Our next screening celebrates Black queer web series through the pioneering DRAMA QUEENZ (2008) and the contemporary series NATIVES (2025).

ABOUT THE WEB SERIES

DRAMA QUEENZ (2008)
Drama Queenz follows three actors and roommates dealing with life, love, and auditioning in New York City. The series explores the lives of these three actors as they attempt to achieve their dreams in a kooky and unpredictable world. Get introduced to Jeremiah, a dreamer with ridiculously poor audition luck, Davis, a perfectionist whose hard work produces uneven results, and Preston, a realist whose inhibitions stir-up delightful “drama” for all to enjoy. The pioneering series is widely recognized as one of the first Black, queer web series.

NATIVES (2025)
Izzy Sanchez is a 25-year-old aspiring actor who believes the only way to achieve his dreams is to leave the projects of NYC for the palm trees of LA. When he is forced to return home over financial constraints he must navigate the tumultuous relationships he left behind along with intriguing new ones that present themselves. Figuring out this "adulting" thing with his 3 best friends, Kai, Adrian, and Jaz - whose lives aren’t any less messy… Let’s just say, thank God they have each other. And Buela, of course, Izzy’s no-bull grandmother and unofficial grandma to them all.