April Matthis

Movies

November
Narrator 4
November, an urgent film about white male privilege set against scenes of Black joy, freedom, and beauty.
Fugitive Dreams
Mary
In this allegorical road movie touching on issues of homelessness, mental health, and addiction, two lost souls embark across a dreamscape America. Their darkly strange journey confronts them with their traumatic pasts, and bonds them in compassion and love.
Ramona at Midlife
Imani
A single mother and former Literary It Girl discovers that her unflattering current reality is the subject of a hot filmmaker’s newest project.
The Piano Lesson
Grace
In 1936, an ornately carved piano - the Charles family's prized possession - has been gathering dust in the parlor of Berniece Charles' Pittsburgh home. When Boy Willie, Berniece's exuberant brother, bursts into her life with his dream of buying the same Mississippi land that his family had worked as slaves, he plans to sell their antique piano for the cash he needs to stake his future. But Berniece refuses to sell, clinging to the piano as a reminder of the history that is their family legacy.