DOCUMENTARY Shorts Festival - April 1/2 event
Documentary
See the Full Lineup of Films:
OUR CROWN & GLORY, 29min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Ashley Brajaé
A group of friends explores their hair journey and what it means to embrace black hair joy!
Listen to podcast interview with filmmaker: https://www.wildsoundpodcast.com/the-film-podcast-by-wildsound/2023/2/11/february-10-2023-director-ashley-braja-amp-producer-askia-e-drew-our-crown-and-glory
A MESSAGE FROM THE FUTURE. BOSNIA GREETS UKRAINE, 17min., Austria, Documentary
Directed by Edward Serotta
30 years ago, during the longest siege in European history, Jews and Bosniak Muslims, Serbian Orthodox and Croatian Catholics, came together in the city's last synagogue so they could give to their neighbors food, medicine and hope. In this short film, 6 of those volunteers have a message for Ukrainians today "They tried to kill me. They didn't. I survived. And so will you."
https://www.edwardserotta.org/
https://www.instagram.com/serottae/
IRON SHARPENS IRON, 28min., USA, Documentary
Directed by John Richie
“Iron Sharpens Iron” chronicles Ironton’s fight against the development of the Plaquemines Liquids Terminal (PLT) atop the community’s ancestral burial grounds, as well as the destruction wrought by Hurricane Ida.
http://www.johnrichiefilms.com/
https://www.twitter.com/JohnRichieFilms
https://www.instagram.com/JohnRichieFilms
THE ORIGINAL RICHARD MCMAHAN, 21min., USA, Documentary
Directed by Olympia Stone
The multi-talented outsider artist Richard McMahan is on a quest to painstakingly re-create thousands of famous and not-so-famous paintings and artifacts-- in miniature. From well-loved Picasso and Frida Kahlo paintings to more obscure intricate Maori canoes, McMahan has mastered dozens of genres over 30 years of creating, and he’s made most of it on a cluttered kitchen counter using recycled materials. McMahan is also the curator of a mini-museum with a collection that surveys the scope of humanity’s visual record. Olympia Stone directs this surprising portrait of a most unusual artist.
http://www.floatingstone.com/
https://www.facebook.com/floating.stone1
https://twitter.com/floating_stone