Description

6 short films

1) Defense Contract (USA, 14min 50sec)  (JULY 23 – 1PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

A US marine wounded in combat returns from Afghanistan to confront the defense contractor who manufactured the weapon that disfigured him.

2) Protest|Justice for George Floyd (USA, 1min 12sec) (JULY 23 – 1PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

A riveting firsthand account and incisive analysis of a modern protest, that takes place in Pittsburgh, PA. Revealing internet-fueled social movements’ of justice for George Floyd.

3) I ELECT: Power Every Four Years (USA, 29min) (JULY 24 – 1PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

The filmed monologue performance by Carey Brianna Hart is about the personal power of voting, anti-racism, and the call to action against voter suppression.

4) Oversight (USA, 29min 24sec) (JULY 31 – 1PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

After the District of Columbia won limited home rule in the 1970s, DC’s new city government struggled to manage its newfound independence. OVERSIGHT tells the story of how the Office of Inspector General has shaped the District by fighting fraud, abuse, and neglect through some of the biggest cases in the city’s history.

5) A crime in Book fair (Yemen, 26min) (August  1 – 7PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

A documentary film that tells the story of the arrest of Yemeni journalist Firas Shamsan at Cairo Book Fair 2014
The film traces the testimonies of case witnesses who were brought together by the Diaspora after 6 six years

6) Father, daughter and old woman (Spain, 24min 26sec) (August  1 – 9PM EST – AVAILABLE 72 HRS)

In a near future, society has become divided into two clearly differentiated and demarcated blocks within each one of the cities and towns all over the world: the rich neighbourhood and the poor neighbourhood.