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(Philadelphia Premiere)(World Premiere)(Best Short Documentary Nominee)ExperimentalShort DocumentaryShorts Program

Wellspring Shorts

A hot pink and light purple dual-toned film still from nobody’s word shows a figure presumably standing in a body of water looking over their shoulder. The bottom of the still reads: “500 years ago…wow.” in small white text.

Reflecting on family legacies.

Thank you to our screening partners: Philadelphia Printworks

Films in this Program

A hot pink and light purple dual-toned film still from nobody’s word shows a figure presumably standing in a body of water looking over their shoulder. The bottom of the still reads: “500 years ago…wow.” in small white text.
Philadelphia PremiereExperimental

nobody’s word

Based on a voice note received 500 years after the “start of slavery,” nobody’s word seeks to complicate notions of ance...

A film still from Dear Sikhonkwane shows a gray typewriter resting on a table in front of a sheer white curtain. Behind the curtain, a window with an iron guard is partially visible.
World PremiereShort Documentary

Dear Sikhonkwane

Dear Sikhonkwane is an intimate portrait of one of the first SiSwati authors, who wrote, cowrote and edited over 40 book...

A film still from Piñata Prayers shows the back of a piñata that faces a blue wall with a palm tree pattern. The piñata resembles a person playing a sport. It wears the number thirteen on its back.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Documentary

Piñata Prayers

Breaking down the colonial tradition of piñatas, this personal film probes into a loss of faith while retracing a family...

A film still from Correct Me If I’m Wrong shows an older Asian woman standing on a balcony, leaning against the railing as she looks into the distance. One of her arms is perched on the railing with a cigarette in her hand. She wears a pink shawl draped around her shoulders.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Documentary

Correct Me If I’m Wrong (如你所愿 / Ru ni suo yuan)

A filmmaker undergoes a series of home remedies and spiritual rituals as their family attempts to purge their gender-non...

A film still from Tiger shows the silhouette of a woman’s side profile standing in a doorway. Her head is outlined by a red haze that comes from the room behind her, where the windows glow in a gradient that fades from red to orange.
Philadelphia PremiereShort Documentary

Tiger

Tiger highlights an Indigenous award-winning, internationally acclaimed artist and elder, Dana Tiger, her family, and th...

Tickets

In Person

6:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre
6:30PM EDTSuzanne Roberts Theatre

Virtual

9:00PM EDT

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