Culture Connects Us
An Internationally Award-Winning Documentary by Village-Connect
Culture Connects Us is an award-winning animated documentary produced by Village-Connect. Through storytelling, personal dialogue, music, and art, the film explores America's diverse cultural fabric — examining its successes, failures, and transformations — and asks what truly binds us together as a people.
Powered by Culture-Based Transformative Coaching® (CBTC), a transformative coaching model developed by Kwame Osagyefo (Gaylon Logan, Jr.), the film moves beyond surface-level diversity conversations to examine culture at the level of consciousness, identity, and shared humanity.
Produced in collaboration with filmmakers Kaylah Marin and Jalila Bell of KAJE Creative, and featuring the artwork of award-winning artist Wanda Whitaker, Culture Connects Us has screened at film festivals across four continents and earned 9 international awards.
Behind the Vision
Culture Connects Us is founded upon Culture-Based Transformative Coaching® (CBTC) — a transformative coaching model developed by Kwame Osagyefo (Gaylon Logan, Jr.), Founder and Executive Director of Village-Connect. With over 30 years of experience as a coach, facilitator, and thought leader, Kwame created CBTC to move people beyond individual goals and into a deeper relationship with their cultural identity, their community, and their collective purpose. This film is that methodology in motion.
About Culture Connects Us
Through story, personal dialogue, music, and art, Culture Connects Us dives into the diverse cultures that shape American identity — exploring not just their differences, but the deeper commonalities that make transformation possible. The film applies the CBTC transformative coaching methodology to examine American culture: what has divided us, what has healed us, and what has the power to unite us.
Where the Film Stands Today
Culture Connects Us is complete, award-winning, and actively seeking distribution. The 55-minute documentary has screened at national and international film festivals across four continents, earning 9 awards and recognitions to date.
The film is currently on the festival circuit. Parties interested in distribution or partnership opportunities are invited to connect directly with the production team.
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Culture Connects Us is complete and award-winning — and now we're focused on getting it seen. Your support helps us pursue wider distribution, fund community screenings across the Bay Area, and bring this conversation about culture, healing, and unity to audiences who need it most.
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Movie Awards & Recognitions
Culture Connects Us has earned 9 international awards and recognitions since entering the festival circuit — a testament to the power of culturally grounded storytelling and the reach of the CBTC methodology beyond the coaching room.
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Culture Connects Us: Film Festival Entries
National Film Festival
Culture Connects Us has been submitted to and screened at the following national and international film festivals:
Florida Film Festival
February 28, 2025
Tribeca Festival
April 30, 2025
San Francisco International Film Festival
March 19, 2025
Los Angeles Movie & Music Video Awards
May 10, 2025
Coney Island Film Festival
March 29, 2025
Catalina Film Festival
August 1, 2025
International Film Festival
Barcelona Indie Awards
January 7, 2026
Liverpool Indie Awards // LIA
February 27, 2025
Cannes Film Awards
May 5, 2025
London Director Awards
January 13, 2025
Montelupo Fiorentino International Independent Film Festival
March 19, 2025
Torino Underground Cinefest
August 18, 2025
Close:Up Edinburgh Docufest
February 16, 2026
Florence International Film Festival
April 30, 2025
Kosice International Film Festival
August 29, 2025
