Morgan Kinnally

FULL-LENGTH Mahdi, a Somali Bantu refugee and a leader of his community is proud of the advancements the Somali Bantu refugee community made since their first arrival to Southern California. However, it seems more and more problems arise in his community: arrests, intimidation, and prejudice. When the situation turns violent, Mahdi questions his choices. Has he been a force for good as he has claimed to be? But when his organization receives a death threat and a teenage girl disappears, Mahdi must find answers to these pressing questions before losing it all.

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Two Nuer women flee the 2013-2018 civil war in South Sudan only to face a new journey of resettlement in California. They struggle with culture shock but also how to present their traditional Nuer woman marriage to their American volunteer, Roberta - a chainsaw-wielding arborist who also dabbles in taxidermy. Also at play are two river spirits who make moving on with the living a struggle for the Nuer women when the ghosts of the past remain.

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FANG is a dystopian satire set in the near to distant future. The global North and global South have made alliances, and the Southern Alliance’s Prime Minister Zi Sanger has been using her power to finally create equality between the sexes. But local militant groups and the Northern Alliance disapprove of this so-called equality. (Equality dependent upon an out-patient procedure known as the Second Set Initiative which “corrects a biological deficiency” in women and girls.) However, it is not until the Prime Minister’s half sister, Paola, from the Northern Alliance, infiltrates her underground bunker in an attempt to make peace that Zi Sanger’s empire may soon fall. Zi’s secrets are revealed as Paola considers the price of the S.A.’s new found livelihood. To Paola’s surprise her own daughter, Abdalla, has joined Aunty Zi’s national army. She has had her “biological deficiency” corrected with Zi’s Second Set Initiative, and she confronts her mother about her country’s politics and their own distant relationship. Meanwhile, war still looms between the Northern and Southern Alliances as Paola and Zi Sanger come face to face to hash out past and present.

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A new eHarmony couple nests happily in their new home. But when an unexpected danger comes knocking, they will need to reexamine their life together after the fallout to try to hold on to their American dream and each other. Brenda and Luther recover from the trauma of a home invasion but their relationship is changing. Brenda recovers faster than Luther and begins to take on the dominant role in the relationship while Luther is uncomfortable in his role as a dependent and his realization that all of his prepping and planning did not save his family. The couple is also grappling with a looming foreclosure. But they must make a choice about the house, about their relationship, and about their future.

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WRESTLING BUFFALO is a dark comedy set in present day Buffalo, New York and examines the baffling process of creating and defining family. When Harold Lewinter dies, one emotionally-estranged family comes face to face with decisions about what it means to be part of a family. Everyone struggles for happiness in their relationships and chaos ensues at the family sun tan lotion business while life at home becomes impossible.

A South Sudanese woman, Mary Nyoch, is interviewed by Raven for her high school senior project. Mary attempts to understand why Raven, a once-close friend of her daughter, has given up on college while Raven tries to elicit the stories of Mary’s past she doesn’t want to tell.
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*Stories inspired by research and interviews with San Diego's refugee community.

One woman's story of escape from a military camp in Democratic Republic of Congo to resettlement in San Diego.
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*Story based on interviews and research with San Diego's refugee community