Life & Liberty Shorts
Short documentaries to remind us of important issues facing people in our local community and around the world.
Monograph: Intoto Arts
5:50 • United States
InToto Creative Arts highlights the transformative power of creative expression and movement therapy for those experiencing housing insecurity.
Failure to Fail
Directed by Haley Hawkey
20:17 • United States
Delve into the troubling phenomenon of grade inflation in the United States education system. Through the stories of three dedicated teachers, we explore the systemic flaws that push unprepared students through the educational pipeline and consider critical questions about the true value of academic achievements.
Ishak
Directed by Maaliyah Papillion
12:01 • United States
Maaliyah Papillion, the next chief of The Atakapa-Ishak Nation, is only the second woman to lead the tribe since 1771. Determined to advocate for their rights to land and resources, this is her story of remembering her ancestry in a state that has forgotten her people.
Oneyda
Directed by Yulian Martínez-Escobar
15:00 • United States
Oneyda is a Guatemalan immigrant and single mom who works in construction and electrical services. She crosses traditional gender roles as she works day after day in a high-risk, traditionally male work environment.
The Congress
Directed by Eko Krisna
10:58 • Indonesia
Indonesian activist Rukka Sombolinggi believes the key to confronting climate crisis is to unite and mobilize the Indigenous communities who are often impacted the most. Now, as the first female general secretary of the world's largest Indigenous Peoples organization, she has the power to do just that.
Exodus
Directed by Bob Miller
24:51 • United States
Meet Musa and Emmanuel, two unlikely heroes, as they facilitate the evacuation of their fellow Sudanese from cities torn by decades of war into the remote Nuba Mountains in Sudan.