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Monthly short film screening series, presented by Indie Memphis & Crosstown Arts.

This month: Documentary Shorts Festival Encore
Encore presentation of the documentary shorts program from the 2017 Indie Memphis Film Festival.

Doors at 6:30 pm | Screening at 7 pm. Admission is pay-what-you-can.

MICKEY’S PETS (Documentary Short – Special Jury Award)
Director: Ashley S. Brandon, Running Time: 13:01min
With a trusty peacock in tow a young taxidermist must overcome her insecurities to win first place at the U.S. National Taxidermy Championships.

JESSZILLA
Director: Emily Sheskin, Running Time: 7min
Jesselyn “Jesszilla” Silva is serious about boxing, and at 10 years old trains seriously with dreams of becoming a professional fighter. Her father, Pedro, finds himself caught in between supporting her dream and worrying about her future as she tries to master a combat sport.

COWGIRL UP
Director: Nathan Willis, Running Time: 5:17min
A cowgirl from Mississippi pursues her lifelong dream of becoming the first African-American female in the National Finals Rodeo.

SILO: EDGE OF THE REAL WORLD
Director: Marshall Burnette, Running Time: 10:43min
SILO: EDGE OF THE REAL WORLD is a meditation on life in a small midwest farm town. When a grain entrapment shocks their small community, Adam Fox, a young farmer, and Clay Althoff, a senior in high school, both consider the risks and rewards of a corn farmer’s life.

THE DUEL
Director: Sean David Christensen, Running Time: 5:50min
A sixteen-year-old girl struggles to reach her father in the midst of an unexpected and intense manic episode. Based on a true story from actress Lili Taylor.

ISIS HAIR SALON
Director: Nicholas Coles, Running Time: 4:52min
Los Angeles hair stylist Carrie Banks has unwittingly been thrust into the war on terror and she’s fighting back one braid, weave and extension at a time.

REBUILDING IN MINIATURE (Best Documentary Short)
Director: Veena Rao, Running Time: 7:12min
Ali Alamedy, an Iraqi artist living in Turkey, creates detailed miniature scenes of places he has imagined but has never been.

GAYS FOR TRUMP?
Director: Aaron Paul Lovett, Running Time: 16:44min
In the 2016 general election, 14% of LGBTQ Americans voted for Donald Trump. This film follows Peter Boykin and David Smith, an interracial gay couple, and their friend Scott Presler as the unlikely trio advocate for the polarizing businessman-turned-President.

ELECTION NIGHT
Director: Ryan Scafuro, Running Time: 7:40min
A crowd gathers until the early morning at a boozy London pub to watch the US presidential election. As dawn breaks, emotions escalate and the evening takes a turn for the worse.

LESSONS INJUSTICE
Director: Karen Chapman, Running Time: 8:57min
Danardo jones sets out on a car ride with his teenage son in hopes of having a conversation that some parents dread and others are unaware of. As a lawyer, Jones is well aware that the law can do little to protect his son against the anti-black racism and discrimination that has become a part of his complicated identity.