Wellspring Shorts

Reflecting on family legacies.
Thank you to our screening partners: Philadelphia Printworks
Films in this Program

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...

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...

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...

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...

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