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shareDocumentary Shorts 7 captures the strange, beautiful, and unexpected corners of real life stories that start small but open up to something universal.
In Love Birds, two scientists in 1970s California make a discovery about seagulls that challenges the world’s assumptions and their own place in it. Idle Warriors follows New York City’s self-appointed clean-air enforcers as they hunt for idling trucks with vigilante zeal. The Last Jews of Guantanamo offers an intimate look at two elderly women reclaiming their faith in Cuba, finding joy and community where few expect it. And Exodus takes us to war-torn Sudan, where courage and compassion guide a mass evacuation home.
Together, these films reveal just how vast human resilience, and curiosity can be.
The filmmaker will be present for a post-screening Q&A.
In this program
Love Birds
Directed by Angel Morris, Elliott Kennerson
In 1972, scientists George Hunt and Molly Warner discovered ‘lesbian seagulls’ in California—and sparked a media storm that changed their lives forever.
Idle Warriors
Directed by Molly Stark-Ragsdale
After a citizen enforcement law passed in 2018, a posse of environmental bounty hunters now roam the streets of New York City on foot, scooter, and bike on the search for tailpipe exhaust. They call themselves Idle Warriors and will stop at nothing to ticket illegally idling trucks.
The Last Jews Of Guantanamo
Directed by Yael Bridge
There are a little over 200,000 people who live in Guantanamo, roughly 50 of whom are Jewish. In 1959 Cuba had a revolution and in the aftermath all public displays of religion were prohibited. In 1991, the Cuban government repealed its ban on religious practice, making it possible for people of all faiths to practice publicly. This film follows two octogenarians, Fortuna and Lidia, having their Bat-Mitzvah.
We observe both women and their families as their daily lives intersect with Judaism – grocery shopping, cleaning, cooking, lighting Chanukah candles and preparing for their Bat-Mitzvah. They share their feelings of trepidation and awe at the looming ceremony. All of this is set within Guantanamo as we watch horses and buggies drive by and children playing soccer in the streets.
Exodus
Directed by Bob Miller
A college and a village elder evacuate thousands to their homeland during the height of Sudan’s current civil war.
