A southern mom’s life is all shook up when her ten-year-old daughter claims to be a reincarnation of the king of rock and roll.
October 10-13 & 21, 2024
GraceLand
The Other Side
Set against the Ethiopian abandoned children crisis, two orphan brothers are faced with the reality of never being adopted.
Joy’s Garden
Edwin is no one’s ideal Dad. Can he step up when his estranged daughter Joy needs a home?
Maximus
One young warrior’s fight for his life, told through the eyes of his little sister. Infused with imagination, tragedy and magic, Maximus is a journey seen through the lens of a child.
Shorts Program One: Family Bonds
This collection of shorts shows a range of courageous characters who purposefully test the strength and elasticity of their family bonds. Through changes, laughs, and big decisions, they’ll discover that growth is often only possible through struggle. Includes:
- Al-Sit
- Maximus
- Joy’s Garden
- The Other Side
- GraceLand
- Hello from Taiwan
Al-Sit
In a cotton-farming village in Sudan, 15-year-old Nafisa has a crush on Babiker, but her parents have arranged her marriage to Nadir, a young Sudanese businessman living abroad. Nafisa’s grandmother Al-Sit, the powerful village matriarch, has her own plans for Nafisa’s future. But can Nafisa choose for herself?
Feeling Through
Feeling Through, the first film to star a DeafBlind actor, is a coming of age story that follows Tereek, a teen wandering the streets of New York, desperate for a place to crash when he encounters Artie, a DeafBlind man in need of help getting home. From an awkward meeting between strangers emerges an intimate bond, and a journey that forever changes Tereek.
Rimi
Rimi, a housewife, stuck in the mundane life of domesticity finds herself on the threshold of leaving everything behind and embracing liberation when a desire awakens in her after she encounters young and attractive Riya.
Oh Mercy – Searching for Hope in the Promised Land
At the inspirational center of Oh Mercy is Catholic Sister Norma Pimentel, one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2020. Sister Norma spends several days a week, each and every week, visiting with the people of Matamoros, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas– the children, the migrants, the NGO workers, the ICE and CBP officers– listening to their stories, acknowledging and embracing the reality of their lives, and affirming their humanity.
“Oh Mercy” is the first in a three-part series titled “Running to Stand Still” that focuses on global forced migration. The other two films will highlight migration from North Africa into Europe and the displacement of the Rohingya people from Myanmar to Bangladesh.
Hello from Taiwan
After a year of separation, a young Taiwanese American girl and her mom struggle to reconnect with her dad and two older sisters across familial and cultural divides.