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Spotlight: The New Yorker

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Spotlight: The New Yorker
Experience a collection of short films from The New Yorker. The short docs from The New Yorker Documentary offer uncommon perspectives on global issues, while the fictional short films from The Screening Room spark curiosity.
The Ban
Thirty years after the IRA ceasefire in Northern Ireland, this experimental archive film looks at Margaret Thatcher's farcical broadcasting ban that saw actors hired to dub those associated with terrorism.
Criminal
"Criminal" is an animated musical documentary short film that confronts the injustice of people held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. The vast majority are there because they can't afford due process and don't have enough cash to pay their way out while awaiting trial. Because they are poor, thousands are held for months or even shipped to jails out of state when they are supposed to be presumed innocent.
Happy To Help You
A self-involved therapist at a crisis phone line clashes with a depressed caller.
The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong
Bestselling novelist Gary Shteyngart's piece for The New Yorker about his botched circumcision went viral. In “The Guy Who Got Cut Wrong,” Shteyngart delves deeper into the trauma, ultimately proclaiming in his tragic-comic voice, “This country broke my penis, but it couldn't break my spirit."
Icebreakers
Same-sex pairs are strictly forbidden in elite figure skating, but once every four years, a parallel skating universe appears…
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Experience a collection of short films from The New Yorker. The short docs from The New Yorker Documentary offer uncommon perspectives on global issues, while the fictional short films from The Screening Room spark curiosity.

"Criminal" is an animated musical documentary short film that confronts the injustice of people held at the Harris County Jail in Houston, Texas. The vast majority are there because they can't afford due process and don't have enough cash to pay their way out while awaiting trial. Because they are poor, thousands are held for months or even shipped to jails out of state when they are supposed to be presumed innocent.


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Robe Imbriano

robeimbriano@mac.com

  • Year
    2024
  • Runtime
    19 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    Midwest Premiere
  • Genre
    African/African American, Current Events/History, Human Rights, Latinx/Latin American
  • Content Warning
    Mature Themes
  • Social Media
  • Director
    Robe Imbriano
  • Screenwriter
    Robe Imbriano, Stew (Mark) Stewart, Heidi Rodewald
  • Producer
    Robe Imbriano, Heidi Rodewald
  • Executive Producer
    Dominique Bravo, Reggie Williams, Stew (Mark) Stewart, Thomas Curtis
  • Cast
    Stew (Mark) Stewart, Heidi Rodewald
  • Animator
    Thomas Curtis
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