Seattle Black Film Festival 2026

When the Young Call the Rhythm Youth Shorts Block - Virtual Screening

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Corporate Mystery 3
The president's daughter has been kidnapped. The Corporate 3 are called in to solve the crime.
DEADLY THIRST
Christina fails to make the cut for the school track team. She decides to take matters into her own hands.
Unsuspected
A group of students decide to ditch school and go to an abandoned warehouse to play. Everything goes wrong when one of the students ends up dead.
WALK IN MY SHOES
Children relentlessly make fun of their school janitor. One of the students shares the elevator with the Janitor and something weird happens.
WHAT I MISS
Residents at Echo Glen Children’s Center reflect on what they miss about being “out.” Created through the SHARE screenwriting program at the juvenile detention facility in Snoqualmie, Washington, this short combines images and poetry from students at Echo Glen High School with voiceover performances by students from Renton High School - a collaboration designed both to protect Echo students’ identities and to build an emotional bridge between youth who might otherwise never connect.
SPLIT SECOND
At Echo Glen High School, a juvenile detention facility in King County, WA, students examine the fragile moment between good and bad decisions while building community, as the voiceover traces one student’s early struggles with incarceration. Voiceover performed by a student at Shoreline College.
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Stero
A Kung Fu prodigy navigates school with his imaginary Sensei following one simple rule: What would Bruce Lee do?
"Blessed"
Khaiya, a teen black girl, just wants to have a normal body and fit in like everyone else her age, but she has an overdeveloped body and struggles to deal with it. Some people her age wished they had her body, but she hates it, and she dreams of being normal.
FLOAT
A teenage competitive swimmer's passion for the water turns to fear as relentless comments about her weight from her male coach erode her confidence — until an unexpected friendship with an older woman learning to float helps her to remember what makes her body great
Who I'm Trying To Be
When Derrick Coney learns in childhood that the man raising him is not his biological father, it sets him on a journey of identity, belonging, and gratitude. Through candid conversations with his mother, grandparents, and stepfather, Derrick reflects on what it means to be a son, to inherit culture, and to search for roots. While questions about his Puerto Rican heritage and absent father linger, the film celebrates the love and resilience of the family who chose to stay, revealing that fatherhood is defined not by blood, but by commitment.
Ways to Fly
When her barrettes mess up her pirouettes, an excitable, hyper-focused Black girl must power through the distractions — and her mother’s expectations — to fly like the ballerinas do.
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LIMITLESS
A shy, but spirited middle school singer-songwriter must conquer her fear of “last time” and push past her classmates’ criticism in order to create a new song and audition for her school’s variety show with confidence
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The track and field coach is conducting trials to choose one more runner for the upcoming meet. Christina and Michael race to each other to see who will be chosen. Michael ends up winning the match and makes the team. Christina is deeply distraught as she really wanted to be on the team. The coach gathers the other runners and begins practicing for the upcoming meet. While the team is practicing on the field, Christina comes from behind the tree from which she was hiding. She notices one of the runners left their water bottle on the bench. She grabs the water bottle and adds an unknown liquid. She then leaves, waiting nearby. The track team finish their practice and return to where their gear is. One of the runners takes a sip from the water bottle and instantly feels sick. She tells the coach that she is not able to run. The coach calls out to Christina and adds her to the team. The team goes to the meet and they end up losing.

  • Year
    2025
  • Runtime
    2:34
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Thriller
  • Director
    Loyal Alexander
  • Screenwriter
    Tiffany Wilson, Christina Belt
  • Cast
    Christina Belt, Michael Washington, Issah Kamra, Terelle Connor, Loyal Alexander,
  • Editor
    Loyal Alexander, Mekhi Codrington, Amir Codrington
  • Music
    Spyda
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