Filmfest DC 2021

MetroShorts

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12 films in package
BLAHC: The Brookland Literary and Hunting Club
The Brookland Literary & Hunting Club has been a gathering place for Black men of accomplishment since 1942, playing host to some of the area’s leading doctors, lawyers, scientists, and academics. Now, with an aging membership and few new members, this historic institution may be entering its final days.
Super Bella
8-year-old Bella is enlisted by her neighbor, Karen, to look for her missing cat. As their search unfolds, they each realize the weight of a secret they are holding inside.
Landfill
In the late 21st century, an old municipal landfill becomes a battleground in the competition for precious resources, and an unintended memorial to a bygone consumer culture.
Boxing Day
In this vibrant and colorful animated collage, a man looks back on the cultural traditions, joys, and hardships of family life in rural Jamaica.
Tikkun Olam
An 8-year-old is unexpectedly affected by the plight of a homeless veteran.
Our Alexandria
Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia, revisit the town’s segregated past and tell the story of family, friendship, loss, and love through historical dollhouses.
Between the Lines: Liz at Large
Meet Liz Montague, the first Black, female cartoonist in The New Yorker’s near century run.
Oversight
In this in-depth look at some of its biggest cases in the city’s history, the Office of the Inspector General shows how it has shaped the District by fighting fraud, abuse, and neglect.
INTERVIEW #1 w/Directors Heidi Scott, Robin Hamilton, Jon Michael Shink, Michael Skinner
MetroShorts interview #1 with directors Heidi Scott, Robin Hamilton, Jon Michael Shink, and Michael Skinner.
INTERVIEW #2 w/Directors Gregory Edwards and Bob Ahmed
MetroShorts Interview #2 with directors Gregory Edwards and Bob Ahmed.
INTERVIEW #3 w/Directors Adielenah Perez & Abi Cole
MetroShorts Interview #3 with directors Adielenah Perez and Abi Cole.
INTERVIEW #4 w/Director Kenneth Alexander Campbell
MetroShorts Interview #4 with director Kenneth Alexander Campbell.
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MetroShorts: The fourth edition of our popular program of films from the vibrant, creative community of filmmakers in DC and the immediate Metro area.

 

Total running time: 99 mins

MetroShorts interview #1 with directors Heidi Scott, Robin Hamilton, Jon Michael Shink, and Michael Skinner.


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LANDFILL

Heidi Scott USA, 2020, 11 minutes, narrative

In the late twenty-first century, an old municipal landfill becomes a battleground in the competition for precious resources and an unintended memorial to a bygone consumer culture.


OUR ALEXANDRIA

Robin Hamilton

USA, 2019, 17 minutes, documentary

Two artists from Alexandria, Virginia, revisit the town's segregated past and tell the story of family, friendship, loss, and love through historical dollhouses.


OVERSIGHT

Michael Skinner and Jon Michael Shink

USA, 2020, 30 minutes, documentary

After the District of Columbia won limited home rule in the 1970s, its nascent city government struggled to manage its newfound independence. In this in-depth look at some of the biggest cases in the city's history, the Office of the Inspector General shows how it has shaped the District by fighting fraud, abuse, and neglect.


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