CHICAGO Festival Shorts Festival - Nov. 28/29 event
Today's Film Festival
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Crime, Drama, Documentary, Educational, Short Films
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Alex LeVesque | Mentoring Gang Members with Classic Cars, 10min., USA
Directed by John Snyder
Alex LeVesque is the founder of the Automotive Mentoring Group (AMG), a nonprofit that works to counter gang violence in the city of Chicago, Illinois. The organization recruits gang members from across the city and teaches them the skills needed to build careers as auto mechanics, thus giving a chance at reform to those who would otherwise likely fall victim to violence in the streets.
https://youreverydayheroes.com/video/alex-levesque/
https://twitter.com/YEDHeroes
https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayheroes/
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-alex-lavesque
Asim Khan “AK” | PARKOUR – Discover the differences between Parkour and Freerunning, 10min, Pakistan
Directed by Ali Imran Ch
Pakistan native Asim Khan Yousafzai is more than a freerunner: he is a teacher, a fighter, and above all, a survivor. As a child, he lived through the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Freerunner Asim Khan explains how he rose above limited resources to become a hero.
https://youreverydayheroes.com/video/alex-levesque/
https://twitter.com/YEDHeroes
https://www.instagram.com/youreverydayheroes/
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-asim-khan
Yecson Preciado | Fighting For Life, 11min., Ecuador
Directed by Hernán Salcedo
Life has never been easy for boxing trainer Yecson Preciado. Hailing from Santiago de Guayaquil, Ecuador, he grew up in a drug-fueled, murderous environment. Suffering abuse at the hands of his father, he left home at 10, spending two months on the streets. In spite of these traumatic circumstances, he persisted, driven only by his dream of becoming a boxer. Never one to just sit and watch injustice occur around him, Yecson was inspired to start Trinibox, a boxing gym that caters to youth facing homelessness.
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STAR CAFE, 9min., USA
Directed by Robin Hofmann
Small town cafe owner, Ruby, opened the inclusive Star Cafe to support her granddaughter with Down syndrome. When money gets tight and the cafe starts to break down, will they find a way to save the cafe?
https://hoffysheartproductions.com/
https://www.facebook.com/HoffysHeartProductions
https://www.instagram.com/hoffysheart/
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Natural Light: The Remarkable Transformation of a School on Detroit’s East Eight Mile, 18min., USA
Directed by Richard R. Murray
When a new leader arrives at one of Michigan’s worst schools, he seeks help from a unique firm known for solving “impossible” school problems. But the challenges are enormous, the project has no funding, and the effort will confront bureaucracy, skepticism, indifference, profiteering, and even a pandemic.
https://equityschools.org/portfolio-item/academy-of-warren/
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-natural-light
BLEACH BONE, 15min., USA
Directed by John D. Nilles
Nine years after murdering his friend in cold blood, Dwain returns to dig up the remains. There, in a bleak field, he reckons with Jay's ghost and struggles to comprehend his own motives.
http://www.bleachbonemovie.com/
https://www.facebook.com/bleachbonemovie
https://www.instagram.com/bleachbonemovie
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LIVE FROM THE GENEVA!, 13min,. USA
Directed by Nick Leahy
Amidst the hysteria of the Red Scare in 1953 Chicago, a nightclub staff becomes entangled in a political scandal when their star performer's iconic red-and-gold pocket square becomes the focal point of media chaos.
https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1295719-live-from-the-geneva
https://www.instagram.com/livefromthegeneva/
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https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/audience-feedback-live-from-geneva
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