Every day brings new challenges for those of us coping with wellness issues such as physical and mental disabilities, addiction, food insecurity, and homelessness. The subjects in this group of short films do what’s necessary to get by.

Individuals with stigmatized physical differences, like hair loss, sacrifice a lot to cover it up. First-time filmmaker Andrea Alberti examines how hair plays an integral part of our identity and how losing it has a devastating impact on emotional well-being, personal relationships, and social interactions.

The untold story of how neurocognitive disorders are having a disproportionate and devastating impact on people of color.

The Southern-born, Queer scholar and playwright E. Patrick Johnson journeys through the country to reconnect with the six black gay men whose stories he captured within his book, and later brought to life on stage, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South — An Oral History.

Underscoring the interconnectivity between self-identity and one’s emotional wellbeing, this collection of short films explores diverse themes of self-love, self-loathing, and self-hood.

Junior is a 9-year-old Venezuelan boy (Samuel Lange Zambrano) whose preening obsession with straightening his curly hair elicits a tidal wave of homophobic panic in his hard-working single mother (Samantha Castillo).

Explore opposing viewpoints of ethnic pride and racial animus in this collection of timely short films that profile the complexities of racial identity and the implications of intolerance.

Filmmaker and physician Delaney Ruston uses a personal lens and professional eye to help us all flip the script on stress, anxiety, and depression. We follow Delaney as she finds herself at a loss on how to help her own teens as they struggle with their emotional well-being. Ruston sets out to understand these challenges in our current screen-filled society, and how we, as parents and schools empower teens to overcome mental health challenges and build emotional agility, communication savvy, and stress resilience.

The average kid spends 6.5 hours a day looking at screens, scrolling through life with their rapid-fire thumbs and a six-second attention span. Through poignant and unexpectedly funny stories, along with surprising insights from authors, psychologists, and brain scientists, Screenagers reveals how tech time impacts kids’ development and offers solutions on how adults can empower kids to navigate the digital world best and find balance.

The United States has the highest maternal mortality rate of any industrialized country in the world. African American women in the U.S. are nearly four times more likely to die of pregnancy-related complications than European American Women. Through this documentary, women tell their stories and share their maternal health care experiences in the U.S.

Korean American adoptee and fitness model Kevin Kreider has spent his whole career trying to answer the question, “Can Asian men be sexy?” The Ugly Model examines the paradox of a handsome male model who feels ashamed, ugly, and emasculated in America because of his Asian ethnicity

The need for multiple jobs to make ends meet has become a common reality for many families in this country, which leads to a fundamental question: Who looks after the children while their parents work? Filmmaker Loira Limbal examines the economic and emotional toll affecting some American families, told through the lens of a 24-hour daycare center in Westchester, New York.

Uncovering a silenced family history and disturbing truths, director Dinesh Sabu and his siblings must finally reconcile the past, confronting the trauma of losing their parents and the specter of their mental illness.

Women are generally socialized to put the needs of others before themselves. These short stories center women’s sexual health and self-healing as a priority for a healthy community.