HOLDING GROUND (short film block)
Friday, September 19th, 10am
Memorial Hall Main Theater
Total Runtime: 89m 47s
The Last Skiers dir. Veronica Ciceri
Thomasville dir. Alex Woodruff
Neches dir. Katy McCarthy
Cross the Valley dir. Camilo Idrobo
The Last Dance dir. Hayden Mclean
Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens dir. Kristal Sotomayor
Brand New dir. Quincy Ledbetter, Denzel Whitaker
There is power in a place. Life goes on, and as we grow, our relationships with places can help define us just as much as they can make us reckon with our past.
The Last Skiers
Directed by: Veronica Ciceri
A precious statement on the fragility of nature, told by a generation of Italian skiers who have seen the slopes they learned to ski on turn into arid, yellow hills.
Runtime: 11:26
Thomasville
Directed by: Alex Woodruff
A heart-wrenching psychodrama exploring the complex nature of Black legacy in Atlanta. Trapped in a rainswept car, a young man and his ailing father confront their fractured history before it's too late.
Runtime: 13:07
Neches
Directed by: Katy McCarthy
An older woman experiences a quiet telepathy with the Neches River.
Runtime: 8:37
Cross the Valley
Directed by: Camilo Idrobo
After nuclear disaster, an immigrant to the now-devastated United States experiences dreams and apparitions about his home.
Runtime: 9:03
The Last Dance
Directed by: Hayden Mclean
When Fox’s "LA Bar" is hit with a compulsory purchase order, a cornerstone of Caribbean life in 90's East London is threatened. As the city begins to forget, the community remembers. In defiance and longing, a last dance ignites—one that will be remembered for the ages.
Runtime: 16:39
Don’t Cry for Me All You Drag Queens
Directed by: Kristal Sotomayor
"Don’t Cry For Me All You Drag Queens" pays homage to the legendary Mother Cavallucci by weaving together the present and past to provide a striking portrait of belonging and memory.
Runtime: 9:00
Brand New
Directed by: Quincy Ledbetter, Denzel Whitaker
When a newly famous music producer visits his hometown, he battles the guilt of abandoning his past and the bitterness of an old friend.
Runtime: 21:56