Underrepresented creators who are on the FREE THE WORK database directed work that is showcased in this list. All work is shown in alphabetical order by first name, so don't forget to scroll all the way down to the bottom!
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Must-See Streaming Film Releases
Please note that all dates are specific to the United States.
June 4
Emalee Arroyo and Rachael Connelly Waxler's Miss Snake Charmer (Hulu)
June 5
Josephine Decker's Shirley (Hulu, VOD, Drive-ins)
Mirrah Foulkes' Judy and Punch (VOD)
June 12
Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
June 15
Sandra Sciberras' Dustwalker (Hulu)
June 16
Ani-Simon Kennedy's The Short History of the Long Road (VOD)
June 18
Tanya Wexler's Buffaloed
(VOD)
June 19
Sam Feder's Disclosure (Netflix)
Channing Godfrey Peoples's Miss Juneteenth (VOD & Amazon Prime Video)
Oge Egbuonu's (In)Visible Portraits (VOD)
Wanjiru Njendu's award-winning short film "Boxed" will have a limited release on Vimeo from June 19-21.
Must-See Episodic Releases
The following series feature episodes directed and/or created by underrepresented creators! Please note that the following dates are specific to the United States.
Released May 20
Blood & Water (Netflix)
Episodes written and directed by Nosipho Dumisa, Daryne Joshua, and Travis Taute
Released May 29
Ramy (Hulu)
Episodes directed by Ramy Youssef, Cherien Dabis, and Desiree Akhavan
June 5
El Presidente (Amazon Prime Video)
Created by Armando Bo. Upcoming episodes directed by Natalia Beristáin, Armando Bo, and Gabriel Díaz.
Dear… (Apple TV+)
Two episodes directed by Jennifer Harrington, one episode directed by Abigail Fuller, and one episode directed by Randy Wilkins
June 7
I May Destroy You (HBO)
Created by Michaela Coel
June 10
Bulletproof: Season 2 (The CW)
Episodes 7 and 8 directed by Sarmad Masud
June 11
The Bold Type: Season 4 Summer Premiere (Freeform)
Created by Sarah Watson
June 16
One Day at a Time Animated Special (POP)
Created by Gloria Calderón Kellett
June 17
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Co-created by Elizabeth Berger, with episodes directed by Rebecca Asher, Pilar Boehm, Anne Fletch, Anu Valia, and Amy York Rubin
June 21
The Chi (Showtime)
Created by Lena Waithe with episodes directed by Jet Wilkinson, Darren Grant, Rebecca Rodriguez, Samantha Bailey, Rashaad Ernesto Green, and Gandja Monteiro
Perry Mason (HBO)
Three episodes directed by Deniz Gamze Ergüven
June 25
Twilight Zone (CBS All Access)
Episode 207, "Try, Try" directed by Jen McGowan
Search Party (HBO Max)
Co-created and directed by Sarah Violet-Bliss
June 28
I'll Be Gone in the Dark (HBO)
Episodes directed by Liz Garbus and Elizabeth Wolff
SIGNINGS
Eliza Brownlie | Boldly | LINK
Emilie Thalund | Epoch Films | LINK
Fanny Hoetzeneder | Caviar | LINK
Maya Albanese | UNIT9 | LINK
Rachel Mason | UTA | LINK
COMMERCIALS
Chloe Sheppard | Callaly – "Unboxing 1930s Women's Products" | Don't Panic/London | Forever | LINK
Claire Norowzian | YOP – NO LIMITS (France) | Prodigious | LINK
Dana Offenbach | New York Salutes Essential Workers | CinemaStreet | LINK
Fridman Sisters (Irmas Fridman) | WhatsApp – "Sunbeams" | AlmapBBDO | Stink Films | LINK
Jasmin Kuhn | Secret – Mom Strong | Aras Creative | LINK
Katia Lewkowicz | Intermarché – Je désire être avec vous | Romance/Paris | Grand Bazar | LINK
Leilani Croucher | OAK – Kill Hungrythirsty Dead – Teddy | The Monkeys/Sydney | Revolver/Will O'Rourke | LINK
Lou Quill | Dynamic – "Better for it 30" TVC | Channel T | The Producers | LINK
Lucinda Ohlson | Adidas – "WHITE NOISE" | LINK
Milana Vayntrub | AT&T – "AT&T is Offering the iPhone 11 for Half Off" | BBDO, Critical Mass, Hearts & Science | Hungry Man | LINK
Nina Meredith | Levi's x GRLSWIRL | AKQA | LINK
Raine Allen Miller | "Wank Wiggle" | LINK
Savanah Leaf | Tena – Chameleon | AMV BBDO | Academy Films | LINK
