MicroCinema is back in 2017 with more short film presentations. To kick it off, we are featuring an encore of the documentary shorts from the Indie Memphis Film Festival. These shorts cover a wide range of subject matter and interesting characters.
Shorts include:
The Honeys and Bears
Oh My Father
The Carousel
More is More
The Purrtraitist
In This World
All the President’s Heads
Soul City
Mezzo
Presented by Indie Memphis in collaboration with Crosstown Arts and made possible through support by ArtsFirst, the First Tennessee Foundation and ArtsMemphis.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m./Screening begins at 7 p.m.
More Information:
THE HONEYS AND BEARS | Dir. by Veena Rao | 4 min.
Members of the Harlem Honeys and Bears, a synchronized swim team for seniors, describe the freedom of the water.
OH MY FATHER | Dir. by Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck | 11 min.
A middle-aged woman spends her days taking care of her live-in 98-year old father and ponders the essence of familial love
THE CAROUSEL | Dir. by Jonathan Napolitano | 12 min.
In Binghamton, New York there spins a 1925 carousel that once inspired Rod Serling and has since become a portal into… the Twilight Zone.
MORE IS MORE | Dir. by Alexis Boling | 6 min.
Unearthly creatures from another dimension climb out of the mind of a transformation artist and onto the streets of NYC.
THE PURRTRAITIST | Dir. by Mark Zemel | 10 min.
Meet Larry Johnson, the world foremost glamour photographer… for cats.
IN THIS WORLD | Dir. by Kelly Creedon | 15 min.
15-year-old Courvosier Cox knows he is destined to be a star. Struggling to find his place in the complex world of inner-city Durham, NC, he undertakes a relentless quest to escape into the spotlight.
ALL THE PRESIDENTS’ HEADS | Dir. by Adam Roffman | 8 min.
One man is on a quest to save the Presidents of the United States.
SOUL CITY | Dir. by Monica Berra, SheRea DelSol, Gini Richards | 20 min.
SOUL CITY tells the story of a band of idealists who attempt to build a multiracial utopia in Klan Country, North Carolina during the 1970s.
MEZZO | Dir. by Nicole Opper | 14 min.
MEZZO celebrates the life and artistic endeavors of Breanna Sinclaire, an African American opera singer and openly trans woman.
