Film Library

Set against the backdrop of the college admissions process, ‘In 500 Words or Less’ introduces us to four of the 1.5 million families who navigate the college application process each year. Throughout the course of one school year, these four high school seniors take on this distinct rite of passage and discover within themselves their own identity, their family’s dynamics and what it feels like to become an adult.

The moving tale of the malady, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, and attempts to find its cause.

This is the”A Chorus Line” of the opera world. The lives of singers and the plots of grand opera merge in this poignant and funny film about the choristers of the San Francisco Opera. Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

In My Hands is a documentary created by filmmakers Brenda Siemer Scheider and Emma Morris, and produced by Tony Award winning dancer and choreographer, Ann Reinking. Ann’s story is that of her 17 year old son, Christopher, who has Marfan syndrome, a life-threatening disorder of the connective tissue. A child’s body becomes really long and tall. Undiagnosed aortic aneurisms become a fatal threat. By following the stories of several families, the film weaves equally the complex threads of learning to live with Marfan syndrome and all those affected by it. We see the despair and loneliness of trying to “fit in” against what is deemed normal. And we are moved by the hope and inspiration in finding a unique beauty within oneself. In My Hands asks the universal questions for children. Who am I anyway? Where am I ? And what am I? Different, and that’s ok..

In this disturbing short drama which is based on a true story, a young woman is brutally attacked, and the responsibility of restoring her family’s lost honor is left in the hands of her younger brother: a 13 year-old boy.

A poetic portrait of a fourth generation New Mexican who sold his backhoe and picked up a camera in pursuit of a photographic quest.?? It captures the grit and gumption of a 65 year old man who follows his heart and pursues his true life’s work, taking a pictures of petroglyphs. This film takes a gentle and multi-layered look at an individual’s eternal connection to community, landscape, and memory.