film blocks
FILM BLOCK 1
the power of perseverance
Invisible History: Middle Florida's Hidden Roots
USA | 55 min
A film shedding light on the little-known history of plantations and the enslaved in North Florida. The film seeks to advance a sense of place and identity for hundreds of thousands of African Americans by exploring the invisible history of slavery in Leon County.
Director: Valerie Scoon
Tree #3
USA | 20 Min
After he's been cast (again!) as a background tree in his annual middle school play, an ambitious and imaginative Israeli immigrant boy leads a revolution on stage that his intolerant drama teacher will never forget. Director: Omer Ben Shachar
Undone
South Africa | 4 min
Dotty lives alone in her house, finding comfort in her daily knitting routine. When she knits she enters a world where her memories come to life.
Directors: Sara Laubscher, Saira George
FILM BLOCK 2
CELEBRATING
CAREGIVERS
Miracle in The Valley
USA | 1 hour 36 min
Boonville, California – 1906 Thirteen year-old Melinda, born out of wedlock and scorned by many, desperately wants to know what happened to her real father, but no one in town will tell her.
Director: Don Schroeder
My Music
USA
Set in the 1980s, MY MUSIC is the story of Ruth, a 16-year-old teenage girl who is sent to take care of her aging Aunt Inez; an elderly woman suffering with dementia and
Alzheimer’s disease.
Fire Extinguisher
Spain | 5 min
Milagros is obliged to install a fire extinguisher in her chapel. But first she will have to ask someone's permission.
Directors: Rodrigo Sopeña, Joana Solnado
Between The Pages
USA | 2 min
Shawn Houston, an adventurous young boy is forced to move to LA and stay at his grandparent’s house for the summer, with no friends and no Wifi. He begins to explore the house and discovers his grandfather's magical book...
Director: Nicole L. Thompson
FILM BLOCK 3
amazing grace
Between The Shades
USA | 1 hour 22 min
This feature length documentary that explores the many shades of being gay by what connects us all: love. The film looks at love though 360 degrees of parents, children, and generations.
Director: Jill Salvino
Renai Dance
China/Taiwan/USA | 4 min
“RenaiDance” is a 3D narrative emotional animation. The theme invigorates cultural inheritance and the integration of dreams, courage, and culture as transformation.
Directors: Zhike Yang, Wenjie Wu, Han Chen Chang
How They Got Over
USA | 1 hour 27 min
How African Americans created the upbeat musical form that started out as gospel quartet music and became rock and roll.
Director: Robert Clem
Self Defense
Viet Nam | 2 min
When the only thing a woman has to defend herself is HER SELF.
Directors: Hieu Ho , Khanh Bang
FILM BLOCK 4
The Power of the human spirit
Miracle on Highway 34
USA | 1 hour 12 minutes
A diverse set of characters find themselves together in a old diner in a small town on Christmas eve during a snow-storm. While a young expecting couple tries to make it home on a night that's anything but silent. Director: Nathan Clarkson
Sankofa
USA | 28 min
A Poetic Journey of the Black Male's Experience
Director: Princess Garrett
The Bird God
Israel | 3 min
A hero, Valvis, wanders through the desert. He hears an echo from afar. He follows the echo, and finds a giant whale.
Directors: Nadia Kal, Yoel Simhovitch
FILM BLOCK 5
TOGETHER, WE
ARE STRONGER!
Two Beats, One Soul
USA, Cuba
A documentary celebrating the heartbeats of Cuban & American culture
Little Satchmo
USA
Louis Armstrong's only, and secret, child opens up.
Director: John Alexander
Ember
USA | 5 min
In the Fynbos. Mbali, a Nature Sprite looks at all the plants with concern. She tries to revive a wilted flower. Defeated, Mbali sees fiery embers float past. She follows and finds a Fire Sprite scorching plants- and confronts him.
Directors: Celeste Jamneck, Caitlin Hoseck
Fishbowl
USA | 11 min
After moving from California to Virginia because of a military relocation, a young boy named Casey must once again adapt to middle school life in unfamiliar territory but along the way find comfort in a unexpected friend.
Director: Deborah Shearer