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Gallery Shorts Block 6
From an Asian youth’s self-hatred to a totalitarian sitcom to an Iranian Farmer’s new television – reviews of another entirely original block of Slamdance short films … read more
Junko’s Shamisen – Review
Screening with The Wild Hunt, the short film Junko’s Shamisen is a wonderfully animated piece of amalgamated storytelling. … read more
The Taqwacores – Review
Straight-laced college student Yusef is relieved when he finds a house in Buffalo filled with Muslim roommates. From the moment that a SXE Sunni opens the door it’s clear that these Muslims are different. … read more
Holy Rollers – Review
It’s 1998 in Brooklyn as 20-year-old Hasidic Jew named Sam Gold is frustrated with working for his father and has recently found out that the girl who he was set to marry’s family is looking for a different husband for their daughter. … read more
Wednesday, Oct. 22
Michael Ladsawy and Ryan Powers crashed the party at NYC’s CMJ music marathon, highlighting A-Track, Todosantos and Hearts Revolution in one of the Big Apple’s biggest music fests. … read more
Mamachas del Ring – Review
A portrait of Carmen Rosa the Champion–a colorful female professional wrestler in the male-dominated world of Bolivian wrestling … read more