New York City’s Millennium Film Workshop, located in Bushwick, is hosting its second short film screening of antifascist short films. Here, co-curators Leander and CJ share their short manifesto on the power of film to dream up antifascist futures. 

17 Nov 2025

Molly Lipson | L. Franke & C.J Gallagher

On Friday, November 21st, we will be screening films that encapsulate the spirit of antifascism. This is the second Antifa Film Screening at Millennium Film Workshop and this time we will be focusing on the ideas of antifascist futures, critical fabulations, and antifascist dreams.

This event, like the last one, is in response to the recent attacks on trans people, queer people, people of color, and working-class people all over the country. We are also showing films from outside the U.S which remind us that the struggle against repression is a global struggle.

We received many submissions that show the power of hope and resistance. Many of these films were made without film crews and expensive equipment, which is a reminder of the tools at our fingertips. The internet and modern software inundate us with daily capitalist messaging, but it also gives the power to document and share our acts of resistance, to imagine futures even within our oppressive system.

As filmmakers we believe in the power of fighting oppression through art, we believe in art that resists, art that inspires, art that starts revolutions. This event focuses on films with direct and relevant political messaging about the oppressive systems we live under, and most importantly how we resist them and how we dream of a better future within and outside of these systems.

You can get tickets to the event here.