SHORTS & BREAKFAST BITES: PROGRAM 1
SAT, 12/2, 10:00am, 74 min program BAY STREET THEATER
Join us for a delicious breakfast to begin your day
then take in a great program of documentary short films.
THE ABCs OF BOOK BANNING
27min
Directors: Trish Adlesic, Naz Habtezghi
Producers: Sheila Nevins, Trish Adlesic, Naz Habtezghi
In recent years, more than 2,500 books have been removed from school districts around the U.S., labeled as banned, restricted, or challenged, and made unavailable to millions of students. This film is a love letter to reading and education that begs us to consider what gets lost as books continue to be banned across the country.
THE BRIDGE
12min
Director: Carl Sturgess
Producer: Casey Bannon
Bob Rubin and his wife Stéphane Samuel founded The Bridge Golf Foundation, a year-round sports youth-development program based in Harlem. The students get college prep tutoring and golf lessons and in the summer live and work at Rubin’s club in Bridgehampton, Long Island.
THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK
35min
Directors: JohnHoffman, ChristineTurner
Producer: Christina Avalos
John Hoffman in attendance for Q/A
This film explores America’s widening racial wealth gap through the story of Arlo Washington, a barber in Little Rock, Arkansas, whose visionary approach to a just economy is found in the mission of People Trust, the nonprofit community bank he founded.