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S02E02: The Response Isn’t Always Reasonable
September 13, 2019 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm
Shorts 2: The Response Isn’t Always Reasonable
Films About Conflict
Fri Sept 13, 915p, 94 min
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Bad People
Giorgi Tavartkiladze
Republic of Georgia 20 min
1991 Tbilisi, Georgia after the collapse of the USSR, in the midst of a civil war, Gia tries to find medicine for his son when he meets an old friend who fights on the opposite side.
Grace
Alexia Oldini, Steven Gray
USA 6 min
GRACE is the story of the eviction of a young woman of color from her home. Her subsequent encounters reveal the callousness of a society built to exploit the precariousness of people like herself. In the end she confronts head-on a struggle far easier to identify than it is to overcome.
Prufrock
Jessica Heidt
USA 13 min Local
What is the cost of inaction? Set in modern day San Francisco, three people wrestle with the question at an opulent cocktail party as an accidentally spilled drink brings them each face to face with themselves. Adapted from ‘The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock’ by TS Eliot.
Rehearsal
Courtney Hope Therond
USA 8 min
A film crew for an upcoming feature film pushes the boundaries of consent during a courtesy rehearsal for its female lead.
Tough
Tomasz Wysocki
USA 13 min Local
In the corner of a dark bedroom sits a young boy named Don. He sits breathing heavily with an AK-47 pointed at an intruder standing at his doorway.
Sacrilege
Christophe M. Saber
Switzerland 15 min
The money has gone missing in the mosque of Saint-Etienne. Saoud, the gang leader is suspected.
Skin
Guy Nattiv
USA 20 min
A small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash. 2019 Academy Award for best Live Action Short.
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