AMERICA’S LOST PROMISE – Reel Sisters Shorts
Four shorts about dreams unfulfilled in America and a short satire on a plot to rebuild Haiti.
PROJECT H
(5 mins I Narrative I France I dir. Maharaki)
To rebuild Haiti, three soldiers put together an audacious plan.
DREAMER
(8 mins I Narrative I United States I dir. Vergi Rodriguez & Diana Zollicoffer )
Lily Cruz, a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act, travels on a medical volunteer mission and upon returning to the USA a Transportation Security Administration agent isn’t so welcoming.
GREAT AMERICA
(15 mins I Narrative I United States I dir. Angelita Mendoza)
Jay is the leader of a militia of citizens that detain immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. His world is turned upside down when an illegal immigrant and his young daughter break into his home.
GETS GOOD LIGHT
(16 mins I Narrative I United States I dir. Alejandra Parody)
In near-term future America, the word “citizen” has come to define a narrower portion of the population, and elite corruption goes unchecked.
AM I BUGGIN’?
(6 mins I Experimental I United States I dir.Cathleen Campbell)
Based on Selina Hernandez’s angry, funny and heartfelt poem about the East Harlem neighborhood she loves — and fears she’s losing. She’s not the only one. Gentrification affects millions of people all across America.