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Local 1196: A Steelworkers Strike
In March of 2021, the steelworkers of USW 1196 struck, citing unfair labor practices. “Local 1196” takes the viewer on the ground during a steelworkers strike in the decaying town of Brackenridge, Pennsylvania. As days on strike turn to weeks, and weeks to months, union leaders realize they’re playing with a short stack. Will they be able to stick together?
59 min. | USA | Documentary Feature
PSCC April 11,,2 pm
Samuel George
A Fight For Starry Night
A mural of Starry Night on a private home, born out of motherly love, becomes a First Amendment symbol of triumph.
8 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 8, 2 pm
Beatriz Arrocha Lanzas
A Man In Chain
Issa is a 29 year old man held by chains. In the past 14 years, through winter and summer, rainy seasons and drought, he has been tethered around a thick, solid tree root within the sight of the family hut. He cannot move beyond the earthen circle allowed by his two-meter-thick metal chain.
22 min. | UK | Documentary Short
PSCC April 8, 9 pm
Alireza Mirasadollah
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Everyone has plans A, B, C and D. My plan is to turn all my plans into reality at the same time. How else do you get pregnant with an infertile guy?
13 min. | SWEDEN | Animation
PSCC April 8, 9 pm
Joanna Rytel
A Foreign Native
Big mountain freerider Fabian Lentsch leaves his familiar world behind to explore the peaks and culture of Iran. His year-long trip takes an unexpected twist in 2020, when military tension ramps up and covid hits. Learning Farsi, playing the Tanbur and skiing fresh powder, Fabian’s journey takes him deeper into the heart of this fascinating country.
65 min. | AUSTRIA | Documentary Feature
PSCC April 10, 12 pm
Karin Lechner, Jonas Abenstein
A Place In Blue
A girl is searching for her mother in a grocery store and in a forest. At the end of the forest, she encounters passages from her mother's life.
9 min. | SOUTH KOREA | Animation
PSCC April 9, 5 pm
Seungeon Yi
7 Lbs. 8 Oz
When a young mother moves into 8th street, Jersey City, NJ, she learns about the value of the community and how her own perception determines her own experiences.
7 min. | USA | Animation
PSCC April 8, 4:30 pm
Yoo Lee
A Highrise Laundry Room
Six housekeepers who work for the residents of a highrise apartment building on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, New York City, share their own highly stories in the depths of the common laundry room.
22 min. | SPAIN | Documentary Short
PSCC April 7, 12 pm & April 10, 4:30 pm
Fernando Sancho
A Poem By Alba
An elderly woman living alone in her apartment deals with loneliness and her eventual end.
6 min. | USA | Animation
PSCC April 9, 4 pm
Yoo Lee
AbstrArt09
Any resemblance to reality is pure coincidence or a chance accident in the production process.
3 min. | SPAIN | Animation
PSCC April 8, 9 pm
Luis Carlos Rodríguez
After Skid Row
Barbie Carter has a unique story and compelling character help to both demystify and deeply personalize a homelessness epidemic that continues to swell across the US.
22 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 7, 2:30 pm
Lindsey Hagen
Alonso Galue
Alonso Galué left Caracas after the Venezuelan National Guard aggressively broke into one of his art shows and accused him of plotting against the government. The show was a tribute to Neomar Lander, a young activist that was murdered during the “Guarimbas” in 2017.
3 min. | COLUMBIA | Medill
PSCC April 11, 4 pm
Maria Jose Andrade
Anchored Out
In wealthy Sausalito floats one of the last free places in California. A vulnerable liveaboard community of mariners, drifters, nomads, disaster survivors, and those cast out by high costs of living and no social safety net struggle against a harbormaster, bureaucrats and a wealthy community that wants them gone.
26 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 7, 2:30 pm
Katie Bernstein, Clara Mokri
Added Years
An essay of an aging man's love and devotion for his horses.
10 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 12 pm
Dave Garcia
After The Flood
A Detroit pastor leads his community through a series of crises during one of the most difficult moments in American history.
12 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 2:30 pm
Paul Szynol
American Scar
Dynamite blasts echo through canyons as construction for the southern border threatens flora and fauna for centuries to come.
14 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 9, 2:30
Daniel Lombroso
Africa & I
Othmane Zolati grew up in a conservative Moroccan home, his life planned out - become an engineer, work a 9-5. But his dreams grew too big, and one day he set out instead on an epic journey, travelling by foot, bicycle and skateboard from Casablanca to Cape Town, with nothing but a borrowed camera, $80 in his pocket - and his naiveté, stubbornness and tenacity.
