Indy Shorts Film Festival 2021

The American Dream

Expired July 26, 2021 3:45 AM
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6 films in package
BJ's Mobile Gift Shop
A young Korean-American hustler runs throughout the city of Chicago making sales out of his “mobile gift shop”.
Closed captions available
Slim Pickins
Owned by Jahmicah and Heather Dawes, Slim Pickins Outfitters is the first Black-owned outdoor outfitting shop in the country. After nearly closing their doors due to Covid-19, they continue telling a story of hope and reconciliation, of community, and of friendship in an America that desperately needs to hear it.
Closed captions available
Rebyrth
Rebyrth is a film about a Black doula working to save the lives of Black mothers as they journey from their pregnancies into motherhood. The work of a doula is an ancestral process that culminates with the world’s greatest gift — LIFE.
Closed captions available
PLEASE HOLD
In the near future, a young working-class Latino is wrongfully arrested. Realizing he has no means of recourse in the fully automated and privatized justice system, he attempts to reach a human who can set things right.
Chai
With the grand opening of their chai stand, Persian siblings Sanam and Reza face unexpected competition from their neighbors’ hot chocolate stand.
The Little Tea Shop
Where a Palestinian turns southern soul food into the American dream.
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Race, America, and commerce.


Films: BJ's Mobile Gift Shop; Slim Pickins; Rebyrth; Please Hold; Chai; The Little Tea Shop


*Note: Audience Choice voting can only be completed via Internet browser.

Iranian siblings, Sanam and Reza, without speaking a word of English, open up a chai stand in their neighborhood. However, the siblings face the unexpected competition from their neighbors who open a hot chocolate stand. What follows are the challenges Sanam and Reza experience to convince people in their neighborhood to give their Persian tea a chance over the hot chocolate.


In English, Farsi, with English subtitles.


Programming descriptions are generated by participants and are edited for length and clarity, and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Heartland Film.


Film Contact:

Arshum Rouhanian

arouhanian96@gmail.com

240-481-5281

  • Year
    2021
  • Runtime
    7 minutes
  • Language
    English, Farsi
  • Country
    United States
  • Premiere
    World Premiere
  • Rating
    Suitable for All Ages
  • Note
    Narrative Short
  • Director
    Arshum Rouhanian
  • Screenwriter
    Arshum Rouhanian
  • Producer
    Vincenzo Dama, Savarone Ammann
  • Executive Producer
    Arshum Rouhanian, Vincenzo Dama, Savarone Ammann
  • Cast
    Hope Safai, Keon Faroughi, Joe Colaleo, Rowan Burney
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