New York Women in Film & Television is excited to share that 7 of our members are involved in films that have been selected for the 29th Annual Urbanworld Festival.
This year’s Urbanworld Festival will take place October 29 – November 2, 2025 in person at Regal Union Square (850 Broadway).
In-person passes and tickets can be purchased here.
See the full programming lineup here.
Photo courtesy of Tribeca
New York Day Women
Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor – NYWIFT Member Fredgy Noël
A Haitian American woman spots her mother in Manhattan, sparking an intimate journey through identity, distance, and maternal strength.
Photo courtesy of The Jones Twins
The Jones Twins: Bebop Souls in a Muzak World
Director, Producer, Composer, Actor – NYWIFT Member Stephanie L. Jones
Screenwriter, Producer, Composer, Actor – NYWIFT Member Suzanne Y. Jones
The Jones Twins’ “hyperreal vaudeville” performances explore race, identity, and family through the lens of their shared yet mysterious origins.
Photo courtesy of BroadwayWorld
The Entertainer
Actor – NYWIFT Member Michalina Scorzelli
Hours before a major show, a musician’s self-playing piano vanishes, forcing him to confront the truth about his legacy.
Photo courtesy of SlashFilm
A House Of Dynamite
Production Supervisor – NYWIFT Member Debbie Walters
When a single, unattributed missile is launched at the United States, a race begins to determine who is responsible and how to respond.
Photo courtesy of IMDb
Laundry
Director, Producer – NYWIFT Member Okema T. Moore
After his son’s tragic accident, a grieving husband finds hope and healing through an unexpected connection at a laundromat.
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Greater Than Ourselves: The Legacy of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc.
Co-Producer – NYWIFT Member Okema T. Moore
Seven African American women educators provide racial and community uplift to their beloved Indianapolis, Indiana in 1922.
A raunchy comedian charged with tax fraud takes a job at her dad’s mortuary to pay off her debt and develops a supernatural gift.
