hair in the gate
In January 2013, Parallel host HAIR IN THE GATE (HITG) regular international film screening and DJ Music Mixers. We present dynamic experimental, animated, narrative and documentary short films from a diverse set of themes including: Arab Science Fiction, New Latino Films, South African Fashion, Black British Shorts, South Asian Animation, African Diaspora Women's Films and Social Justice Documentary. And we focus on films by emerging voices many of HITG film have gone onto be selected at major international film festivals.
district riots
As part of Art All Night: Nuit Blanche DC, Parallel Film Collective in 2014 and 2015, curated DISTRICT RIOTS, experimental art and music pop-up and in 2015, the theme was centered on historical and contemporary works on Social Justice and Social Change. In Summer 2016, we partnered with the historic Embassy Row Hotel in DuPont Circle to present a seasonal installation of District Riots and pop-up events.
above the line
In partnership with Landmark Atlantic Plumbing Cinema, Parallel presents Above The Line series featuring films by and about women and marginalized communities plus filmmaker discussions exclusively at Atlantic Plumbing Cinema. Above The Line presents Washington DC premieres including of the critically acclaimed Breaking a Monster about a trio of 7th graders from Brooklyn who go from busking in Times Square to a $1.8M record deal. BREAKING A MONSTER reveals Unlocking the Truth's unlikely initiation into the music industry.
ARRAY Releasing
As Founding Members of L.A. Film Festival award-winning ARRAY Releasing formerly AFFRM (African-American Film Festival Releasing Movement), we are proud to be the local distributor of ARRAY films including South African film Ayanda directed by Sara Blecher and Liberian migrant tale Out of My Hand by Japanese director Takesha Fukunaga. In Spring 2016, we released the debut film by Amanda Marsalis Echo Park co-written, produced and starring Anthony Okungbowa.
