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Documentary Shorts

Burningman: Voyage in Utopia

Jun 30th, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Laurent Le Gall,

Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the vacant heart of the wild west to celebrate this stupefying event by creating an ephemeral town, Black Rock City.
The Black rock desert, Nevada State, will be the decor of the festival. Without a doubt the experience will be extreme in [...]



Burning Man: Voyage in Utopia

Jun 13th, 2008 | By Hatzune | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Laurent Le Gall

Every year, tens of thousands of participants migrate to the vacant heart of the wild west to celebrate this stupefying event by creating an ephemeral town, Black Rock City.
The Black rock desert, Nevada State, will be the decor of the festival. Without a doubt the experience will be extreme in this [...]



The Cock: Lesbian Owned & Operated, World Premier

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Luna Han, 10min
This short film documents the colorful and heartfelt journey of a first-time small business owner from Jalisco, Mexico to Oakland, California, where she now owns and operates a successful restaurant called the Cock-a-Doodle Cafe (affectionately known as “The Cock”).
Biography
Luna Han is a writer, visual artist, filmmaker, and editor based in Oakland, [...]



South Central Farm: Oasis in a Concrete Desert

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Sheila Laffey, 24min
This short doc tells the true story of the high profile controversy involving poor farmers and their supporters, including celebrity tree sitters, the developer and the city over the South Central Farm in Los Angeles which was the largest urban farm in the U.S. and fed 350 families before it was [...]



On the Assassination of the President

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Adam Keker, 6min
This top-secret government file, only to be viewed in the event of the President’s death by assassination, gives specific instructions on what should be done, and provides dossiers on the three most likely suspects.
Biography
Adam Keker is a filmmaker and writer based in San Francisco. As a cinematographer, he has photographed documentaries [...]



Alone, Together

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Krystalline Armendariz, Roan Bibby, Eric Fischer, Dan Lewis, 9min
What can a video game teach us about personal relationships? Do online quests to kill goblins, murlocs and blood elves help hone parenting skills? Should online game addiction be a classified medical condition? Alone, Together explores character relationships surrounding the online game World of Warcraft.



Loss

May 21st, 2008 | By admin | Category: Documentary Shorts

Directed by Kristen Nutile, 19min
Interweaving 8mm home movies, contemporary film footage, photographs, interviews and audio recordings, LOSS explores faded memories and long-term grief. The film unravels through a personal narrative, which centers around the loss of my father to a brain tumor over 17 years ago.
Biography
Kristen Nutile is an independent documentary filmmaker and editor based [...]