SHARPS AND FLATS (2025, 14-minute documentary)

Directed, Produced, Edited, and Composed by Iman June Blackwell. Featuring an original piano theme, “Sunrise Waltz,” by Iman June Blackwell.

Synopsis: Iman thought music was just a hobby, until it saved her life. In this heartwarming documentary, Iman, a young composer recovering from depression, sets off on a one-woman journey to start a public piano foundation. Facing limited resources and health complications, can she bring her vision to life for the community that saved her?

Sharps & Flats premiered in June 2025 at the Bentonville Film Festival and screened at the Fayetteville Film Festival in September 2025. Request a screener link from Iman here.

Watch the director’s interview from the 2025 Bentonville Film Festival on how and why Iman started a public piano foundation and filmed the whole process.

coming soon – UNT. PALM OIL PROJECT (short documentary)

Directed by Iman June Blackwell. Produced by labor activists and former National Geographic Programmers. In partnership with local Malaysian activists and communities.

A verité docushort that uncovers the gender based discrimination among female workers at a palm oil plantation outside Malaysia’s capital. Thematic intro video here.

coming soon – HOLY HUSTLE (narrative short)

Written and directed by Iman June Blackwell. Shot in the Arkansas Delta.

A coming-of-age drama about an unlikely duo: a college Bible salesman and a hijabi teenager.

coming soon – UNT. INDONESIAN WWII PROJECT (feature film)

Written by Iman June Blackwell.

A war drama set in occupied Jakarta, Indonesia during WWII.