On February 8, 1968, eight seconds of police gunfire left three young men dying and at least 27 wounded on the campus of South Carolina State College in Orangeburg, S.C. All of the police were white, all of the students African-American, and almost all of the victims were shot from behind. Two years later Kent State would shock the nation.This powerful yet disturbing documentary film provides a compelling account of the price paid in America's struggle for racial justice.
Danny Hawkins, Kimberly Bishop, Lonnie Hubbard, Seven, Devin Dukes, Madeline Dukes, Laurin McCarley, Damon Amella, Nilanjana Snyder and Jackson MacDonald
Synopsis:
“The Merkin Man” short film is a spoof on regional public television shows. The fictitious show, “Gettin’ Around The Lowcountry” goes to John’s Island S.C. to visit with a local entrepreneur, Justice P. Courtney. Justice sells home made Spanish Moss Merkins to tourists and others. A Merkin is a pubic hair wig that was made popular in the 1700’s and they are still in use today. The Merkins are produced on site by Justice’s associates and sold from a nearby stand in the woods.
When a young photographer accepts a ride from a psychotic couple, he must figure out how to escape their dreams of destruction and capture his own American Dream.
"It cannot be Eight...it has to be Seven Samurai!"
Small time actor, Nanshu, gets the chance of a lifetime: a lead role as one of the eight samurai that will save a village from bandits. But little does he know, last night, the Director had a dream and there is only one thing Nanshu didn't prepare for: being fired. THE 8TH SAMURAI is a tragic comedy about fate from writer/director Justin Ambrosino that pays homage to the samurai films, Italian Neorealism and the American comedies of the 1950s.
Alex is still in love with his ex-boyfriend, Zack. So when Zack invites him over to dinner, his hopes are high that a reconciliation in store. Instead, he makes the discovery that Zack has undergone a 12-step program to 'convert' to heterosexuality and is now engaged to blackberry toting business woman, Casey. As an awkward evening unfolds Alex grows desperate to win Zack back!
Title:
LA LOTERIA (East Coast Premiere)
Genre:
Drama(18 mins.) Spain
Director:
Javier Rodriguez De Fonseca
Writer:
Javier Rodriguez De Fonseca
Producer:
Producciones Divinas
Cast:
Chema Adeva, Tomas Repila, Jorge Munarriz and Carlos Domingo
Synopsis:
The owner of a bar phones a policeman to expose a prostitution ring. He doesn't realize the policeman is getting paid to look the other way.
Phoebe Greenberg, Karen Murphy, Penny Mancuso and Maxence Bradley
Cast:
Jean Marchand
Synopsis:
During an opulent and luxurious banquet, complete with hordes of servers and valets, eleven pampered guests participate in what appears to be a ritualistic gastronomic carnage. In this absurd and grotesque universe and unexpected sequence of events destabilizes the endless symphony of abundance.
Michael Boughen, Rod Morris, Matthew Street, Christopher Mapp and David Whealy
Cast:
Mirrah Foulkes, Leigh Whannell, Nathan Phillips, Melanie Vallejo, Bille Brown, Peter Drocker and Brendan Donoghue
Synopsis:
Interweaving two of the most fascinating icons of Tasmanian history: the extinct Tasmanian Tiger and “The Pieman” (aka Alexander Pearce) who was hanged for cannibalism in 1824. An extinct species… a long forgotten legend… both had a desperate need to survive; both could now have living descendants within the Tasmanian bush. Many sightings of the tiger have been reported. Many hikers have gone missing. On their quest to find the extinct tiger, the group seeking the Tasmanian tiger venture deep into isolated territory and into the domain of “Pieman” descendants.
Victor Dark, Les Falco, Bobby Reading and Jimmy Tibbs
Synopsis:
The End is a story never before been told of a group of men with a common bond. All born in the East End of London into poverty striving for a better life and all found that life in crime. Unashamed and unapologetic these men live their lives defined by a code of honor. The End reveals the bloody history and the confessions of the cockney gangster.
Rowland Brand, Daniel Jones, Dan R. Kelly, Regina McKenzie, Lew Musser, Rusty Martin, Paul Alexander, Sydnea Rhinehart, Jessica Smith, Tracy Hoggard, Cassandra Simpkins, Eponine Simpkins, Maggie Davenport, Misty Hall, Stand Wood, Louis Gagnon, Adam, Evan Lopez, Cyndee Taylor, Rachelle Simpkins and Joseph Quinn Simpkins
Synopsis:
It is the story of a flawed man who lives beyond his means and racks up a huge gambling debt trying to catch up. After being forced into the ultimate interrogation, he faces his own execution. There’s nowhere to hide and appears to be no way out…
Scotch Ellis Loring, Tim Bagely, Judy Greer, Jason Dudey, Kim Coles and Daresha Kyi
Synopsis:
After ten years together, Kent and Jax can read each other like open books. Then Jax's mother dies and he steals her wig three days before she is to be buried in it. Jax shows no regard for the fact that his theft alienates his sister, terrifies his partner, and alarms their friends. And just when Kent believes the whole WIG incident couldn't get any hairier... Jax starts to wear it.
Pamela Winslow, Tyrick Wiltez Jones, Ira Hawkins, Lara Teeter, Beth Fowler and Ron Faber
Synopsis:
Back to Me takes us into the life of a Broadway actress whose world is devastatingly turned upside down. Unexpectedly, she comes face to face with her destiny as a mysterious stranger helps her face the music.
Chad Mathews, Philip Boyd, Gary Weeks, Mike Iorio, Emily-Grace Murray, Kirsten Scoles and Mike Lutz
Synopsis:
Upon discovering he has a Clone he never knew about, unlucky-in-life-and-love Ben Hocker’s eyes are opened to see that the world he thought he knew is full of clones who have gone wild. When he learns that his clone is a better man than he is in every way, he is forced to either make peace with him… or make him rest in peace.
John Brennan, Chris Drake, Eleanor Hollingsworth, Betsy Harper, Jason Cooper, Geoff Marshall, Hailey Nagel, Bob Brennan, Pat Brennan, John Cater, Lael Nei and Michael McKay
Synopsis:
Two men are set up on a blind lunch date through the dating program It's Just Lunch.
BLOCK 7 - 10:45 PM
Bill Plympton Animations
Title:
HOT DOG
Genre:
Animation (6 mins.) USA
Director:
Bill Plympton
Writer:
Bill Plympton
Producer:
Biljana Labovic
Synopsis:
This is the third in the DOG series. In this episode our plucky hero joins the fire company to save the world from house fires and gain the affection he so richly deserves. Typically, the results never turn out the way he plans.
"Idiots and Angels" is a dark comedy about a morally bankrupt man struggling to hide the good side of himself, which manifests itself in a pair of angel wings that make him do good deeds, and that just won't go away.
