SHORT FILM PROGRAMS
Shorts Program I:
THE BEAR HUNTER
 MARY ROBERTSON, USA, 2003, 14 MINUTES
Bob Chase has hunted black bear his whole life, yet victory has eluded him-until now.
PORTER (SOLO UN CARGADOR)
 JUAN ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ, PERU, 2003, 20 MINUTES
As he hauls the belongings of strangers over mountaintops, a porter's lyrical,
haunting thoughts give voice to the desperately poor.
TIME FOR A NEW GOD
 DAVID HOLBROOKE, USA, 2004, 18 MINUTES
Reformed Rabbi Irwin Kula believes we need to rethink our notion of God. He argues
that what is sacred is not our religions but rather our relationships with each other.
FATHER'S DAY
MARK LIPMAN, USA, 2003, 39 MINUTES
A collage of vintage family films, photos and artistic imagery pay homage to Mark
Lipman's vague memories of his deceased father.
Wednesday 6/16 at 12:30 p.m. (FREE Screening) & Thursday 6/17 at 9:45 p.m.
Shorts Program II:
PARENTS OF THE YEAR
 JAMES SCURLOCK, USA, 2004, 22 MINUTES
Mexican immigrant parents scour trash bins for recyclables so they can make a
better life for their children-including an MIT education.
TEXAS DOUGHNUT SHOP
 WOOK STEVEN HEO, USA, 2003, 21 MINUTES
This documentary humorously explores the mix of cultures and economics in a
Korean immigrant's Texas doughnut shop.
PULL THE PLUG
ETIENNE SAURET, USA, 2004, 5 MINUTES
 Watch the New York City skyline slowly go pitch black as the radio plays, keeping
the public tuned in to what happened on that dark night on the East Coast in the
summer of 2003.
STARLET
 RICK KENT, USA, 2003, 12 MINUTES
Glitz, glamour, acclaim, your name in lights-humiliation, poverty, moonlighting as
a clown... Ah, the life of a Hollywood starlet.
CURTIS
 JACOB AKIRA OKADA, USA, 2004, 34 MINUTES
A New York City artist struggles to continue painting as he moves between his home
and a healthcare facility for AIDS patients.
Thursday 6/17 at 12:30 p.m. (FREE Screening) & Friday 6/18 at 7:15 p.m.
Shorts Program III:
LEANG'S JOURNEY
 KOJI HAYASAKI, JAPAN, 2003, 29 MINUTES
View the complicated relationship between a Cambodian refugee and his
Americanized daughter, who struggles to identify with her heritage.
WELCOME TO WARREN
 BRENT E. HUFFMAN, USA, 2004, 30 MINUTES
This cinema verité film strives to break stereotypes about life inside prison.
FOO-FOO DUST
 GINA LEVY, ERIC JOHNSON, USA, 2003, 37 MINUTES
A brutally honest portrait of a mother and son trapped in the spiral of drug addiction.
Friday 6/18 at 12:30 p.m. (FREE Screening) & Saturday 6/19 at 7:00 p.m.
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