Similar But Different | CVS – "Beauty in Real Life" | Standard Black | LINK
Suzanne Kim | Pantene – "Do You" | LINK
Vicky Lawton | Rolls Royce – "Rolls-Royce Dawn: Act On Inspiration, Pt.1" | The Full Service/London | Rankin | LINK
Zandile Tisani | Woolworth's "Soft Touch" | LINK
Zia Mandviwalla | AMI Insurance – "Kindness is Everything" | Colenso BBDO/Auckland | Finch | LINK
BRANDED CONTENT
Jennifer Sheridan | Volkswagen – Driving Down ITV Lane | DRUM/London | Park Village | LINK
Joya Berrow & Lucy Jane | Ocean Bottle | LINK
Lucinda Ohlson | Nike – "In the Waiting" | LINK
Maya Margolina | Ajinomoto – #TakeOutHate | Edelman | LINK
Patricia Gloum | Caraa – "She's Got Your Back" | LINK
MUSIC VIDEOS
Ali Kurr | Rina Sawayama – "Bad Friend" | LINK
Ali Roberto | NEFFEX – "New Beginnings" | Agency Arts | Unicorns & Unicorns | LINK
Ali Roberto | Fiona Grey – "Kerosene" | LINK
Aline Lata | Bivolt 110v + 220v | Akqa | Landia | LINK
Amandla Baraka | Wesson Desir – ".22" Not 97 | LINK
Anita Fontaine | Gabriel Garzón-Montano – "Someone" | PRETTYBIRD UK | LINK
Ashleigh Jadee | AMBUSH – "A.M.B (InTRILL)" | LINK
Aya Tanimura | Tiësto, Becky Hill – "Nothing Really Matters" | LINK
Bianca Poletti | Graveyard Club – "Dreamland" | LINK
Charlotte Rutherford | Charli XCX – "Claws" | LINK
Dyan Jong | Hollis – "Sedative (Live)" | LINK
Elle Schneider | Isla June – "lovesick" | LINK
Fiona Jane Burgess | Shards & Isolation Choir – "Inside I'll Sing" | Chelsea | LINK
Freya Esders | Baker Boy – "Move" | LINK
Gabe Maruyama | Forest Warrior – Xondaro Ka'aguy Reguá (in Guarani language) | Zepp Filmes | LINK
Gigi Romero | Adrian Foulkes – "You-You" | LINK
ISSTUDIO WORLD (Imogen Snell) | Ellie Goulding – "Power" | LINK
Karni and Saul | Micah P. Hinson. "YOU AND ME" Isolation Dance Film | LINK
Lesly Lynch | Hyphen – "Young Leaders" | LINK
Lynne Ramsay | Joy Division – "Wilderness" | LINK
Martin Sagadin | French for Rabbits – "The Tunnel" | LINK
Mercedes Bryce Morgan | SAYGRACE – "Gone" | LINK
Mimi Cave | half alive – "creature" w/ Orchestra | Freenjoy | LINK
Nina Ljeti | JONES – "Giving It Up" | LINK
River Gallo | JESHUA – "Decay" | Gaptoof Entertainment | LINK
Sarah Chatfield | Dance Lessons – "New Job" | LINK
Sarah Prinz | Chloe x Halle – "Forgive Me" | LINK
Sinéad McDevitt | Mick Flannery – "Wasteland" | LINK
Vallee Duhamel | Katy Perry – "Daisies" | Partizan | LINK
Vicky Lawton | Jessie Ware – "Save A Kiss" | LINK
Zhamak Fullad | Deb Never's "Our Song" | LINK
SHORT FILMS
Annie Saunders | Up In Arms Live Multimedia Performance | LINK
Ariel Danziger | "JAMILA" | Honor Society Films | LINK
Cara Stricker | "Formless" | LINK
Cara Stricker | Trio of animations: "four" "eight" "nine" | LINK 1 | LINK 2 | LINK 3
Emily McDonald | Kai Isaiah-Jamal performs “THIS NOW”, a poem for our unprecedented times | #AloneTogether | LINK
Erin Li | The Beginning and The End of Everything | LINK
Gigi Romero | "NADIE #1" (Bárbara) | LINK
Gigi Romero | "NADIE #2" (Jorge) | LINK
Gillian Zinser and Lindsay Van Dyke | "Pause" | LINK
Jasmin Tarasin | "Together Alone Films – Montana" | Photoplay | LINK
Joya Berrow & Lucy Jane / The Right to Roam | "Dive Tierra Bomba Dive" | Odelay Films | LINK
Karni and Saul | NOTHING IS BLACK AND WHITE | LINK
Katina Mercandante | "Naps" | LINK
Lacey Uhlemeyer | A New Patriotism | LINK
Libby Burke Wilde | "A Taste of Home" | LINK
Mariana Blanco | Vice + La Reyna's "AMERICANOS: Los Angeles" | LINK
Mariana Blanco | Vice + La Reyna's "AMERICANOS: Queens" | LINK
Meena Ayittey | Black Lives Matter "Mama" | LINK
Natalie Erika James | "Drum Waves" | LINK
Santiago Charriere | La Ciudad de Jobino | LINK
Savanah Leaf | #WeMatterToo (In partnership with the Anti-Recidivism Coalition and Imagine Justice) | Park Pictures | LINK
Spike Lee | "New York New York" | LINK
The Coles | "BRAINSTORM" | Sanctuary Content | LINK
