We’re honored to welcome Alterik Miller, filmmaker, musician, and multi-disciplinary artist from Newark, NJ—to Becoming Love Fest 2025 in Atlanta, where his powerful short film Laundry will be featured in our Film Showcase: Reimagining, Processing, and Transforming. Audiences will experience an unforgettable evening of screenings and conversations that highlight how storytelling can move us beyond trauma and into healing, reflection, and resilience.

A Creative Force in Independent Film

A self-taught visionary, Alterik is a true creative force—writing, directing, shooting, and composing music for award-winning films that blend heart, craft, and cultural resonance. He has collaborated with talents including Danielle Moné Truitt, Justin Hurtt-Dunkley, Tobias Truvillion, Tray Chaney, and Lamar K. Cheston, and his work continues to shine across screens and festivals worldwide.

His films have earned widespread acclaim:

• Expiration Date won Best Drama Short at Indie Short Festival and Best Romantic Short at Independent Shorts Awards.
• Moonless Nights received Best Sci-Fi Short at New Jersey Film Awards and Best Crime Short at Indie Short Festival.
• He produced the feature By Deception, which debuted on Peacock and Tubi.
• His thriller One Way Out is currently in post-production.

Laundry: A Story of Pain, Protection, and Healing

Most recently, Alterik’s award-winning short film Laundry—based on his own lived experience—won the 2025 ABFF Black Father’s Competition and is continuing a celebrated festival run. Written as a way to process and heal from trauma, Laundry is both deeply personal and universally resonant.

The film opens difficult but vital dialogue about child safety, family protection, and the power of storytelling to transform pain into resilience. By bringing his lived experience to the screen, Alterik transforms the deeply personal into the deeply universal—inviting audiences to witness, reflect, and heal.

Film Showcase at Becoming Love Fest 2025

At Becoming Love Fest 2025 in Atlanta, Laundry will be featured in our Film Showcase: Reimagining, Processing, and Transforming.

Showcase Description:
Step into a cinematic space where storytelling becomes a bridge between the personal and the universal. These short films were hand-selected for their ability to process real-world experiences, reimagine possibilities, and spark transformation in both creators and audiences alike. Each piece invites us to reflect, to feel, and to explore new perspectives on life, love, family, and community—showing how art can be a powerful tool for healing and imagining a better world.

After the screenings, stick around for conversations with the filmmakers and community leaders, including Alterik, as they share how lived experiences, social issues, and imaginative “what ifs” became stories that move, challenge, and inspire.

✨ Alterik Miller stands at the intersection of artistry and impact—showing us that film is more than story, it is survival, memory, and revolution.

Join Us in Atlanta

Don’t miss your chance to experience Laundry alongside other groundbreaking films at Becoming Love Fest 2025, October 18th in Atlanta, GA.

📅 Full festival schedule: becomingloveproject.com/schedule