90 min. | MOROCCO | Documentary Feature
PSCC April 11, 5 pm
Othmane Zolati
Ali And His Miracle Sheep
Guided by his grandmother’s haunting Sumerian lament, 9-year-old mute Ali takes his sheep, Kirmenta, for sacrifice on a strenuous 400km journey across Iraq’s landscape, destroyed by years of war, to the shrine of an ancient saint. Along the journey Kirmeta becomes increasingly resistant and runs away to escape his bloody fate.
12 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 9, 6:30 pm
Maythem Ridha
Americano
In a time before immigrants were relentlessly categorized as a caravan of “rapists and murderers", this is a rare, positive look at the people who are our southern neighbors who continue to be the backbone of labor and service in the US economy.
12 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 8, 2 pm
Brad Cruz
Anima Animae Animam
30 min. | SPAIN | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 4 pm
Julieta Gasroc, José (Putxa) Martínez
A tribute to the persons who dedicated their lives to sharing their soul with beings who never had one. To the people who gave their voices to objects that had so much to say. To tell old forgotten stories. To the puppeteers, who due to their profession, were not allowed to be buried in cemeteries, as they were considered soulless.
Arrow
17 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 12 pm
Heidi Hornbacher
Twenty years after being stolen, trafficked across the American West, and nearly killed, Arrow is saved by a woman determined to find out who he is.
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Annah La Javanaise
6 min. | INDONESIA | Animation
PSCC April 10, 5 pm
Fatimah Tobing Rony
In 1893, a 13-year-old girl came to work for French painter Paul Gauguin as his maid and model. They called her Annah la Javanaise. This is a reimagining of her story.
Ayoungman
3 min. | CANADA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 2:30 pm
Holly Fortier, Larry Day
The tragic story of the racially motivated murder of a much loved 24-year-old hockey star and champion pow wow dancer from the Siksika Nation, the inspiring generosity of spirt in his mother’s response, and the actions of two communities to bring their people together.
Beloved
4 min. | DENMARK | Animation
PSCC April 9, 5 pm
Farzaneh Omidvarnia
We can't change the past so our sorrows and regrets will endure forever...
Are You Okay?
8 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 9, 1:30 pm
Ryan Cannon
When doing the right thing transforms Raquelle from bystander to victim, she finds herself trapped in the same emotional quicksand of her peers. At an age when social acceptance weighs heavy and the stress of social media follows you home, Raquelle and Noah learn that no one can make it through alone.
Ballet In Tandem
143 min. | TAIWAN | Documentary Feature
PSCC April 8, 6:30 pm
Wei-Hsin YANG
The interwoven stories of three different generations of Taiwanese dancers who strive for self-fulfillment through classical ballet. And in so doing, they attempt to turn around how a society sees the art form and open up new possibilities for its future cultivation.
Beyond The Fog
7 min. | CHINA | Animation
PSCC April 10, 11:30 am
Xue Fang
On a foggy morning, two Kung Fu fighters compete to occupy a tree for their beloved pet birds, until something unexpected happens.
Beyond The Wire
Former Army Ranger Chris Pesqueira experiences freedom after 33 years at Soledad State Prison in California. He leans into a community of formerly incarcerated veterans for support as he takes his first steps back into society.
17 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 8, 4:30 pm
Ted Griswold
Blood Sisters
A look at the untold contributions lesbians made during the A.I.D.S epidemic.
5 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 7, 12 pm & April 10, 4:30 pm
Richard E. Haywood
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Big Fears, Little Risks
Thirty years ago, Walter Cronkite and world-renowned scientists working with the American Council on Science and Health took on the overblown fears of their day. Today, with a pandemic that’s taken nearly 3 million lives, it’s never been more important to communicate science.
36 min. | USIA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 10, 7 pm
Azel James
BomPaPa
A dog digs a hole all the way to China
17 min. | NORWAY | Animation
PSCC April 8, 9 pm
annika Maria Udo Winther
Blind Date
As Rusty's enthusiasm for dating is tempered by rejections, a chance meeting at the local Eyestore offers Rusty new hope for love.
Love Isn't Always 1's & 0's
2 min. | USA | Animation
PSCC April 10, 11:30 am
Alan Rosenfeld
Breaking Trail
Emily Ford sets out with Diggins, a borrowed Alaskan Husky sled dog, to become the first woman and person of color to thru-hike the 1,200-mile Ice Age Trail in winter. As the 69-day journey through subzero temperatures tests her physical and mental endurance, Emily and her canine protector develop an unbreakable bond.
30 min. | USA | Documentary Short
PSCC April 7, 1:30 pm
Jesse Roesler