San Francisco DocFest 2020

Shorts Program 4 - Perfect Strangers

Expired September 21, 2020 6:45 AM
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6 films in package
On Task
A young high school teacher pushes himself and his students to work for their success.
Hello, We Lied
Ordained "The King of Fake News" by NPR, Jestin Coler built a network of websites meant to "infiltrate the echo chambers" of the alt-right. His empire soon grew to embody the media monolith it satirized, garnering over 100 million views and potentially swaying the election (which was swung by a mere 0.06% of the voting population).
Charlie's Lot
Charlie’s antique car-collecting habit has become a problem. The neighbors are angry and his wife is sick of it. But Charlie is also an anonymous crusader in the fight to save the soul of his city. How does a society discern between a hoarder and a preservationist? With Charlie, it all depends whether you live next door.
Variations
At the San Francisco Ballet School, young aspiring dancers come to terms with their growing pains as they strive to go pro.
A Syrian Woman
After nearly a decade of conflict, Syrian refugee women are some of the most vulnerable amid the crisis. Thousands have lost their families and husbands, and now must provide for their children, alone in an unfamiliar country. In this short film, six Syrian women living in Jordan recount their personal stories of survival – from displacement, child-marriage, and trauma, to their resilience and hope to rebuild a better future for their children.
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Shorts Program 4 - Perfect Strangers. A collection of the short documentaries playing alongside feature films in this year's festival.

Ordained "The King of Fake News" by NPR, Jestin Coler built a network of websites meant to "infiltrate the echo chambers" of the alt-right. His empire soon grew to embody the media monolith it satirized, garnering over 100 million views and potentially swaying the election (which was swung by a mere 0.06% of the voting population).


As the 2020 elections approach and Coler's techniques are adopted by armies of fake news purveyors, virality and reality intertwine in front of our eyes, leaving truth in the eye of the beholder. In the famously flubbed words of former president George W. Bush, "There's an old saying in Tennessee...Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me, can't get fooled again." Or can we?


Plays with RIDE SLOW, TAKE PHOTOS and in Shorts Program 4 - Perfect Strangers

  • Runtime
    12 minutes
  • Country
    United States
  • Director
    Laura Gamse
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