Rating equivalent of PG-13/R for adult themes.
How Do You Measure a Year? – Jay Rosenblatt, USA, 29 min.
For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her
birthday in the same spot, asking the same questions. What results is a
unique chance to watch time, to see a young woman come into focus
physically, mentally and emotionally.
The Elephant Whisperers –
Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga, India, 40 min.
The Elephant Whisperers follows an indigenous couple as they fall in
love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and
tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival.
Stranger at the Gate –
Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones, USA, 29 min.
From Executive Producer Malala Yousafzai. After 25 years of service, a
US Marine filled with hatred for Muslims plots to bomb an Indiana
mosque. When he comes face to face with the immigrants he seeks to kill,
the story takes a shocking twist toward compassion, grace, and
forgiveness.
Haulout –
Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, UK, 25 min.
On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a
lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warming seas and
rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds
himself overwhelmed.
The Martha Mitchell Effect –
Anne Alvergue and Debra McClutchy, USA, 40 min.
She was once as famous as Jackie O. And then she tried to take down a
President. The Martha Mitchell Effect is an archival documentary
portrait of the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: Martha Mitchell, a
Republican cabinet wife who was gaslighted by the Nixon Administration
to keep her quiet. It offers a female gaze on Watergate through the
voice of the woman herself.