Mia Cioffi Henry

 Director of Photography

Sorry, Baby

Fashion revolutionary Bethann Hardison looks back on her journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent, and activist, shining a light on an untold chapter in the fight for racial diversity.

Invisible Beauty

When Marian is on the run, she goes to the only place she knows is safe: her childhood home. She is greeted by her estranged sister, Vivian, a stay-at-home housewife struggling to conceive and on the verge of a failing marriage. Though the two are identical twins, they live opposite lives. Marian’s mysterious return disrupts Vivian’s small-town routine, and the sisters must learn to reconnect and reconcile. When Marian's haunting past finally catches up to her, their separate worlds collide, catapulting both sisters into grave danger. 16mm



Superior

A web designer for a nonprofit in Brooklyn, is ecstatic to be the surrogate and egg-donor for her best friend and his husband. Twelve weeks into the pregnancy, a prenatal test comes back with unexpected results that pose a moral dilemma.

The Surrogate

Dark Moon

One young woman's Sisyphean quest to get a mattress up a staircase and into her walk-up apartment.

Moving

Ja'Tovia presents a reflection on the safety and physical integrity of black women. Combining different materials, the film juxtaposes Harlem street interviews with excerpts about Nina Simone concerts and Claude Monet's performances.

The Giverny Document

A young woman named Kasha tries to escape her romantic past by starting over as a maid at a love hotel called Lusty Crest. But she soon discovers that the hotel is plagued by lecherous peeping toms, a staff with powers of mind control, and an owner, Mr. Josh, whose magic tricks have quite a seductive quality. If that weren't enough, Kasha soon finds that the hotel was built on top of the earth's Sex Core, and the spirits lurking there are desperate to be set free. Meanwhile, a pair of guests has witnessed some supernatural activity, and Mr. Josh and staff must "take care of them" the only way they know how--by using powers they have harnessed from the sensual spirits.

Lusty Crest

10 aliens in human host bodies learn how to be men.

Dominant Species

A young woman who has been sexually assaulted by a stranger on the subway is rendered with psychological menace and sensory dislocation in this elliptical tale.

Cheer Up Baby

A slice of life film set in the Bronx, New York-In Sudden Darkness follows the life of the Moore's, a working-class family trying to stay afloat in the midst of a city-wide blackout.

In Sudden Darkness

Discharged from the hospital after a partial face transplant, Eva becomes increasingly curious about her donor.

Valeria

Mona, Cindy, and Aurora are alternate versions of one woman. Caught up in an increasingly performative role, she experiences variations on walking and falling.