Wednesday, December 11, 2019

AIFF2019: Wednesday - Alaska Shorts, Vietnam, Mental Health at College, Homeless



Alaska Experience Theater  6 pm

SHORTS: Made in Alaska

  • Eskimo Inc
  • How to Say Goodbye
  • Wolf Tracks
  • 12:34
  • The Dying of the Light
  • Dasher
OR

Inside the Rain - A narrative feature about a college student with mental health problems.  







Alaska Experience Theater 8pm

The American War - Documentary feature about Vietnam, from the Vietnamese perspective


SC: How did you come up with the idea for the film?
Daniel Bernandi: After successfully producing roughly 25 short films on 25 different veterans, I knew it was time for Veteran Documentary Corp to begin making feature-length documentaries to tell deeper, more developed stories of the veteran experience. I selected Vietcong veterans as the subject of our first feature for a couple reasons.  First, despite the fact that many Americans have seen stories or read about the Vietnam War, the story of the Vietcong veteran has not been told — at least not for American audiences. Why did the Vietnamese fight? What was their experience of, for example, Agent Orange or South Vietnamese torture? What was it like being Veterans in a county that includes veterans from the “other” side (e.g., South Vietnamese soldiers)? Second and equally important, I wanted to address experiences shared by veterans across time and country. The experience of war is more universal than era or nation might otherwise suggest.




OR

Gutterberg - Narrative Feature about a young homeless man.  Here's an interview with the director about the film.:








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