all the love i could handle
Synopsis
all the love I could handle tells the story of a woman struggling to balance her artistic career with motherhood. Inspired by the life of filmmaker Kathleen Collins, this heart-wrenching film showcases the inherent challenges of artistic devotion and single parenting.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 6: Departures.
Film Credits
- Ruby Rose Collins, DaManuel Richardson, Ames Ward, EJ Lykes, Solomon Turner
- Ruby Rose Collins
- Aneesa Meador
- Gemma Doll-Grossman
- Breonna Williams, Yasir Ford, Sebrina Purcell
- Nyla Smith
- Beth Hubbard, Marni Grossman
- Hello Benjamin Films, People Watching Pictures, Creative Visions
Shorts 7: Documentary
Synopsis
These films showcase the richness of the documentary form. Through observation, testimony, and poetic reimagining, six different complex corners of the world come into view.
In Dooni, preacher Walter Hawkins delivers the moving eulogy for legendary singer Sylvester, who died of AIDS in 1988. In Visiting Hours, Tony pays daily visits to his mother at a care facility, helping her ailing memory. Koki, Ciao is a humorous autobiography of a parrot named Koki, who rubbed shoulders with some of the most famous people of the 20th century. In Lanawaru, a community grapples with the disappearance of one of their own, as a young boy receives spiritual guidance from his grandfather. Through audio recordings created by a couple over the course of a season, Hold Me Close portrays and celebrates the love shared between two women. Hoops, Hopes, & Dreams is an investigation into how basketball has played a crucial role in the political lives of two of the defining figures of American history, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama.
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Dooni
Synopsis
Preacher Walter Hawkins eulogizes legendary singer Sylvester, who died of AIDS in 1988. “AIDS is not God’s punishment,” says Hawkins in this deeply moving film on faith, love, and triumph in the face of death.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 7: Documentary.
Film Credits
- Kevin Jerome Everson, Claudrena N. Harold, Madeleine Molyneaux
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- trilobite-arts DAC, Picture Palace Pictures
Lanawaru
Synopsis
As a community grapples with the disappearance of one of their own, a young boy receives spiritual guidance from his grandfather. Hypnotic and profound, Lanawaru depicts one community’s bond with nature and their sacred spiritual practices.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 7: Documentary.
Film Credits
- Constanza Pérez Carrillo
- Angello Faccini Rueda, Juan Pablo Polanco
- César Jaimes, Sebastián Sedas
- Angello Faccini Rueda
- Moises Yukuna
- Conservation International John Martin
- Violeta Films
Hold Me Close
Synopsis
Through audio recordings created by a couple over the course of a season, this film portrays and celebrates the love shared between two women. Shot exclusively inside the apartment where they reside, Hold Me Close shows with great tenderness the vulnerability and intimacy of sharing life with someone.
This film screens as part of Shorts Program 7: Documentary.
Film Credits
- Aurora Brachman, LaTajh Simmons-Weaver
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- Tiana Raphel, Corinne April I. Conn
- Ali Helnwein
- Opal H. Bennett, Erika Dilday, Chris White, Jenni Wolfson, Kiyoko McCrae, Chris Walters, Sean Gillane
- Chicken & Egg Films, POV Shorts, Capsaicinco
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