Co-Sponsors: ACLU of Vermont and the Reporting & Documentary Storytelling program at the University of Vermont.
After two Black Chicagoans are killed, millennial organizers challenge an administration complicit in state violence against its residents. Told through the eyes of Janaé and Bella, two fierce abolitionist leaders, Unapologetic is a deep look into the Movement for Black Lives, from the police murder of Rekia Boyd to the election of Mayor Lori Lightfoot.
O’Shay began making the film organically in 2015 while attending one such protest equipped with a camera-in-hand. “I never imagined that I was on the precipice of capturing what will likely be one of the biggest movements of all time,” she said. “What is so captivating to witness is the tapestry of this Black queer feminist movement that lies at the helm of fighting for all Black rights.”