Awards Buzz Documentary Shorts Program 1
127 min.
Director Ruby Yang’s The Blood of Yingzhou District (39 min.) is a year in the life of AIDS orphans from China’s Anhui Province. In Lori Benson’s Dear Talula (34 min.), a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the birth of her daughter. The Diary of Immaculée (38 m... more

Awards Buzz Documentary Shorts Program 2
128 min.
Leslie Iwerks’ Recycled Life (38 min.) illuminates the lives of the families who inhabit the Guatemala City garbage dump. In Rehearsing a Dream (40 min.), director Karen Goodman follows a group of gifted teenage artists who spend a week with well-known mentors. A man struggles with add... more

The Blood of Yingzhou District
China, 2006, 39 min.
The Blood of Yingzhou District follows a year in the life of AIDS orphans from China’s Anhui Province.... more

Dear Talula
USA, 2006, 34 min.
In Lori Benson’s Dear Talula, a mother is diagnosed with breast cancer shortly after the birth of her daughter. ... more

The Diary of Immaculée
USA, 2006, 38 min.
The Diary of Immaculée chronicles the life of a young woman who survived the slaughter in Rwanda, directed by Peter LeDonne.... more

Phoenix Dance
USA, 2006, 16 min.
Karen Epperlein’s Phoenix Dance tells the story of a dancer who returns to the stage after losing his leg to cancer.... more

Recycled Life
USA, 2006, 38 min.
Leslie Iwerks’ Recycled Life illuminates the lives of the families who inhabit the Guatemala City garbage dump. Narrated by Edward James Olmos.... more

Rehearsing a Dream
USA, 2006, 40 min.
In Rehearsing a Dream, director Karen Goodman follows a group of gifted teenage artists who spend a week with well-known mentors.... more

A Revolving Door
USA, 2006, 39 min.
A man struggles with addiction and mental illness in director Marilyn Braverman’s A Revolving Door.... more

Two Hands
USA, 2006, 18 min.
Director Nathaniel Kahn’s short-listed documentary Two Hands features pianist Leon Fleisher, who, at the height of his career lost the ability to play with his right hand... more