MEN: A LOVE STORY is a feature-length documentary that sets out to explore how men feel about women and love. Filmmaker Mimi Chakarova, whose previous work includes The Price of Sex, travels 10,000 miles across America and pieces together a rich tapestry of vignettes, woven from stories shared by men of different race, age, and socio-economic background. The result is a stunningly honest, unapologetic glimpse into the minds of American men, and what the word 'love' means to them. From tiny blues bars of the Deep South to hedge funds of Manhattan. From ranchers in New Mexico to farmers in the Midwest, MEN: A LOVE STORY is, at times, a dark comedy. But ultimately it is a poignant, unforgettable journey of the heart.

Ten years in the making, IN THE RED is a feature documentary about transformation, about growing up young and poor. Seeing America through a different lens, what does it mean to change one’s life? How can someone’s history be left behind? The young people featured in the film have the opportunity to do both. Their lifeline to a new life, a new history, is a free program in Oakland, California to train them to become firefighters and first responders. The film – raw, intimate and revealing – follows their lives for more than a decade. Not everyone will succeed. But for those who make it through, their lives are forever changed.

THE APOLOGY, a feature-length documentary by Mimi Chakarova, investigates an incident in the 1960s in which Alameda County and the City of Hayward dismantled the entire community of Russell City, pushing 1,400 residents out of their homes and off their land – all to claim the 200 acres for an industrial park.

Most of the residents had ended up in Russell City in the first place because Black and Latino families could not purchase homes or land elsewhere. For them, the unincorporated area, located south of Oakland and across the bay from San Francisco, was a beloved village – with 13 businesses, seven churches and 205 families. All of this was lost in 1963.

Sixty years later, THE APOLOGY features the stories of twenty Russell City residents and their descendants. Using archival footage, animated photos and illustrations, the film explores the historical significance of an apology. What does it mean to make amends for a past that is very much present in the memories of the former residents?