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2018 | 13 min.

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Shorts on Shuffle II
Bijou by the Bay Sat, Aug 4, 2018 12:00 PM
Shorts on Shuffle comes back for more with a second program that lets you marvel at the variety of filmmaking voices and styles that makes the short film an artform all its own. Reflect on a historical and urban garden in Rio de Janeiro as a place where the cultural identity of Brazil collides with the pressures of modern globalization in A Singular Garden. The Velvet Underground Played at My High School is an enchanting animated short about the Velvet Underground's first gig in front of a crowd of dumbstruck students at a New Jersey High School. Saul's 108th Story is the irresistible story of how a young Saul Moroz got roped into a perilous new job: cleaning the windows of skyscrapers. Deeply question the ethics of who deserves a burial and who doesn’t, as funeral director Peter Stefan oversees the burial of Tamerlan Tszrnaev, the dead suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings, in Everything is Stories. Follow controversial spy Rita Katz on her quest to stop interne
Film Info
Section:Short Films
Original Title:2018
Release Year:13 min.
Runtime:Short Narrative
Premiere Status:Midwest Premiere
Original Language:English
Russian
Subtitles:English
Cast/Crew Info
Director:Olesya SenchenkoPavel ShatuNikolai TsankovAbigail SimonMarvin Harvey
Produced by:Allison Mattox
Screenwriter:P.J. Walsh
Charlie Wilson
Cinematography:Allison Mattox
Editing By:Beth Napoli
Music By:Chris Kronus
Executive Producer:Stephanie Economou

Description

In 1970, a preeminent Soviet ballet company tours the West to showcase their elite dancers. During a performance of "Sleeping Beauty" in New York, a rising ballerina begins to suspect her brother of defecting.