SHORT LIST SHORTS: END GAME + LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING: NOTES FROM DUNBLANE
This program presents two films appearing in our Short List: Shorts section recognizing some of the top documentary shorts films of the year.
END GAME
DIRS: Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman
A moving film about the passage from life to death, End Game is a portrait of the last days of those in palliative care in two San Francisco Bay Area medical facilities pioneering new paradigms for end-of-life decisions. Courtesy of Netflix. (USA, 40 min.)
LESSONS FROM A SCHOOL SHOOTING: NOTES FROM DUNBLANE
DIR: Kim A. Snyder
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook school shooting, local priest Father Bob Weiss connects with Father Basil O’Sullivan of Dunblane, Scotland, from a community which could uniquely relate to Newtown’s trauma. Kim A. Snyder’s film explores the power of resilience through the bond forged between these two priests. Courtesy of Netflix. (USA, 22 min.)