughter, he takes a camera in his hands.

SHORTS BLOCK: At What Cost? 2 p.m.

In this shorts block, society’s pressures come to light, exposing the difficult decisions people must make when pushed to their limits.

42 Years For Nothing & Gateway Home: Journeys of Reentry, 3:30 p.m.

After serving 38 years in prison for the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl, David Bryant maintained his innocence. With the help of a nonprofit organization, he is released and sent home, but nothing could prepare him for what would happen next.

The Highest Standard, 4:30 p.m.

Hopeful Boston Public School students are given a chance to dramatically alter their paths through an alternative school year. The journey they embark on is longer than they could ever imagine: the goal is to access the promising futures that the most elite education spaces provide, but what will be the cost? As high school seniors, four years later, the students revisit their journeys and reflect on that question.

One Minute Remaining, 6 p.m.

The One Minute Remaining documentary follows three families across the nation as their loved ones remain incarcerated. The film captures the story arc of each family having their person released from prison while portraying the chaotic impact of incarceration on families and specifically women. The film weaves together similar themes of prisoner healthcare stories anchored on Julie Magers ferociously fighting for her former husband’s Multiple Sclerosis(MS) to be treated during his 20 year prison sentence. Together these documented families tell the story of an unintended consequence of incarceration that impacts millions of American families.

Nominated - Student Block, 7 p.m.

An exploration of the effects of integration in education, through the eyes of Zora Neale Hurston. Looking at the good, the bad and the ugly effects on the education and experiences of black students.