Event

Shorts: Young Hearts & Minds

Short films screening in this program include:

THE POTTER'S FIELD
Edward Heavrin & Nick Weis
(Q&A to follow)
What happens to the homeless when they die? A group of high school students in Louisville, Kentucky take on a transformative experience and volunteer to give burial services for the homeless, unknown, and otherwise indigent members of their community. The story of the students is juxtaposed by the harsh realities of how two of the nation's largest cities, Chicago and New York, dispose of their less fortunate. (USA, 2012, 42 min., Documentary Short)

TEACH ME TO SEA
Mara Bresnahan
(Q&A to follow)
For their senior class trip, students at the Perkins School for the Blind set their sights high: a cruise to Mexico!They pulled together and made it happen and became the darlings of the ship, shattering pre-conceived notions that individuals with such sensory deficits somehow experience the pleasures of life any less. Teach Me to Sea captures their hopes, fears, and dreams for the future as they prepare to head out into the world beyond Perkins. (USA, 2013, 39 min., Documentary Short)

Expected: Director, Mara Bresnahan; film subjects, Mimi and Eliza Edmunds; and Producer, Abbie Maravelli

DOING IT FOR ME
Precious Lambert & Leah Edwards
When two teens in the District of Columbia lose their way through the traditional school system, can their best friend help them get back on their feet again? Doing It for Me explores the dropout crisis in Washington from a young person's point of view. (USA, 2013, 25 min., Documentary Short)

Expected: Washington D.C. filmmakers, Precious Lambert & Leah Edwards