TT the Artist

Go behind the scenes of Alicia Keys' She Is The Music songwriting camp in this revealing look at the music business that focuses on the lack of access and opportunity granted to young black and brown women.

Rhythmic and raw, Dark City Beneath The Beat is a Baltimore club musical experience highlighting local Baltimore club artists, djs, dancers and producers pioneering the sound while rising above social and economic turmoil. Inspired by an original Baltimore club music soundtrack, Dark City Beneath The Beat showcases Baltimore club music as a positive subculture in a city overshadowed by trauma, drugs and violence.

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.

Featuring the genre-busting talent of James Nasty and TT the Artist, The Real Wi-Fi Of Baltimore offers a punny and nuanced view of Baltimore neighborhoods in a short film edited from iPhone screenshots of Wi-Fi network names.