Self
A group of young lost rebellious outsiders are given a home in New York City by Emmy Award-winning fashion stylist, Patricia Field, and together take on the world, changing it forever. Field, has done a lot more than Sex and the City. She has spent several decades saving lives and giving hope to lost outsiders who society frowned upon--transsexuals, club kids, drag queens, gay teenagers, butch-dykes, people who needed to escape from their hometowns because they were never understood. This is the story of a close-knit unconventional family in New York that has single-handedly changed music and fashion for the world several times over. Toronto filmmaker, Mars Roberge, has spent a decade becoming one with them so that their story could be told. In doing so, he becomes part of their family.
Designer
Eboni 8 is a black-sci fi comedy musical short that takes place in the near future. Tired of feeling invincible, Shameka “Susan” Heart, an aspiring fashion designer finds herself stuck in an entry level security guard position at SISTAH YASSS! , a progressive premier black-owned, fashion publication. Susan fantasizes of taking on Naomi Banks, lead fashion editor at Sistah Yasss! Dreaming of her big break in the fashion world, Susan shares her frustrations with her supervisor and head of Sistah Yasss! security Connie Winter. When the two women are greeted by the mesmerizing Mr. Cash with a mysterious offer, Susan’s dreams of finally getting her big break into the fashion world are close to becoming a reality.
