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Dolls Don’t Die (Made Here Showcase 10)

Friday, October 18th, 2019
4:15 pm - 5:45 pm
Category
Film Festival
Film Type
Shorts
Cost
Free with suggested donation of $5-$10 at the door
Location
Main Street Landing Film House
60 Lake Street, 3rd floor
Burlington, VT

DOLLS DON’T DIE (LES POUPEES NE MEURENT PAS)

by Julie Prieur | QC | 10 min 

5-year old Mia hasn’t seen her big sister in a long time. Her mom said she’ll be back home when she’ll eat again. So between dreams and memories, Mia starts to cook, to bring her back.  

Showing with:

FIRST LIGHT

by Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip| MA | 13 min 

Documents the US Government’s practices of taking Native American children away from their tribes and tells the story of an unprecedented experiment in truth-telling and healing for Wabanaki people and child welfare workers in Maine. 

DEAR GEORGINA

by Adam Mazo, Ben Pender-Cudlip| MA | 15 mins 

A Passamaquoddy elder tries to sharpen the blurry outlines of her identity 

CAROL STREET

by Demetrius Borge | VT | 15 min 

“Being of mixed races, I have always enjoyed many of the privileges of being Black, but faced none of its consequences. I became inspired to better understand the Black experience at Middlebury College not by internalizing the experience, but by opening myself up to those already in this space” ~ D Borge. 

THE EPITAPH OF MARWA STEIN

by Rachel Friedman | VT | 7 mi 

A woman’s life, as told after her death.