Fresh off its “Best of Fest” win at the DC Independent Film Festival in February 2025, Diminished Returns is a powerful and timely documentary that explores the roots of the Black wealth gap in our nation’s capital. Through compelling interviews, archival footage, and grounded storytelling, the film examines the structural forces—enslavement, redlining, displacement, and disinvestment—that have denied Black Washingtonians economic opportunity for generations. Following the screening, Temi F. Bennett and Tonia Wellons will join a conversation moderated by Kerry-Ann Hamilton, CEO of Storytelling for Good.
Directed by: Sabiyha Prince
RT: 50 min
Followed by
with Panelists
Tonia Wellons
President & CEO
Greater Washington Community Foundation
Temi F. Bennett, Esq.
Co-Chief Executive Officer
iF, A Foundation for Radical Possibility
Kerry-Ann Hamilton
Moderator