IF THERE IS NO STRUGGLE (2022)
Running Time 13:38 - Color - Stereo – Aspect Ratio 16:9 – United States - English-Spanish dialogue - Original Format: 16mm
A young photographer celebrates historical figures via Boston’s public art.
Funded in part by The Puffin Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, City of Boston.
SCREENINGS
2022
14th ROFIFE - Rotary Short Film Festival, Ankara, Turkey, March 18-20, Jury Special Award
8th Censurados Film Festival, Lima, Peru, April 2-8
12th West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, U.S., April 22-23
12th Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, Hawick, Scotland, U.K., April 28-May 2
11th Mayworks Festival of Working People and the Arts, Toronto, Canada, May 1-31
MUFF - Mieres Under 60’ Film Festival, Spain, May 27-June 4
11th Olhar de Cinema, Festival Internacional de Curitiba, Brazil, June 1-9
24th Roxbury International Film Festival, Boston, U.S., June 23-July 2
3rd Cortintelvi International Short Film Festival, Italy, July 1-August 31
10th Festival Internacional de Cine, Resistencia Film Fest, Tomé, Chile, July 6-9
8th Shahr International Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, July 18-22, Honorable Mention Award
Festival de Cine MAS, Nicaragua, August-September
ELO(KUVA)KUU, Galleria Kyy, Tampere, Finland, August 4-19
13th Picknic Festival, Santander, Spain, August 8-21
OFFCINEDOC - Oyola Fabian International Documentary Film Festival, Badajoz, Spain, August 15-27
18th Festival Internacional de Cine de los Derechos Humanos “El séptimo ojo es tuyo”, Sucre, Bolivia, August 29-September 4
22nd International Short Film Festival “The Unprecedented Cinema”, Tallinn, Estonia, September 2-4
10th International Fer Film Festival, Ferizaj, Kosovo, September 2-6
3rd Gandhara Independent Film Festival, Pakistan, September 9-13
Kaaffilm International Short Film Festival, Milan, Italy, September 12-17
3rd Semana Viva el Cine, Argentina, September 12-18
20th Festival Internacional de Cine de Ponferrada, Spain, September 23-October 1
16th Festival Internacional del Audiovisual para la Niñez y la Adolescencia Kolibrí, Bolivia, October 17-23, Jury Mention Award
39th Bogocine - Festival de Cine de Bogotâ, Colombia, October 20-26
Publicsystyka International Independent Film Festival, Poland, October 20-22
48th Filmets - Badalona Film Festival, Spain, October 21-30
14th Canadian Labour International Film Festival, throughout Canada, November 1-30
34th Festival de Cinema de Girona, Spain, November 7-13
5th Storia in Corto – Festival del Corto Storico, Mentana, Italy, November 11-13
2nd Black Cat Award International Film Festival, La Paz, Bolivia, November 11-15
KINÉ - Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes, Puebla, Mexico, November 19-25
22nd Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera, Italy, November 19 (Pachino), December 12-15 (Vittoria)
16th Eyes and Lenses Festival, Warsaw. Poland, November 25-27
5th La Ventana Festival Itinerante de Cortometrajes, Santiago, Chile, December 15-17
4th Cineaste International Film Festival of India (Noida), December 15-21, Best Documentary
2023
2nd FLM FWD International Empathy Film Festival, Rhode Island, United States, February 11
6th SANFICI - Santander Festival Internacional De Cine Independiente, Colombia, February 20-24
12th Belleville Downtown Documentary Festival, Ontario, Canada, March 3-12
18th Festimatge- Festival de la Imatge de Calella, Spain April 1-May 1
14th International Festival of Screen Culture “Human Cinema”, Novosibirsk, Russia, April 5-7
2nd Burlington County Film Festival, New Jersey, United States, April 28-29
Reto por el Mundo / Erronka Munduan / Challenge for the World, San Sebastian, Spain, May 1-July 30
20th FESTIMAJ, International School Film Festival, France, May 24-June 24
10th TAFFNY - The Americas Film Festival of New York, United States, June 15-22
21st MonFilmFest, Mombello Monferrato, Italy, July 7-15
22nd Festival Infantil Y Juvenil Chulpicine, Quito, Ecuador, July 22-September 30
Culture Unplugged “Global Feminine” Film Festival, August-October
Videokoppi, Galleria Rajatila, Tampere, Finland, September 2-19
Bay Area Cinema, Vallejo Art Walk, CA, United States, September 8
2nd Valle d’Itria Film Festival, “Festival Per la Pace”, Bari, Italy, September 18-21
MdV (Mazara del Vallo) Meets Cinema Film Festival, Sicily, Italy, September 25-29, Special Jury Prize
10th Festival Internacional de Cine Documental - Globale Bogotá, Colombia, September 29-October 8
2nd Lane Doc Festival, Tennessee, United States, September 30-October 7
Give Peace A Screen Film Festival, Turin, Italy, October 19-22
12th El Festivalico - Muestra Internacional de Cortometrajes y Videoarte, Caravaca, Spain, November 3-5
3rd Festival de Cine Disidente, Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 14-17
Festival Internacional Cineando Con Mi Gente: Video Participativo Y Cine Comunitario, Cali, Colombia, November 15-16
10th Festival International Arabe Africain du Film Documentaire de Zagora, Morocco, November 20-24
Violeta Film Festival, Cartagena & Bogota, Colombia, November 23-December 3
Ahmedabad International Film Festival, India, December 8-10
21st Kalpanirjhar International Short Film Festival, Kolkata, India, December 13-16
2024
A Royal Chance Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, United States, February 1-3
6th Aasha International Film Festival, Nashik, India, February 7-15, Best Short Documentary
Lamarr Film Festival, Barcelona, Spain, February 16-29
9th Muestra Audiovisual La Imagen de la Memoria, Medellin, Colombia, February 28-March 3
10th Muestra Internacional de Videonarración A/r/tográfica, Granada, Spain, March 11-April 15
6th Cine Minhocao Festival, Sao Paulo, Brazil, April 13-21
16th Souss International Short Film Festival, Ait Meloul, Morocco, May 21-25, Best Short Documentary Cinematography
Ciclo Internacional de Video Arte, “MAPPING” Exhibition, MECA (Mediterraneo Centro Artistico), Photo España 24, Almeria, Spain, September 9-11
7th Festival Internacional de Cine de la Noviolencia Activa (FICNOVA), multiple international cities, October 2
11th Chico Independent Film Festival, California, United States, October 31-November 2
2nd Kampala Slum Mobile Cinema Outreach, Uganda, November 1-30
23rd International Film Festival ETNOFILM, Čadca, Slovakia, November 12-15
6th Sirene wAVe Movie Festival (in collaboration with the Ribalta Experimental Film Festival), Vignola, Italy, December 12
2025
SmallRig Awards, Culver City, California, United States, February 15
Kuala Lumpur International Film Academy Awards, Malaysia, October 17-19
Corita Miles stands in front of a Malcolm X mural in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles reads "The Meaning of Freedom" by Angela Y. Davis in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles admires a Phillis Wheatley Peters poem in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
(L-R) Corita Miles and Nebula Miles in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles reads Gordon Parks' "A Choice of Weapons" in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles admires the Massachusetts 54th Regiment memorial in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles admires a Frederick Douglass mural in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane
Corita Miles admires a Rosa Parks mural in "If There Is No Struggle". Photo by Jared Katsiane