Shorts Program 2

Various Directors // 93 mins
Monday, May 16 @ 5pm

You’ve Never Been Completely Honest - A hybrid-documentary using animation and reenactment footage to bring to life Gene Church's never before heard audio interview, recounting the harrowing physical torture and brainwashing at a secretive 4-day leadership seminar in California, 1970. Directed by Joey Izzo.

Therefore, Socrates Is Mortal - Facing the climate crisis, Louise, a philosophy teacher, turns words into action. Directed by Alexandre Isabelle.

Les Larmas de la Siene (The Seine's Tears) - 17 october 1961, "Algerian workers" go down to the streets to protest against the mandatory curfew imposed by the Police prefecture. Directed by Yanis Belaid, Eliott Benard, Nicolas Mayeur, Etienne Moulin, Hadrien Pinot, Lisa Vicente, Philippine Singer, Alice Letailleur.

Five Cents - After coming across a coin purse, a passerby finds himself on a perilous journey toward economic turmoil. Drawn by hand on thousands of market data pages from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times with ink, white-out, gouache paint, gold leaf and other materials. Directed by Aaron Hughes.

Bump - A young man's reluctance to let go of a trivial encounter leads him to seek retribution. Directed by Maziyar Khatam.

Birds - Moments in the lives of Austin teenagers during the heat of Texas summer. Directed by Katherine Propper. 

For Love - Illegal immigrant, Nkechi, lives happily in the shadows with her partner Martha, but when immigration officers turn up unexpectedly, they have to make difficult decisions about their future together. Directed by Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor.

The Sentence of Michael Thompson - Michael Thompson is the longest serving non-violent offender in Michigan history and this year he is finally up for clemency. In 1994, he was arrested for selling three pounds of cannabis to a close friend turned police informant. He was sentenced to 42 to 60 years in prison and remains there even after Michigan legalizes the recreational use and sale of cannabis. The film follows Michael’s daughter Rashawnda and his lawyer Kim during the fight for clemency and examines the harm the war on drugs has caused on communities and explores paths forward as national Cannabis legalization gets closer to becoming a reality. Directed by Haley Elizabeth Anderson and Kyle Thrash.