Year: 2017
SHORTS: CITY LIGHTS
The ups and downs of city living. Dig It If You Can (USA, 18 min., Kyle Bell) creates a dialogue around Native American visibility, while Jordan Castell Paints Her Community (USA, 10 min., Orian Barki), showing an underrepresented side of black men. An after school improv class gives two teens Extra Credit (USA, 17 min., Matthew Slutsky) and the chance to recreate themselves. A Cops and Kids Boxer (USA, 3 min., Jehangir Irani) profiles a two-time Golden Gloves champ and Olympic hopeful. In Babe, I Hate to Go (Canada, 18 min., Andrew Moir), a man leaves family in Jamaica for work abroad. Richie’s (USA, 11 min., Gaspard Nemec) Gym faces Brooklyn’s gentrification. The Tables (USA, 15 min., Jon Bunning) celebrates diverse New Yorkers’ love of table tennis.
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