Darius Clark Monroe

Dirt

Darius Clark Monroe

Segun Akande

Some things must die to live.

The Black 14

Darius Clark Monroe

Louis Riddick, Kevin McKinney

Directed by Darius Clark Monroe and executive produced by Spike Lee, this documentary short tells the story of what happened when a group of college athletes decided to protest a long-standing racial injustice.

Train

Darius Clark Monroe

Carlton Byrd, DeWanda Wise

Late night in New York, Carl takes the Brooklyn bound F train home and runs into trouble in this thought provoking short film about fear and guilt.

Testify

Darius Clark Monroe

Testify tells the story of a broken relationship between Pastor Cyrus Biggs(Al Thompson) and his son Gene(Art Evans) who is dying from AIDS. Pastor Biggs reluctantly visits Gene during his final days after being absent from his life previously and much is revealed about both the father and son.

Evolution of a Criminal

Darius Clark Monroe

Vladimi Versailles, Dante E. Clark

In 1997, 17-year old Darius Clark Monroe robbed a bank and went to prison for it; then he went to NYU film school and made this movie about his life. The movie presents itself as an act of atonement, and an attempt by Monroe to understand himself and the social forces that drove him to a life of crime. Executive produced by Spike Lee, who was one of Monroe's professors at NYU.

Slow

Darius Clark Monroe

Carlton Byrd, Harvey Gardner Moore

An online hookup attempt takes a strange turn.

All Iowa Lawn Tennis Club

Darius Clark Monroe

A portrait of a man, a place and an obsession, becomes more complicated as we delve deeper.