
SHORTS PROGRAM: HSDFF SCREENING COMMITTEE PRESENTS
- Shorts Programs
- 97 mins
Favorites from the Screening Committee of 2019
In Person: Film Subject, Bruce Franks Jr. with St. Louis Superman
In this program
MY FATHER, MY FARM
Directed by Jonathan Napolitano, Kayleigh Rose
Facing the prospect of losing a multi-generational family farm due to falling prices in the dairy industry, a farmer reflects on his family’s history.
ST. LOUIS SUPERMAN
Directed by Sami Khan, Smriti Mundhra
Battle rapper turned activist turned state representative Bruce Franks Jr. uses his own harrowing experience with gun violence to create change.
HAPPY ANIMALS
Directed by David Freid
Meet the Quokka, Australia’s self-proclaimed “world’s happiest animal,” and the people willing to do anything to take a selfie with it.
THE LOVE BUGS
Directed by Allison Otto
Entomologists Charlie and Lois have been studying insects for over 60 years; the only thing that surpasses their love for insects is their love for each other.