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11 Episodes 2017 - 2017
Episode 1
Fri, Sep 8, 2017
Fanny Pack (2016) by Uttera Singh (USC): A comedy short about a young Indian-American woman who attempts to elude her fanny pack-clad father and board a plane in pursuit of a less conventional future. Prom (2016) by Imran J. Khan (NYU): A blossoming romance between an Indian American teenager and his white date is derailed by racism. Adapted from a true story by Hasan Minhaj. Groomed (2013) by Wyatt Rockefeller (NYU): When a groom goes missing on his wedding day, the bride decides to play on her family's racial ignorance to keep the nuptials moving forward in this comedy of errors.
Episode 2
Fri, Sep 15, 2017
A Mexican doctor fresh from his graduation ceremony gets a different type of life lesson from a duo of police officers in La Graduación. Bloodlines by Christopher Cegielski: a quiet film about a Native American family.
Episode 3
Fri, Sep 22, 2017
AWOL (2016) by Deb Shoval (Columbia University): A queer Army recruit attempts to convince her lover to run away to Canada. When We Were Young by Gabby Capili (Calarts) A young woman returning to her grandmother's finds the house empty but full of memories. Bookends by Dom Villarrubia (University of Arizona): A young woman experiences a difficult homecoming in '70s suburbia.
Episode 4
Fri, Sep 29, 2017
Rosie, Oh (2016) by Andy Koeger and Apple Xenos (SCAD): A young girl stumbles across a dark scene while looking for her lost dog. The Execution by Elise Ahrens (Syracuse University): A mysterious execution takes place in a quirky small town. Cupcake Bob (2015) by Olivia Accardo (Syracuse University): A summer boat trips leads to a gruesome discovery.
Episode 5
Fri, Oct 6, 2017
Tom (2016) by Michael Smigiel (MICA): A young man longs for a young woman from afar, despite the accusations of his overbearing mother. Mr. Lamb (2013) by Jean Pesce (NYU): Myrna's pen pal romance with an incarcerated serial killer takes an unexpected turn.
Episode 6
Fri, Oct 13, 2017
Stage Two (2011) by Lara Gallagher (Columbia University): A young boy in the Pacific Northwest attempts to navigate high school bullies and his mother's cancer without the benefit of an emotional road map. Born with It (2015) by Emmanuel Osei-Kuffour (NYU): A young boy questions his own identity after being bullied by classmates.
Episode 7
Tue, Sep 19, 2017
Festus (2013) by Shawn Snyder (NYU): Should you abandon your dreams? A forlorn middle-aged man works up the courage to play music at a local open mic night in this tense short film. Yeah, Kowalski! (2012) by Evan Roberts (UT Austin): Coming of age is a drag when delayed development gets in the way of romance. Kowalski discovers a creative solution.
Episode 8
Fri, Oct 27, 2017
We Are the Immigrants (2016) by Catalina Matamoros (USC): An intimate peek at an arduous journey across hostile borders, presented in a fluid, hand-drawn animation. Sweet, Sweet Country (2013) by Dehanza Rogers (UCLA): Young Somalian refugee Ndizeye is navigating new her new life and love (played by Gbenga Akinnagbe) in the U.S. until unexpected visitors come knocking at her door.
Episode 9
Fri, Nov 3, 2017
Theodora (2015) by Travis Bogosian and Henry Chaisson (Brown): Mythology and reality collide as a young girl prepares for a very special visitor. A beautifully-shot short indie film. Vilt Gutt (2016) by Dawson Taylor (LMU): Move over, Bigfoot. A Norwegian park ranger makes an unexpected discovery in the woods in this stylistic dark comedy short. Salt (2014) by Ugla Hauksdóttir (Columbia): It's not easy being the new kid in town. In a small Icelandic fishing village full of mystery and lore, Eirikur befriends a local girl by the water's edge. But their new friendship quickly takes an unexpected turn in this haunting short film.
Episode 10
Fri, Nov 10, 2017
U Nomalanga and The Witch by Palesa Shongwe (new York University): U Nomalanga Is Newly Married and New to Her Small Village in South Africa. when She Attempts to Befriend Her Notorious Neighbor, She Finds Unexpected Joy in The New Friendship.
Episode 11
Fri, Nov 17, 2017
Films include "The Stalking of Ernest Gorby," "After Life," "Shadow Beat," and "Hui Ying".