Monarch Kaleidoscope

A traumatic event in a boy’s life underlies a surprising answer to a guidance counselor’s question. This is a simple, yet powerful, largely animated work that addresses the sad reality for Black people in America in a white supremacist world.

Two newly dead young people meet in the streets of Athens, amid the pulsing cityscape and the ghosts of history. One a translator, the other a photographer, they were outsiders in life; in death they struggle with the residue of their longings and mistakes. They wander the city together, finding consolation in the difficult beauty of existence and its aftermath.

A middle-aged woman and her best friend rush to make her over for the anniversary dinner she’s sure her husband is surprising her with.

Taylor prepares obsessively for the perfect third date with dreamboat Chris, but his efforts backfire, sending the relationship spiraling to a whole new level of intimacy.