| FILM | DIRECTOR | COUNTRY | LENGTH | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A Letter to America | Angie Teig | United States | 2 Min. | |
 I want people to watch this film and think about American culture. The entitlement we Americans possess—what problems has this flaw created in our country? Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Below the Rise: The Untold Story of Costa Rica | Massimo Soto | Costa Rica | 23 Min. | |
Below the Rise is an environmental documentary covering the effects of the sea level rise in Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is widely considered the most sustainable country on the planet, they are facing the adverse effects of other countries’ lack of care for the environment. As major countries continue to produce astonishing amounts of carbon dioxide, smaller more sustainable countries are paying the price. Below the Rise uncovers the extent of how severely this phenomenon is affecting every aspect of life in Costa Rica through detailed interviews with marine biologists, hotel owners, conservationists, tourism officials, educators and countless others.
Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Copley Counts | Alana Malingagio, Miles Kroeker, Andrew Walker and Angelu Jimeno | United States | 4 Min. | |
 A short documentary that explains the benefits of purchasing local from the perspective of the vendors and highlights the community at Boston’s Copley Square Farmers Market. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Girl Talk | Lucia Small | United States | 93 Min. | |
Set in the cutthroat, boy-dominated world of high school debate, GIRL TALK tells the timely story of five girls on a diverse, top-ranked Massachusetts high school debate team. They are often talked over, under-represented and judged differently than their male counterparts, but each girl faces these challenges and shows us the value of speaking up and finding your true voice. Film Block: Friday Night Feature | ||||
| Hello World | Kenneth Elvebakk | Norway | 88 Min. | |
HELLO WORLD (Hei Verden) is a celebration of kids and young people who have the courage to be different and take pride in their identities, whether it’s coming out, coloring their hair blue or dressing without conforming to gender. While their classmates and friends are doing everything to fit in, Runa 12, Dina 13, Viktor 12, and Joachim 14, are defining themselves differently. They are the first people to be openly gay in their classes and the youngest ones in their respective communities to come out. But building pride is not easy in a world where hate messages are just a click away, and even harder in schools where administration and education systems seek to erase and marginalize outstanding voices. What is it really like to be the only open queer in the whole school? Told through the eyes of the four young people, the film gives us a window into understanding what it is like to grow up as a queer. Film Block: Saturday Night Feature | ||||
| My Sisters In The Stars: The Story of Lee Yong-soo | Ian Kim | United States | 10 Min. | |
 Born in Daegu, Korea in 1928 under Japanese occupation, Lee Yong-soo was taken away from her home at the age of 14 by the Imperial Japanese Army and forced into sexual slavery on the front lines of the Pacific Theater in World War II. She is now one of 11 remaining known “comfort women” survivors in Korea out of a system that claimed more than 200,000 women and girls from Japanese-occupied territories throughout Asia from 1932 to 1945. Lee Yong-soo continues to fight for justice for a crime the Japanese government continues to deny and suppress. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Nancy the Girl | Soren Stettenheim and Finn Duncan | United States | 5 Min. | |
 Nancy the Girl is about a store in White River Junction, Vermont that promotes body positivity, gender fluidity and having fun while dressing up. We are seniors at Hanover High School, and over the past few years, have gotten interested in thrifting, sewing and fashion. Nancy The Girl is an amazing, positive space and we’re excited to celebrate Nancy and her store in our first high school film. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Pollution Solution | The Bum Family | Canada | 6 Min. | |
 A short documentary that explores what people are doing about pollution. Made by a group of 6 young cousins who fear the world is ending due to human activity. By asking people how they address the pollution crisis in their everyday lives, and using animation to illustrate the responses, the filmmakers hope to inspire viewers to do their part in solving the pollution solution. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Pony Boys | Eric Stange | United States | 24 Min. | |
A delightful true story about two Massachusetts boys – 9 and 11 – who set off on an improbable 350-mile journey with their family pet, a Shetland pony named King. Summer, 1967. Tony and Jeff Whittemore are desperate to visit Expo ’67 in Montreal – the largest World’s Fair ever. But their parents can’t take them. Then their mom comes up with the solution: hitch King to a pony cart and drive 350 miles to Expo ‘67 – on their own – at 5 m.p.h.! For Tony and Jeff, it becomes the adventure of a lifetime.
