DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS
ALMOST ANCESTORS
The short tells the story of a young Hopi woman facing displacement in a changing landscape, threatening her connection to the land and her family. However, her kinship with a Lobo and her call toward community guide her on an incredible journey to a sacred place called "home." The film tells the story of her journey, the displacement of Tribal people and Lobos, and the parallels between the two. The film will be in the Hopi language, with English and Spanish subtitles, and filmed in Arizona,
where a Hopi cultural advisor on set will ensure the cultural accuracy of the story. The idea behind the film is to use the power of motion pictures to educate viewers on the displacement of Lobos and indigenous cultures and inspire them to help alter the
ramifications of history.
THE AMPHORA PROJECT
Ancient winemaking vessels are being explored by winemakers in San Luis Obispo County, California. Renowned author and wine-educator Karen MacNeil and today's top winemakers lead us on a journey from 6,000 BC to today. Produced by The WIne History Project of San Luis Obispo County and Partners 2 Media.
BARE BONES: HOW ERIN HOLMES BECAME A TOP PARA-ATHLETE
Created in cooperation with the Wheelchair Sports Federation, this film looks at Erin Holmes, a U.S. Military Veteran and athlete originally from New York. She tells her tale of agony, pain and struggle trying to get to the paralympics for Shotput, discus and swimming. She sits in her chair and demonstrates that she has what it takes while telling her tale.
CHAPEL OF THE HOLY DOVE
A short documentary about the Chapel of the Holy Dove.
The Chapel of the Holy Dove is a historic chapel near the San Franciso Peaks on Highway 180 between Flagstaff and the Grand Canyon. This chapel was donated to FCF, but is open to all travelers as a place for rest, reflection, and prayer. The chapel is also a popular venue for small weddings.
DON’T PUT HER DOWN
This film takes its title from Hazel Dickens’ powerful anthem Don’t Put Her Down, You Helped Put Her There, and explores how she, along with her musical partner Alice Gerard, became the first women to front a bluegrass band and reflects on the role of women in bluegrass today. The film covers Hazel’s migration to Baltimore from coal country West Virginia, her activism for coal miners and working people, and the impact her upbringing had on her songwriting. Lifelong collaborators and up-and-coming musicians share what it means to have bluegrass songs written from a woman’s point of view and keep Hazel’s memory alive.
EVERY LAST DROP: THE DEMISE OF PINTO CREEK
Arizona is facing an unprecedented water shortage from the Colorado River and must protect it's own surface water like never before. Join former Arizona governor and US Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt along with a team of retired U.S. Forest Service employees and an environmental journalist as they sounds the alarm about Pinto Creek, a rare river habitat in the arid desert.
A nearby copper mine is pumping this remote river valley dry, killing off riparian wildlife habitat and diverting copious amounts of natural mountain water away from the downstream Salt River system which provides water to Phoenix. With so many tools at their disposal to protect Pinto Creek and other waterways across the west, why is the federal government failing to act?
FOOTSTEPS-JOURNEY OF A SONG
In "Footsteps - Journey Of A Song" the Grammy-nominated musician and composer Manu Delago takes a look back on his Tyrolean origins, his international career and his love for the mountains. He is accompanied in the film by the British singer Isobel Cope who shares Manu's passion for both music and mountains.
HOOD CREAM
HOOD CREAM is an offbeat short film which tells the story of a local genre of music and the portals people believe exist around Fort Worth, Texas. It also focuses upon a man’s personal journey, being a squiggly line rather than a straight or circular one. The film shows some of the people and places that inhabit his world, and the music that has come out of it.
A HORSE FOR THE SOUL
A short documentary illustrating the power of horses to nurture the soul, we meet six individuals who find joy and healing with horses. Set in Colorado and Arizona at equine therapy centers and the state prison Wild Horse Inmate Program.
OPERATION SONG
"Operation Song", titled after the organization Operation Song, that pairs professional songwriters with military veterans enabling them to write a song about their traumas from war and the things that give them hope.
THE SHORT LIFE OF TROUBLE: THE LEGEND OF G.B. GRAYSON
From Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, Gilliam Banmon Grayson (1887-1930) was a blind fiddler from one of the most isolated regions on the East Coast. Largely unknown, he may be one of the most influential musicians in the history of bluegrass and country music. His music has been recorded and performed by world-famous musicians including Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Doc Watson, Dr. Ralph Stanly, and the Kingston Trio, among many others. Yet, very few people have an inkling of who G.B. Grayson was and what he accomplished in only two years of professional recording.
In this film, we explore G.B. Grayson's life and tragic death and how his musical legacy lives on today. Grayson's most famous songs include: Tom Dooley, Train 45, Handsome Molly, Short Life of Trouble, Going down the Lee Highway, Omie Wise, Rose Conley, Banks of the Ohio, and Little Maggie.
SLOW BURN & THE MUSE
Two songs, many years and one fruitful night tell the story of a singer/songwriter's road to success.
Guided by her 2020-self performing "The Muse," a song she co-wrote with her legendary bandmate David Crosby, this verite, lyrical look inside the career of singer/songwriter Becca Stevens finds the Brooklyn-based artist deep in songwriting mode. As she methodically takes us through her creative process, Becca’s wide range of talents and experiences come to life, and the slow burn of the work and of the artistic living is revealed. Ultimately, the muse leads her to the revelatory moment of literally finding a groove that scores her a 2021 GRAMMY nomination for the arrangement of her song “Slow Burn.”
THEY SAID YOU’D NEVER DO IT.
At age 17 Olly and his Dad Malcom were discussing ‘if you could learn any instrument, what would it be?”. In the over-confident assuredness you’d expect from a teenager, Olly stated he was going to learn Jazz piano, which his Dad laughed at.
Olly then decided to learn piano in secret, document the process, then surprise his Dad on his birthday and show him the learning process in a documentary.
He’d hoped this would be a 1/2 year project, but 10 years later, on his Dad’s 70th birthday, the pandemic hit, and what was planned to be a small performance to his Dad and a few others, ended up in front of the whole country.
Director Biography - Olly Ginelli
THE VANISHING STRINGS OF THE ANDES
High in the Andes mountains, an age-old generational craft is on the verge of extinction; this is the story of Ecuador’s forgotten guitar road.
