IF/Then Presents

IF/Then Presents

6 Episodes

Dedicated to supporting documentary storytellers whose voices have long been marginalized within the film industry, IF/Then Shorts breaks down barriers to access, exposure, and funding in the media landscape. To date, IF/Then has been instrumental in bringing more than fifty projects from across the globe to the screen, including a mesmerizing exploration of insomnia set in the outer space of consciousness (LIFE WITHOUT DREAMS), an intimate portrait of a Black lesbian elder fighting for access to housing in New York City (QUEENIE), and an animated meditation on the relationship between Japanese philosophy and abortion (MIZUKO).

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IF/Then Presents

6 Episodes

  • Flatbush! Flatbush!
    15:53
    Flatbush! Flatbush!
    Episode 1

    Flatbush! Flatbush!

    Episode 1

    Directed by Alex Ramírez-Mallis • 2021 • United States

    A fleet of minibuses race up and down Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, providing commuters a familiar, if occasionally harrowing, alternative to the subway for only $2 a ride.

  • Mizuko
    14:50
    Mizuko
    Episode 2

    Mizuko

    Episode 2

    Directed by Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo • 2019 • United States

    In Japan, there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, MIZUKO is an intimate look at how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates the controversial drawing of “the line” in abortio...

  • Stay Close
    18:51
    Stay Close
    Episode 3

    Stay Close

    Episode 3

    Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan • 2019 • United States, China

    Mixing documentary and animation, this creatively told underdog story follows a fencer from Brooklyn who must overcome a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.

  • Queenie
    19:32
    Queenie
    Episode 4

    Queenie

    Episode 4

    Directed by Cai Thomas • 2020 • United States

    Queenie is a seventy-three-years-young Black lesbian who has called the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn home since 1988, but she is ready to move to a building that better meets her mobility, safety, and social needs as an aging elder. She applies to Ston...

  • Nonstop
    12:13
    Nonstop
    Episode 5

    Nonstop

    Episode 5

    Directed by Zac Manuel and Marta Rodriguez Maleck • 2021 • United States

    The interconnected daily journeys of bus riders and operators on the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority bus lines illuminate why the Black community there has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. While the bus ...

  • Life Without Dreams
    13:20
    Life Without Dreams
    Episode 6

    Life Without Dreams

    Episode 6

    Directed by Jessica Bardsley • 2022 • United States

    LIFE WITHOUT DREAMS is set in the outer space of consciousness, where the surfaces of far-out planetary bodies form the terrain for an exploration of 24/7 capitalism, insomnia, and the disappearance of darkness due to light pollution.

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