DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival - June 28.29 event
New Releases
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Documentary, Short Films
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JOURNEY, 32min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Eliza Mitnick
Jimmy Nguyen is a psychedelic healing guide who leads clients on ceremonial trips using this innovative new form of therapy. Currently in medical trials at leading institutions across the country, the mushroom allows people to confront their truest nature and their deepest demons. As Jimmy reflects on his healing journey where he overcame the intergenerational trauma of his Vietnamese war refugee parents, he guides his clients Mark and Nancy to overcome their own internal roadblocks.
THE STORY SO FAR, 33min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Bill Brassow, Jack Schwitz
A camera crew jumps into the life of Wade, a 43 year old living in Arizona that was recently diagnosed with an incurable brain cancer known as Glioblastoma.
http://www.thestorysofarmovie.com/
GIRL OF PEACE, 27min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Caitlyn Jordan
The Girl of Peace documentary features Yuna Shawver, a Korean-American artist who journeys through the United States and South Korea to create a zine depicting her artistic interpretation of the history of the Korean Comfort Women and the Girl of Peace statues. The Girl of Peace documentary is being produced with the support of Land Grant Films (http://www.landgrantfilms.org/) and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Journalism and Electronic Media department.
https://twitter.com/girlofpeacedoc?lang=en
https://www.instagram.com/girlofpeaceproject/
A PLACE CALLED HOME, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Lakai Worrell
One woman's story as she moved from the streets, eating out of garbage cans, and being in a shelter, to finding the strength and courage to find a home for her and her children.
WAITING FOR BUFFALO, 10min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Grace Beutter, Aidan O'Malley
On the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, the Oglala Sioux Tribe awaits a shipment of American bison.
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THE ALKONOST, 7min., USA, Metaphysical
Directed by Christianne Hedtke
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