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2025 Atlanta Documentary Film Festival

Poets Artists & Madmen Shorts Program #4

A celebration of visionaries, creators, and rebels who challenge norms, embrace obsession, and turn passion into art. This program showcases musicians, filmmakers, painters, rockers, and dreamers redefining legacy.

Screening Saturday, March 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM

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Little Liberty

Directors Will Wertz, Kolton Dallas

Documentary Short - USA - 3 min. 


Take  a little peek into Tim's little Statue of Liberty Museum.

Where the Earth Meets the Sky

Director Rafael Salazar Moreno

Documentary Short - USA - 21 min. 

 

Follow artist Charles Ross as he approaches the culmination of "Star Axis," a monumental land artwork engraved in the New Mexico desert, after nearly 50 years of work.   We delve into Ross's obsessive fascination with time, light and the space of the stars, while uncovering the mysteries of the universe and our place within it.

The Art of Loss

Director Kathy Bruner

Documentary Short - USA - 17 min. 


Laura Stevenson, an artist and professor, processes the grief of miscarriage by making art. She and her husband Eric unpack the pain that is rarely discussed publicly.

The Flesh, The Sinister and The Memory.

Director Julio Carlos Ramos Zapata

Documentary Short - Mexico - 19 min. 


This documentary unravels the influences, technique, and work discipline that led Mexican painter Nizaac Vallejo to create three prolific pictorial series. With these three series, Vallejo establishes himself as one of the most proactive painters on the Mexican art scene and as a great promise on the international scene.

DALE

Director Justin Streichman

Documentary Short - USA - 10 min. 


Dale Hikawa was the first Asian American woman to ever join the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Taking stock of her long career, this trailblazing violist reflects on her life and work. In addition to profiling this striking and ground-breaking musician, the film provokes reflection about what we find when looking back at how we spent our time and energy.

why DIRECT?

Director Evyn J Barron

Documentary Short - USA - 5 min. 


An aspiring filmmaker discovers why he would want to follow down the career path that others would call "CRAZY."

OBSIDIAN

Director Serenity M Kelly

Documentary Short - USA - 9 min. 


Four black men (The Paradox) share the resistance they've faced and how they defy stereotypical expectations as an all black rock band!

*Filmmaker in Attendance

Legacy of Love

Director Nick Clark

Documentary Short - USA - 3 min. 


We sat down with thirteen young creatives and asked them about the future...

*Filmmaker in Attendance

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