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Crossing
USA, 2011, 18 min.
1965 rural Georgia is a difficult place to take a stand for anyone bristling under the rules of segregation, but especially so for 15 year-old Moses, who feels the racism of his world with the great indignation of a young boy on the brink of manhood.... more
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The Devil's Ballroom
Norway, 2012, 15 min.
After burying his last remaining companion, a fearless explorer has to find his way to the North Pole alone, fighting snow-blindness and physical strain. An unexpected encounter forces him to decide between honor and fame in the history books or keeping the moral high ground—a choice which will haun... more
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Elliott Erwitt: 'I Bark at Dogs'
USA, 2011, 12 min.
Marilyn Monroe, Jackie Kennedy, Che Guevara, and some really cute dogs – all of these and more have been subjects of the celebrated photographer Elliott Erwitt, responsible for some of the most enduring and captivating images of the last 60 years. Winner: Best Documentary, Aspen Shortsfest ... more
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Grandmothers
United Kingdom, 2011, 9 min.
This animated documentary brings to life in vivid detail the remarkable grandmothers who have courageously fought for the truth about their relatives who were “disappeared” by the Argentine military dictatorship of the 1980s. Winner: Best Animation, Aspen Shortsfest... more
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Milk & Honey
New Zealand, 2012, 15 min.
2012 is the 50th anniversary of Samoan Independence. But 40 years ago, “Pasifika” families living in Auckland were the target of dawn raids designed to force them out of the country, even though they were there legally. Called “overstayers” in reference to the charges leveled against them regarding ... more
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Our Need for Consolation
Sweden, 2011, 19 min.
Stig Dagerman was a Swedish literary sensation who published a rash of influential works in the cauldron of post-WWII Europe. Then, suddenly, he fell silent with writer’s block, and two years later, was dead. This richly textured documentary, narrated by Stellan Skarsgard, resurrects Dagerman’s prof... more
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Shattered Past
Belgium, 2011, 8 min.
Based on a family memoir written in 1975, this striking animated short tells the story of one family’s flight from Russia during the Russian Revolution, and the harrowing train journey they took along the way.... more
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Tumult
United Kingdom, 2011, 13 min.
A tribe of Norse warriors heading across a barren landscape after a failed raiding mission runs into an army of a wholly different sort, as some warp in the time/space continuum seems to open up before them…... more
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Up the Valley and Beyond
USA, 2011, 15 min.
Obsessions have rarely burned as bright, or as big, as they did for Russ Meyer, purveyor of large breasted women, responsible for an entire genre of films including “Faster Pussycat, Kill! Kill! Kill!”, “Vixen!” and “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls”. In this historical narrative, the early days of Me... more
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