About the Project
In the scripted anthology-format short film series, We Call Each Other, a community learns how to build relationships that dissolve their reliance on prisons and police. Through the cultivation of love-based experiments, each story features characters who grapple with how to respond to instances of harm and crisis.
We call each other | Out Now
First Installment
Presented by Black Public Media
Special thanks to Black Public Media for including this first film on their AfroPop Digital Shorts Platform. This release is also presented in partnership with Respair Production & Media.
Sarah Oberholtzer is a filmmaker and creative invested in telling stories that allow audiences to imagine alternative futures that support BIPOC communities. With experience as an Impact Producer, Story Producer, and Co-Producer for projects ranging from experimental portraits to documentary features, their work has screened at Black Harvest Film Festival, Trans Stellar Film Festival, Imagine This Women’s International Film Fest and Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP). Sarah received a bachelor’s degree in Radio, Television + Film from Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
Recent and UPCOMING Screenings
October 22
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
We Call Each Other: A Film Screening & Pedagogical Workshop
Chicago Justice Gallery 1344 S. Halsted Street
During this workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to watch the film before engaging in a discussion and series of exercises with the filmmaker about how to integrate this film, and creative storytelling more broadly, into lessons about moving beyond carceral responses to harm and crisis.
October 10
4:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT
James And Grace Lee Boggs Center Film Screening
3061 Field St Detroit, MI 48214, USA
Film Screening & Community Safety Exhibit Closing (Oct 2026) featuring filmmaker Sarah Oberholzter and Frank Joyce for a facilitated discussion around what it means to take responsibility for community safety in our own neighborhoods.
September 19
4:00 PM – 9:30 PM CT
Equity & Transformation (EAT) Film Festival – 2026
ACX Harper Theater- Hyde Park Chicago, IL
Five films, five UN reparations pillars: a Chicago nonprofit is pairing cinema with community engagement and awareness to build momentum for House Bill 4443 and the Illinois Future Fund.
March 12
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
Heaven Gallery community screening and discussion
Heaven Gallery Chicago, IL
Join us for the screening and discussion of Sarah O’s film “We Call Each Other.” Featuring two more works by Kin Marie and Moya Bailety!
October 22
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CT
We Call Each Other: A Film Screening & Pedagogical Workshop
Chicago Justice Gallery 1344 S. Halsted Street
During this workshop, attendees will have the opportunity to watch the film before engaging in a discussion and series of exercises with the filmmaker about how to integrate this film, and creative storytelling more broadly, into lessons about moving beyond carceral responses to harm and crisis.
October 11
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM EDT
James And Grace Lee Boggs Center Film Screening
3061 Field St Detroit, MI 48214, USA
Film Screening & Community Safety Exhibit Closing (Oct 2026) featuring filmmaker Sarah Oberholzter and Frank Joyce for a facilitated discussion around what it means to take responsibility for community safety in our own neighborhoods.
September 19
4:00 PM – 9:30 PM CT
Equity & Transformation (EAT) Film Festival – 2026
ACX Harper Theater- Hyde Park Chicago, IL
Five films, five UN reparations pillars: a Chicago nonprofit is pairing cinema with community engagement and awareness to build momentum for House Bill 4443 and the Illinois Future Fund.
March 12
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM CT
Heaven Gallery community screening and discussion
Heaven Gallery Chicago, IL
Join us for the screening and discussion of Sarah O’s film “We Call Each Other.” Featuring two more works by Kin Marie and Moya Bailety!
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