SHORTS: THIS IS AMERICA, 2018
The states of the nation. Lonesome Willcox (USA, 12 min., Ryan Maxey, Zack Wright), Arizona has a single radio station, run by a live-in employee seen as an outcast by many of its townspeople. Sole Doctor (USA, 5 min., Paula Bernstein) profiles George’s Shoe Repair, a father-son shop that has served Portland, OR for over 50 years. In While I Yet Live (USA, 15 min., Maris Curran), five African-American quilters from Alabama discuss love, religion and civil rights. Shortly after retiring, a Florida couple transformed their 1920s farmhouse into a hospice and senior living facility for cats in Cats Cradle (USA, 12 min., Jonathan Napolitano). Angelenos use a popular social media app to broadcast their revealing LA Stories (USA, 13 min., Sara Newens, Josh Polon). In Last Sermon at George’s Creek (USA, 15 min., Spencer Creigh, Bobby Moser), the pastor of a dying rural Texas church contemplates life and loss. A contentious mayoral race in New Orleans comes down to two very different black women, demonstrating that All Skinfolk Ain’t Kinfolk (USA, 21 min., Angela Tucker)
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