OPENING NIGHT
sponsored by Immaculate Heart Community
WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 8:00 PM
PROGRAM 1
Primero, Sueño
USA / Documentary / 17 minutes
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Director: Andrés Lira
An insight into the working lives of undocumented farmworkers in America and their experiences with migration, exploitation, and poverty
Boat People
USA / Short / 10 minutes
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Director/Writer: Al'Ikens Plancher
Producer: Romola Lucas, Lauren Monzon, Ronald Baez
Cast: Odlenika Joseph, Elizabeth Price
Inspired by true events, a Haitian refugee fights to survive the inhumane conditions at Guantánamo Bay.
Medicine
New Zealand / Short / 15 minutes
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Director/Writer: William Amos McKegg
Producer: William Amos McKegg, Petrina D'Rozario
Cast: George Mason, Phoenix Connolly, Sumitra Sahu
When Marjorie and Jack offer their help to a passenger and things take an unexpected turn, one wonders who was actually helping who.
Welcome To Klyde's Kitchen
USA / Drama / 22 minutes
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Director: Sonia Bajaj
Writer: Sonia Bajaj, Phillip Bellury
Producer: Craig Miller, Sonia Bajaj
Cast: Beau Bridges, Ezekiel Bridges, Sana Saeed
​A brash young business executive (Ezekiel Bridges), charged with a DUI, is sentenced to performing community service at a homeless center, where he serves indigents against his will and despite his prejudices. A new visitor, a ragged homeless man (Beau Bridges,) and the homeless center’s manager (Sana Saeed,) teach him the value of caring for the forgotten.