More Than a Roof
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 31 min | Documentary
Director: Colin Havey
Over 350 people and families in Cheshire County have experienced homelessness in the past year. More Than A Roof looks at the challenges of homelessness through the eyes of several local people and a family, as well as commentary from experts in the field. Through interviews with several people who have unique insight into the issues, including Jennifer Alexander, the former homeless coordinator for the Keene School District, the film depicts the many causes of homelessness and its impact on children who experience homelessness on a daily basis.
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- Published in 2022, Feature Films, SHOWROOM
Alchemy
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2021 | United States | 23 min | Documentary
Director: Bridget Fitzgerald
Alchemy tells the story of glassblower and social entrepreneur, Rebeccah Byer, as she navigates her grief at the loss of her brother from ALS, to create a glass studio for youth. The Olio is a place of healing and growth for Rebeccah and her apprentices. In Alchemy, we witness this transformative power through one of Rebeccah’s apprentices, Lucy McGinnis, who struggles growing up trans in North Carolina.
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- Published in 2022, Short Films, SHOWROOM
And So I Stayed
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2021 | United States| 91 min | Documentary
Director: Daniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
Producer: Daniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo
AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson about survivors of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years behind bars. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories. Formerly incarcerated survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown, who met her wife while incarcerated, is a driving force in the passage of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), a new law meant to prevent survivors from receiving harsh prison sentences for their acts of survival. Nikki Addimando, a mother of two young children, suffered the consequences when a judge didn’t follow the law’s guidelines. Tanisha Davis, a single mother who was ripped away from her son in 2013, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh prison sentence.
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- Published in 2022, Short Films, Virtual
Bad Child
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2022 | United States | 13 min | Documentary
Director: Nicole Emiliana Mendez
Bad Child is a short documentary about childhood sexual abuse. The film focuses on the outcomes of one survivor while expert interviews place emphasis on the importance of parental support. Multiple layers of images, sounds, and animation overstimulate the viewer, effectively conveying the complexity of living with trauma.
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The Body Is a House of Familiar Rooms
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2021 | United States | 10 min | Documentary
Director: Eloise Sherrid, Lauryn Welch
Sam Geiger suffers from Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a painful illness of the connective tissues. The intrusion of this chronic illness into every aspect of his and his partner’s life is explored with whimsical beauty in this gorgeously animated hybrid documentary about love, pain and the private worlds one can conjure with paint and imagination.
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- Published in 2022, Short Films
Cold Brew
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 7 min | Narrative
Director: David Kennedy
Producer: Cindy Wathen-Kennedy
A young woman is imprisoned by her inner thoughts in a caffeine-fueled assessment of her co-dependent relationship.
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Dancing the Twist in Bamako
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2021 | France, Canada, Senegal | 129 min | Narrative
Director: Robert Guédiguian
French with Subtitles
Mali, 1962. The youth of Bamako dance the twist to rock and roll music newly imported from the West and dream of political renewal. Samba, a young socialist, falls for spirited Lara during one of his missions to the bush. To escape her forced marriage, she secretly flees with him to the city. But Lara’s husband won’t let them be and the Revolution soon brings painful disillusions as they dream of a future together.
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- Published in 2022, Feature Films, Virtual
Delmarva and the Ground for Change
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2021 | United States | 89 min | Documentary
Director: Karrah Kwasnik
Three family-owned farms on the Delmarva Peninsula and their success using practices that protect and promote healthy soil; practices that also safeguard working lands against the extremes posed by climate change.
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- Published in 2022, Short Films, Virtual
Disconnected
Virtual Showing
2022 | United States | 15 min | Narrative
Director: Jeanette Godoy
Producer: Meredith Thomas, Jeanette Gody, Jordan Brady, Tom Jenkins
Janine forces her teenage daughter and her two besties to have an actual conversation by confiscating their cellphones for one hour. Meanwhile, she texts her husband she wants a divorce.
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- Published in 2022, Feature Films, Virtual
Dragon Poets
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2022 | United States | 8 min | Narrative
Director: Gordon David LePage
Two underemployed dragons have a revelation when they audition for a podcast.
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- Published in 2022, Feature Films, Virtual