SHORTS 3: THE MOTHER LOAD
Screening Saturday, June 21 at 2:15 PM
Caregivers, protectors, survivors, and cycle-breakers. These stories explore the messy, beautiful, complicated weight of motherhood. Whether you're holding on, letting go, or barely holding it together.
91 min. total run time
Coming Home
Director: Joanna Rudnick, United States - 15:27 - documentary
An intimate conversation between a mother and daughter, Tahira Malik and Samia Harris, reveals the effects of the opioid crisis on the children of addicted parents. Told via a blend of rotoscope animation and live action present-day footage, this is a raw, candid, and intimate telling of a painful chapter that begs the question, what does it take for a family to heal after addiction?
The Re-Education of Jane Brown
Director: MK McGehee, United States - 16:20 - horror/thriller
A reticent young woman, haunted by her violent past, wakes to find herself imprisoned in a re-education facility for women who have attempted to have abortions. In this new reality where seeking bodily autonomy is a crime punishable by death, she must decide if she is willing to be re-educated or if she is ready to face her own mortality.
1 in the Chamber
Directors: Annie Girard, Diana Wright, United States - 7:17 - comedy/ action
A work-obsessed assassin sent to “retire” her coworker is shocked to discover her target is pregnant and infuriated by how baby-proofed a nursery can be.
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