Film Block: Documentaries that show that Kids are Awesome! | ||||
| Rocks 4 Sale! | David Dibble | United States | 16 Min. | |
A slice-of-life look at how kids in the former mining town of Silverton, Colorado stay busy in the summer by “mining” and selling rocks to tourists. Through this time-honored rite of passage, these “rock stars” learn history, social skills, and become little entrepreneurs while delighting tourists from around the world. Film Block: Documentaries that show that Kids are Awesome! | ||||
| Salty | Peter McCormick | United States | 3 Min. | |
 A teenager struggles with high blood pressure and a low-salt diet and learns to appreciate what he can still eat. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Shattering Perfection | Ellis Chung | United States | 11 Min. | |
 Through television, magazines, and more, the media communicates the idea of the perfect body, a detrimental message given to viewers. This film takes a look at the change in the perfect body over time, how public figures have recently spoken up, and the controversy over the idea of body positivity. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Some Stiff Competition | Paul Zinder | United Kingdom | 15 Min. | |
In an English village, an enthusiastic crowd cheers an annual competition where their stuffed animals, attached to homemade parachutes, are thrown off the church tower to see how far they float. This documentary focuses on two local families, led by a dad and a granddad (one a former champion) as they vie for the top prize. But is the contest being taken a bit too seriously? Film Block: Documentaries that show that Kids are Awesome! | ||||
| Tabla | Anika Sejpal, Sophie Harasha, Nikia Fenix and Josh Bae | United States | 5 Min. | |
 At 17 years old, Miles Shrewsbury heard the sound of the tabla for the first time. Since then, the rich world of classical Indian drumming shaped the trajectory of both his professional and personal life. After many years studying under his gurus in India, learning Hindi, and immersing himself in the culture, this is the story of how Miles became a guru himself. Connecting Indian American kids to their culture through music, this is Tabla. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| The STARS Program | Arielle Borges | United States | 8 Min. | |
 The STARS Program video is an informational documentary. It serves the purpose of providing a medium to inform parents, educators and the community, about an innovative life changing program for young adults with cognitive disabilities, to transition into the working world and learn practical life skills. There was a strong need to exhibit this information by actually filming the students and the employers, in order to help the parents fully understand the benefits of this program. It will also be used as a way to engage potential employers.
Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| The White Rose | Ian Kim | United States | 3 Min. | |
 The White Rose is the story of German students who resisted the Nazis in the early 1940’s. In 1933, Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party seized control of Germany and transformed it into a totalitarian Fascist state bent on conquest, subjugation, and genocide.
Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| Venus Ascending: Gender Equality & Water | Asher Anantham | United States | 4 Min. | |
 Water scarcity in the developing world has a disproportionate impact on women and girls since they are predominantly assigned the responsibility for water collection and transport. As a consequence, they have to carry up to 5 gallons each day, on journeys averaging 3 miles, to fetch clean drinking water for their families. The most serious consequence of these several hour-long daily journeys is that they prevent women from working or going to school. Film Block: Student-Made Documentaries | ||||
| When Mama & Me Lived Outside: One Family's Journey Through Homelessness | Peter Menchini | United States | 8 Min. | |
Tiny Gray-Garcia’s heartbreaking story about growing up on the streets of Los Angeles, San Francisco & Oakland. Based on her children’s book of the same name with illustrations by Ace Robles. Written and narrated by Tiny Gray-Garcia. Film Block: Documentaries that show that Kids are Awesome! | ||||
