Shorts Program

Sunday, May 5th @ 11:45am - Gene Siskel Film Center

Runtime 105 min.


 

BOX CUTTERS
Naomi van Niekerk

In this dreamy animated tale, a young woman recounts being attacked and must struggle to move on.

PIÑATAS OF EARTHLY DELIGHTS
Tom Maroney

Roberto Benavidez makes stunning piñatas that reveal the form’s hidden history of religious colonialism, while also attesting to his own personal struggles.

STRONG GRANDMA
Cecilia Brown, Winslow Crane-Murdoch

An inspiring portrait of 95-year-old Catherine Kuehn, a world-record-winning powerlifter.

HEADSHOT
Dominic Yarabe

A filmmaker explores what it means to photograph Black Americans and their relationship with nature.

SANDCASTLES
Carin Jin-Yi Leong

As Singapore reclaims land to expand urban development, a town bearing its name on Lake Michigan lies buried beneath sand.

TWO SUN
Blair Barnes

This evocative visual poem explores a Black man’s relationship to his identity.

HOLD THE LINE
Daniel Lombroso

When the largest Protestant organization in the U.S. decides to purge women in leadership positions, one prominent female pastor tries to fight back.

THE SCHOOL OF CANINE MASSAGE
Emma Miller

At a unique training program, people heal dogs and dogs heal people.

WEEKEND VISITS
Pete Quandt

At a Virginia Correctional Facility’s Family Visitation Center, a young mother gets a chance to briefly visit her child.