After enjoying some lunch, I headed to the Hideout for a type of screening that I unfortunately rarely get to attend, a shorts screening. This particular showcase just happened to be scheduled at the right time, so I went to the Hideout, which is a cafe and theater, and venue for all the shorts programs of AFF. The Shorts 10 program features all documentaries. Each of which are quite remarkably done.
This program presented A DAY AT THE POOL (Ian Douglass) which reveals much more about the inspiration behind the skating style of the Z boys of Dogtown, perhaps even more than they would like to admit. MY TOXIC REALITY (Tom Dusenbery) covers the pollution and decline of Port Arthur, Texas and the work done to correct these problems and hazzards. LAST MUSIC MAN (David Kalinauskas) serves a revealing expose on Dan Burke, concert promoter, journalist, and recovering drug addict from the Toronto music scene. LEMONADE: DETROIT (Erik Proulx) presents the very real struggles of the people in this troubled city and how they are trying to reinvent and revitalize it. ELLIOTT ERWITT "I BARK AT DOGS" (Douglas Sloan) presents a look at a successful and prolific photographer with a eccentric and hilarious alter-ego. Finally, ABUELAS (Afarin Eghbal) reveals the love of a grandmother and how this love and the love of other grandmothers sparked a movement in Argentina.
Mark Saldana
The Movie Doc
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