PARADISO
903 Early St, Santa Fe NM 87501
Saturday February 22nd, 5:30 PM
Total run time 1:23:14
A cinema poem made for Francis Ford Coppola’s 85th Birthday Celebration. The poem is written by Bill Nevins and the film was edited and directed by Justin R. Romine 1m 0s
A street singer aka “busker” takes a big que from a purple hat when it flies into his act while busking in Burro Alley in Santa Fe and is transported to London for his last chance to shine… 3m 0s
Featuring acclaimed Albuquerque, New Mexico poet Marcial Delgado, “Savior” is call to action, a cry for help, and ultimately a harsh indictment of U.S. Immigration policy. Part op-ed, part confrontational oratory, Delgado speaks his truth to a society that routinely vilifies immigrants. 3m 51s
Suspended on a slackline over the void, alone with crosswinds and her own mindful intention, Alex Witter attempts to set the women’s record for the longest successful highline in North America. 6m 55s
In a post-apocalyptic nuclear fallout shelter, a young scientist bothers their team leader with a series of progressively inane HR requests. 7m 18s
“47” is a narrative short film about the anguish facing women with infertility issues, and the judgments often placed on childless women of a certain age. It grapples with the complex social dilemma of what it means to be a woman and working professional over forty in America, struggling to balance career, motherhood and more. We want women to feel less isolated and alone in regards to infertility and childlessness in today’s society. 15m 0s
This film documents the dire humanitarian crisis of non-white refugees stranded on the Poland-Belarus border and explores the local activist interventions to address the situation. The film aims to draw international attention and spark the political will to redress this crisis, which is both acute and chronic, and requires urgent and strategic intervention.
The film further amplifies the work of local activists engaged in developing varied interventions from the very outset of this humanitarian crisis. 16m 48s
Vernon Parrish, a retired mayor of a large suburb just outside of Chicago, had moved to the small town of Livingston, Montana, for peace and solitude and to get out of the public eye.
After six years, Verne’s past returns to haunt him, driving him into a self-imposed exile at his cabin in the woods, hoping to ride out the media storm. While he is away, a storm of a different form rolls in, drastically changing the world as he knew it, culminating in a tale of a man who is both a victim and a beneficiary of circumstance. 29m 22s
