A selection of captivating documentary shorts from across the New Orleans Film Festival lineup for cinephiles of All Ages. Created for the the NOFF 2024 High School Pass, courtesy of the Helis Foundation.

As Singapore reclaims land to expand urban development, a town bearing its name on the other side of the world lies buried under sand.

Sandcastles

As Singapore reclaims land to expand urban development, a town bearing its name on the other side of the world lies buried under sand.

Dear Little Haiti (Querido Pequeño Haiti) is a farewell letter to a vanishing neighborhood: from the gaze of a Peruvian resident to the Haitian and Latinx communities who are homesick but try to find themselves in every other culture in hopes of belonging to a place and making it home.

Querido Pequeño Haiti (Dear Little Haiti)

Dear Little Haiti (Querido Pequeño Haiti) is a farewell letter to a vanishing neighborhood: from the gaze of a Peruvian resident to the Haitian and Latinx communities who are homesick but try to find themselves in every other culture in hopes of belonging to a place and making it home.

A poetic documentary about the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, Kentucky from the 1960s to mid 2000s. Delving into the ritual of roller skating and how roller rinks emerged as sanctuaries for Black culture, the film reveals the history of a segregated Louisville and the magic that its Black community has conjured as an act of resistance.

The People Could Fly

A poetic documentary about the history of Black gathering spaces in Louisville, Kentucky from the 1960s to mid 2000s. Delving into the ritual of roller skating and how roller rinks emerged as sanctuaries for Black culture, the film reveals the history of a segregated Louisville and the magic that its Black community has conjured as an act of resistance.

Rest Intuit is a rumination on the current revolutionary trend of rest as a radical practice.

Rest Intuit

Rest Intuit is a rumination on the current revolutionary trend of rest as a radical practice.

Thomas Gonzales, a lifelong inhabitant of Delacroix, remains fiercely rooted to his home, a fragile strip of land encircled by marshlands and estuaries in southern Louisiana.

Delacroix

Thomas Gonzales, a lifelong inhabitant of Delacroix, remains fiercely rooted to his home, a fragile strip of land encircled by marshlands and estuaries in southern Louisiana.

Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to assist her family's move to a new house after 40 years. Influenced by the Woman Life Freedom movement, she has decided to stop wearing the hijab on all occasions, which is challenging for her deeply religious family's norms.

A Move

Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to assist her family's move to a new house after 40 years. Influenced by the Woman Life Freedom movement, she has decided to stop wearing the hijab on all occasions, which is challenging for her deeply religious family's norms.

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