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The Stories We Tell Shorts

The Flood (20 min, dir. Adam Dietrich & Seraphina Nova, USA)
An elderly man (Ed Asner) faces the loss of his beloved wife, while searching for his faith in eternal love. *Official Selection: Sedona, Garden State and California Womens Film Festivals

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Bayard & Me (16 min, dir. Matt Wolf, USA)
Bayard & Me is a short doc about how the openly gay civil rights activist Bayard Rustin, best known for organizing the March on Washington and advising Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., adopted his partner Walter Naegle in the 1980s for legal protections. In this intimate love story, Walter remembers Bayard and how they had to work around the system in an era when gay marriage was inconceivable. He also reflects on the little known phenomena of intergenerational gay adoption and its connection to the civil rights movement. *Official Selection: Outfest, QFest, and Calgary Underground Film Festivals

Mattwolf.info/bayard-me

My Nephew Emmett (20 min, dir. Kevin Wilson, Jr., USA)
At 2:30AM on August 28, 1955 in the most racially divided state in the country, 64 year-old Mose Wright tries to protect his 14 year-old nephew Emmett Till from two racist killers out for blood. Based on the true story of the 1955 murder of Emmett Louis Till. *2018 Academy Award Nominee for Best Short Live Action Film

MyNephewEmmett.com

Edith+Eddie (29 min, dir. Laura Checkoway, USA)
Edith and Eddie, ages 96 and 95, are America's oldest interracial newlyweds. Their love story is disrupted by a family feud that threatens to tear the couple apart. *2018 Academy Award Nominee for Best Short Documentary Film

Kartemquin.com/films/editheddie

Mutt (14 min, dir. Erin Sanger, USA)
A familys plan to stage an intervention unravels. *Official Selection: SXSW, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Sarasota and Denver Film Festivals

www.muttshortfilm.com