2020 New Orleans Film Festival

Narrative Shorts 5: Single Family

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6 films in package
August
Tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina, a boy decides to run.
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Drifting (Piao Liu)
Yan is an illegal second child born during the One-Child policy. To avoid government punishment, Yan's parents hid their oldest daughter in the countryside and raised Yan as a girl. Now a young adult, Yan struggles with his gender identity and being treated as an outcast in a conservative society.
In France, Michelle is a Man's Name
Michael, a young trans man, returns home to the rural American West after years of estrangement from his parents.
Closed captions available
In Sudden Darkness
A slice of life film set in the Bronx, New York, In Sudden Darkness follows the life of the Moores, a working-class Black family trying to stay afloat in the midst of the city-wide blackout.
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Pond
Elizabeth, ten years old, lives with her reclusive mother in a dilapidated apartment where fish infest the piping, surfacing by way of a drain in the bathtub.
QA: Shorts - "Single Family"

“Family,” a broadly defined term, is everything in our city. Many extended families live under the same roof, creating a distinct need for the phrase “single family home.” Featuring AUGUST, DRIFTING, IN FRANCE MICHELLE IS A MAN’S NAME, IN SUDDEN DARKNESS, and POND, each film in this block takes a look at “single family” dynamics and relationships of different sorts.


Runtime: 69 minutes

Michael, a young trans man, returns home to the rural American West after years of estrangement from his parents.

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Language
    English
  • Country
    USA
  • Premiere
    Southern US
  • Director
    Em Weinstein
  • Screenwriter
    Em Weinstein
  • Producer
    Alix Masters, Claire Tuft, Rachel Shuey, Valiant Pictures
  • Cinematographer
    Alexa Wolf
  • Editor
    Lizzy Graham
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