Atlanta Docufest Shorts #1

Shorts #1

Screening Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 5:00 PM

Raelyn's Story

Director Quinn Wilson - USA - 5 min.

The short doc explores how Raelyn overcame childhood abuse, assault, and arson to finally find housing and peace with her kids in Chicago.

The Test

Directors Claudia Myers, Laura Waters Hinson - USA - 16 min.

A Ghanaian maintenance worker at a Virginia retirement community dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family. With their future at stake, he enlists the help of two elderly residents to prepare for the biggest test of his life: the US Citizenship exam.

Who Speaks for Charlie?

Director Matthew Corolis - Canada - 16 min.

After receiving death threats from members of the autistic community, Eileen Lamb reflects on her own autism diagnosis, and doubles down on her commitment to fight for greater services for Charlie, her non-verbal autistic son.

Muckville

Director Jeff Mertz - USa - 19 min.

“Muckville” examines the ongoing mental health and suicide epidemic on American farms through the eyes of a 4th-generation onion farmer in New York’s Black Dirt region.

Rattled: Conserving Rattlesnakes in Appalachia

Director Ryan N. Olsen - USA - 23 min.

The Orianne Society has determined one apex predator to be of vital importance to the Appalachian region, yet it is facing tremendous challenges towards its conservation. It is an animal that we have felt threatened by, and have demonized for centuries, compromising our own capacity for understanding them.

This animal is the Timber Rattlesnake.

$14 per screening

$25 One Day Pass

$30 Two Day Pass

Venue

Limelight Theater

Parking in Pencil Factory Lofts lot. We validate

Atlanta Docufest

349 Decatur Street Southeast, Atlanta, Georgia 30312, United States

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Join us Friday, March 22, 2024 at Limelight for the Atlanta Microshort Film Festival. 80 films all are screening. All films are under 6 minutes!

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