Blacktop

For the third year at the TCFF, we are joined by four outstanding short films from student filmmakers at Michigan State University. In Trevor Ferla’s “BLACKTOP,” an overworked, mentally exhausted paramedic happens upon a mysterious woman whose guidance spirals his troubled mind toward a final sense of peace. “From Flint” by Izak Gracy and Jenna Ange tells the story of the Flint Water Crisis from the per-spectives of activists on the ground who have experienced it firsthand. Extreme athletes of diverse forms face big challenges and relentless environments in Jennifer Berggren’s “Run, Jump, Paddle.” And “#LendMIHand,” also by Izak Gracy, follows MSU students as they mentor homeless youth in Lansing and build a media campaign to encourage others to pay it forward. In Person: MSU Student Filmmak-ers.