Block: Stop Making Sense

Screening Date: Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 12:30pm - san marco theatre - Theatre 2



Perennial

USA – Directors: Grace Shao & Shailee Sankhala
Rating: Not suited for younger children

Laurie and Mary Ellen Park tell the story of how they saved their plant nursery during the 2020 Bond Wildfire and how the power of family held them together.

 

This Takes Time

Florida, USA – Director: Indie V DiMartino
Rating: Not suited for younger children

Visual artist, Lili Yuan feels stuck. Her larger-than-life canvases are squeezed into small screens and her massive fanbase seems to want different things from her than her art in this conversation about the pitfalls of social media.

 

Sophie in Furbyland

Florida, USA – Director: Pacey Hansen
Rating: Not suited for younger children

Once Sophie received the internal workings of a Furby and had an idea, the way people looked at the toy would never be the same.

 

Inside My House

Florida, USA – Director: William Andrews
Rating: Adult Language & Content

Following the stories of Alex and Shay, this documentary explores the childhood trauma that develops as a result of a parent's untreated mental illness.

 

Once Forgotten

USA – Director: Obed Lamy
Rating: Adult Content & Violence

In summer 1856 in Arkansas, a lynch mob executed three enslaved individuals accused of killing a white slave owner. Just one side of their story has been told by the white family over successive generations. An oral account of the events preserved in the Black community helps bring out the truth and honor their memories.

 

Underdogs

USA – Director: Alex Astrella
Rating: Not suited for younger children

At the California Men's Colony in Central California, a special connection forms between dogs and their inmate handlers, as the prisoners lovingly prepare the canines to become fully operational service animals.

 

Breaking Vanilla

Florida, USA – Director: Hollis Rosenkranz
Rating: Family Friendly

A global shortage of the world's favorite bean has sent vanilla prices sky-high, however, there's a new frontier for the flavor breaking ground in South Florida. Routinely represented by a counterfeit chemical, natural native vanilla is on the path to extinction, and its history is anything but plain.