AzFilmFest presents SHORT DOCS

127 East Congress Street,Tucson AZ 85701

22 April, 2023

Description

A Boat for My Brother-After the tragic death of his little brother, Johnnie Oberg sets out to put on a Viking funeral in his honor. (Matthew Boyd, USA, 2023, 14 min) Bright Morning Stars: The Johnsons of Hemphill-Mabel and Gwen Johnson are pillars of their post-coal community in Eastern Kentucky. Faced with unspeakable obstacles, they started a community center and a bakery. (Ethan Payne, USA, 2021, 17 min) Swap Film .Co: Behind the Shutter-Emmanuel Blackwell III opened a small film processing company that also created a tightly knit community of San Francisco photographers. (Naomi Garcia Pasmanick, USA, 2022, 9 min) The Alchemy of David-David Michael Kennedy’s photography is more than art — it’s alchemy. (Nicholas Woytuk, USA, 2023, 14 min) Unc-Aaron Campbell, known as Unc, navigates the trauma caused by gun violence and gang retaliation to youth of color in West Philadelphia.(Faith Frankenfield, USA, 2022, 15 min)