BLOCK: all in the family
SCREENING DATE: saturday, february 4, 2023 at 10am
Sponsored by: The Driscoll Group, Inc.
Location: The Conference Center at the Main Library - Hicks Auditorium
(Entrance from Main Street)
Uprooted
Ukraine - Director: Andzej Gavriss
Displacement crisis has reached 100 million people globally. Sixty-plus Ukrainian refugees were involved in making the film, sending a message of support to all refugees. The film focuses on the PTSD that people experience after fleeing the war.
For Who I Am
Florida, US - Director: Joshua Kevin Bowen
One community shares their homeless experience and current success thanks to Gospel Inc., a program housing chronically homeless at no financial cost.
The Queen’s Jewels
Florida, US - Director: Josh Friedman
Beau discovers that his family’s tales about pirates that sailed into his town over three hundred years ago and the hunt for the Queen’s lost dowry still exists today.
Beyond the Chair
Florida, US - Director: Thomas Edward Hindy
An ambitious college student, Eden, becomes paralyzed from the chest down in a tragic swimming accident and learns to live with her disability.
Nightlight
Florida, US - Director: Marcelo Ribeiro Carvalho
When a boy is frightened by a ghost in his room during a thunderstorm, he must learn about courage and acceptance.
Lapse
US - Director: Luis Tovar
Two photographers of different eras, meet in Venice and connect over a mutual loss.
The Little Drummer Boy
US - Director: John Gray
All is not as it seems when a father and son have a violent confrontation on Christmas Eve
Daisy
Florida, US - Director: Jennifer East
Daisy details her migration story from war-torn Hiroshima, Japan to Orlando, Florida, with artist, Jan Staniszkis, her Polish-born husband who shares Daisy's appreciation for the couple's unique blend of cultural diversity.
The Proposal
US - Director: John Andrucci
During the Great Depression, after her grandfather denies a wealthy suitor’s proposal, a young woman accepts the proposal to save her family from destitution.
Silly Girl
US - Director: Josh Sullivan
An NYC preteen embarks on a journey to get her dad back in the dating game by creating an Instagram page for their newest family member - a Goldendoodle puppy named Silly.
Sugar, Spice, and Everything Ice
Florida, US - Director: Cordelia Keeley
The director of a small girls' ice hockey program in Maryland finds herself trying to not only build a team but a community for her daughter and her daughter's friends. Through doing so, she hopes to grow the sport she played growing up and the sport she has always loved.