
SHORTS PROGRAM: SPORTS THEMED SHORTS
- Shorts Programs
- 95 mins
Sports-themed documentaries!
In Person: Filmmaker, Harry Zernike Thursday Fields
In this program
LITTLE MISS SUMO
Directed by Matt Kay
Twenty-year-old Hiyori is a female sumo wrestler fighting to end the Japanese ban keeping women from competing professionally.
1500 MILES
Directed by Chris Duncan
Adaptive athlete Nicole Ver Kuilen takes on a 1,500 mile race that involves swimming, running, and biking despite having to use an inferior prosthetic.
LEARNING TO SKATEBOARD IN A WARZONE (IF YOU’RE A GIRL)
Directed by Carol Dysinger
In a country known as “one of the worst places to be born a girl,” visit a school teaching Afghan girls how to read, write, and skateboard despite the risks.
THURSDAY FIELDS
Directed by Harry Zernike
A portrait of a surprisingly diverse community of cyclists, found in an otherworldly landscape at the edge of Brooklyn, NY.