Our Voices Project

 

Our Films

Stories that center Black, Brown, and Indigenous Peoples.


Being Black in America (2024)

A diverse group of Black Americans discussing their answers to one question: What does being Black in America mean to you?

 


This Is My Grandmother

Two Indigenous families, one of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and one of the Tuscarora Nation, discuss growing up both on and outside of the reservation; traditions and cultural norms; and the lack of Indigenous history in classrooms.

 


Activists & Allies (2022)

Centering the activists of YWCA's Clarissa Street Branch for Colored Women and their historic stand against racism along with YWCA's leaders over the years who continued to push for racial and social justice in the Greater Rochester Area.

 


Mona (2020)

Mona Isler takes us through what it was like to growing up and being called "light-skinned"- a term to her that felt like an insult when coming from family and friends; her natural hair journey , and her love of improvisation and rediscovering her unique voice.

 

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