The Harvard University Black Arts Festival salutes independent filmmakers with a screening of 2000’s most popular and award-winning short films. These shorts have received acclaim at film festivals across the world, including the prestigious Cannes, Sundance, and Urbanworld programs. Often experimental, they deal with the idiosyncrasies of black experiences, undefiled by the pretenses of mainstream filmmaking. From romance to rap, these films expose the heterogeneity of the black artistic tradition.