Double Bill Part 2: Documentary Shorts and a Feature

CONFLUENCE: A MEDITATION IN DOCUMENTARY FORM
Dirs: ETA & Shanhuan Manton
USA 15mins

CONFLUENCE is a meditation on ancestry and identity through the lens of APIDA and queer artists filmed during moonroom’s 2019 PHASE, an event series celebrating APIDA Heritage Month with underground events throughout Southern California. This mix of hypnotic images and heartfelt testimonies explores the turmoil of being othered, while enduring creatively and shattering community and perceptual barriers. The reductive myths unjustly stuck on the Asian American diaspora are directly questioned by those who’d rather choose their own labels — or simply do away with them altogether.
Experimental. Documentary.

CONTENT
Dir: Jay Dixon
UK 1min

In the time it takes you to watch this film, 41,666,667 WhatsApp messages, 347,222 Instagram stories and 1,388,889 voice calls will have been made around the world.
Micro shorts. Documentary. World Premiere.

SHAHROOR
Dirs: Yafa Ezzat Shahroor, Mo’men Ghanim Hasanain
Palestine 15mins

Shahroor is a short documentary about Yafa’s story, who was known for her passion for media since childhood. She had a clear plan to achieve her dream, with the support of her father Ezzat, the journalist, but one day all that vanished.
Documentary.

THAT GREAT BRITISH DOCUMENTARY
Dir: Joan Hillery
UK 60mins

Shot over ten years and prompted by the death of her father, filmmaker Joan explores Britain’s colonial past and the legacy her dual black and white heritage has had on her life.
Feature documentary.