‘Chasing Time’ to launch ‘POV Shorts’ season 8 Line -Up
POV Shorts has unveiled the seven acquisition titles that are part of the eighth season of the series, which will be launched on November 18 with Jeff Orlowski-Yang (“The Social Dilemma”) and Sarah Keos “Chasing Time”.
‘POV Shorts’ was launched in 2018 and served as a platform for filmmakers to tell stories aimed at relevant contemporary issues and cultural stories. This season, intergenerational care and mentoring, local culture and chosen family, memory, identity and the power of history are among the many topics that are being investigated.
“I am incredibly proud of this collection of films, which includes stories that push creative boundaries and emphasize brave individuals that model paths from Impact,” says Opal H. Bennett, POV senior producer and POV Shorts Executive producer, American Documentary. “Every season it is both our honor and our indictment at POV to offer our audience films that make a difference and fill a conversation.”
In “Chasing Time”, the team behind the feature film “Chasing Ice” reverses visual proof of climate change and to inspire action to a sustainable future. De Korte Doc went his world premiere at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2024.
On November 18, in addition to ‘Chasing Time’ Imani Dennison’s ‘The People Could’, POV Shorts will release, Twiggy Pucci Garçon’s ‘MNM’ and ‘Your opinion’ by Marshall Granger’s.
Because “The People Could Fly”, director Imani Dennison reveals the history of black collecting areas and rolling culture in Louisville, Kentucky, from the 1960s to the mid-2000s. “The People Could Fly” is the first release of the POV-Shorts Co-producer Fund Production Fund Production Fund Documentary/POV Shorts that are included in a POV-Shorts season. The film, which debuted at the Blackstar Film Festival 2024, is followed by Richard O’Connor’s animated short “Story Corps: best Mrs. Doyle.”
In “MNM”, Garcon Mermaid and Milan, two emerging landing job divas in the Drag -Balzaal community. Granger’s “Your opinion, please” assembles a decade (1997 to 2007) from unaspraited, unprocessed live call-in reactions from Yellowstone Public Radio and places them a combination with the current Montana, which reveals the continuous identity debate of a state about community, costs of living and the right to free expression.
On November 25, the remaining three short documents of season eight -“in Songs of Black Folk”, “La Orquesta” and “Classroom 4” will be issued.
A co-presentation with La Times Short Docs, “In Songs of Black Folk, directed by Haley Watson and Justin Empa, records Top Black Musical Talent on a single Pacific Northwest podium, a powerful new tradition for black artists against the background of Juneteeneth.” La Orquesta “, a co-production with Latino Public Breadcasting (LPB) and co-presented, full. In Atlanta and its youth orchestra for one school year to offer a new perspective on the immigrant experience.
In “Classroom 4”, director Eden Wurmfeld, a prison room where students and imprisoned students together study the history of crime and punishment, which causes an unexpected conversation and a deeper understanding of justice and humanity.
“Songs of Black Folk,” “Chasing Time”, “The People Could Fly” and “Classroom 4” are all qualified for Oscar consideration.
(“La Nueva Ola de Añil” (“The New Indigo Wave”) is also part of the eighth season of POV -Shorts and is currently streamed.)
All seven short documents will be available to stream on POV.org and on the PBS app.
