We Won't Need Legs to Stand Shorts Program
Friday, July 15 at 8:00 pm - 88 min. TRT
Beneath the Surface
dir. by Frederick Kroetsch, Kurt Spenrath - Canada - 19 min.
Daniel Ennett attempts to become the first scuba certified quadruple amputee. And then the sharks show up.
Being Glen : A Puppeteer’s Story
dir. by Xavier Jordan - USA - 10 min.
A compelling documentary about a passionate puppeteer living with his parents.
The Moan Area
dir. by Minoru Karasube - Japan - 5 min.
A single rope descends upon a world in which peaceful and lazy creatures live. The rope attacks, and arbitrarily toys with them.
The Barber’s Cut
dir. by Mark Brocking - United Kingdom - 12 min. - film website
Two cut off but living heads wake up in a fridge and manage to escape while trying to avoid a psycho barber.
The Sparrow’s Flight
dir. by Tom Schroeder - USA - 14 min.
A last collaboration with my dead friend Dave Herr.
Birthday
dir. by Chris King - USA - 13 min. - film website
When a young military wife gets news that her Marine husband has been severely wounded in combat, she discovers that their life ahead is going to be an overwhelming - yet amazing - journey.
Nursing and You
dir. by Jack Macilvain - USA - 7 min.
An amputee is visited by an inexperienced nurse for a routine procedure to drain his wound. Following this procedure though, 'routine' will have to be redefined in the medical field.
Commitment
dir. by Bryce Burton - USA - 8 min.
This is a short doc on a U.S. Marine that was injured in Iraq in 2006. He describes the event in detail and the hardships on living with his injuries. However, there is a catch. Nothing, and I mean nothing will stop him.
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AUG 20 - 21, 2021