Rent A Neighbor
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 8 min | Narrative
Director: Jim Morrison
Producer: Stacey Schwitzer
Waylon, a stubborn local who resides in a quaint seaside town is confronted by tourists searching for their short-term rental.
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- Published in 2022, Short Films, Virtual
Rural Runners
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 15 min | Documentary
Director: Forest Woodward, Gnarly Bay
In 2020, Chloe Maxmin, a 28-year-old climate activist, became the youngest woman elected to the state senate in Maine history. Chloe and her campaign manager, Canyon Woodward, rewrote the strategy for progressive success in rural America and won two campaigns in red districts where they were expected to lose. “Rural Runners” follows Chloe and Canyon on the campaign trail alongside Canyon’s burgeoning rise as a champion ultra-distance runner. Their approach rehumanizes our deeply divided political system, offering hope and a path toward a healthier democracy.
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Song of Salt
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 96 min | Documentary
Director: Emma Baiada, Nicolas Snyder
Producer: Emma Baiada
A microcosm of contemporary American rurality, Trona, California demonstrates the complexities, hardships, and small beauties that are revealed when we look beyond prevailing stereotypes. Oscillating between dramatic stillness and wild freedom, patient observation and intimate immersion, Song of Salt goes on an engaging and dignified exploration of what it means to be both forgotten and free.
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Stitch, Breathe, Speak: The George Floyd Quilts
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 17 min | Documentary
Director: Chris Owen
Producer: Chris Owen, Jan Sutcliffe
The death of George Floyd galvanized the members of nine New Hampshire churches to stitch his last words, creating 10 incredibly powerful quilts that have served to bring communities together. Three of the quilts made by church members in the Monadnock Region (UCC of Keene, United Church of Jaffrey, and Federated Church of Marlborough) will be on display Friday, September 23, and Saturday, September 24 at the SHOWROOM.
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Stop
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 13 min | Narrative
Director: John Piazza
When her dog is struck by a speeding car in front of her home, Susan petitions the town board for a stop sign. Believing the speed management device to be an unnecessary intrusion, her neighbors lash out as neighborhood dissension grows.
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The Unmaking of a College
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2022 | United States | 84 min | Documentary
Director: Amy Goldstein
Producer: Troy Takaki, Amy Goldstein, Anouchka van Riel
“In THE UNMAKING OF A COLLEGE”, students at Hampshire College confront a new president’s underhanded attempt to shut down their school and discover that a powerful institution is bullying an inexperienced administration into giving up the independence of one of the most experimenting colleges in the United States. A raucous ode to democracy in action, this film evokes the courage required to stand up to power at a time when many liberal arts colleges are failing.
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When the Rain Sets In
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 17 min | Narrative
Director: James Hughes
Producer: James Hughes
Kenzie and Treyden, a couple who’ve been swept up in a whirlwind six-month romance, find themselves confronting a painful question: Has their love story come to an end?
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Water Born
In-Person Event: SHOWROOM
2021 | United States | 16 min | Documentary
Director: Lowell John Boston
Six people of color are asked a direct question – Do you know how to swim? Their amazing answers and stories are turned into beautiful works of animation and live action that question and challenge whether a crippling stereotype, one that has plagued African-Americans for decades, is true or not.
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