Films
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BAM
Howie Shia / Shorts / Canada / 2015 / Animation, Short / 6 mins
A young man turned boxer struggles with the consequences of his raging temper getting the best of him. The city’s primordial gods observe in dismay as he has only himself to blame, as his anger scares everyone away, despite his good intentions.Plays In:
FOR THE FAINT OF HEART – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 11, 2017 5:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Basha Man
Daniel Chein / Shorts / China / 2015 / 12 mins
Tradition and tourism come to a head in this small, Western Chinese ethnic village.Precedes: Guangzhou Dream Factory
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Best Buds
Naomi Iwamoto / Shorts / USA / 2016 / 11 mins
Grace and Danny have been best friends since kindergarden and there is nothing about each other that they don’t know; that is until one night, when they find themselves in a situation where they are forced to confront a secret which puts their long-time friendship at stake.Plays In:
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE…MAYBE – SHORTS
Roxie Theater
March 10, 2017 9:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Bitcoin Heist
Ham Tran / Special Presentations / Vietnam / 2016 / 115 mins
Set in today’s world of digital devices and complex connectivity, BITCOIN HEIST sends the viewer on an action-adventure ride with a cop in pursuit of a “ghost” hacker who stole billions of dollars in bitcoins. The officer teams up with other criminals to help her plan the ultimate heist.Bitcoin Heist
Alamo Drafthouse
March 15, 2017 8:30 pm At RushBitcoin Heist
New Parkway Theater
March 18, 2017 5:40 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Blanka
Kohki Hasei / Cinema Asia / Italy, Japan, Philippines / 2015 / 75 mins
Hardened street kid Blanka does her best to save enough money to “buy” a mom. In the hopes of overcoming everyday struggles, she joins forces with a blind musician, discovers her singing talent, and realizes that money can’t buy love. Features YouTube star Cydel Gabutero in her acting debut.Blanka
Roxie Theater
March 12, 2017 12:10 pm Buy Tickets Buy Tickets
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Blasian Narratives
Jivan Atman / USA / 2017 / 51 mins
Jivan Atman’s BLASIAN NARRATIVES lifts performance as testimony, unraveling the complexity of Black and Asian relations — in tension and solidarity — through monologue and conversation. The multimedia presentation emerges from a collaboration between Stanford University, Morehouse and Spelman College Blasian students. Witness the premiere screening and live performance at OMCA — outloud, intimate, writ large.Preceded by: CAAMFest at OMCA
Blasian Narratives
OMCA
March 17, 2017 7:00 pm At RushPreceded By:
CAAMFest at OMCA
March 17, 2017 5:00 pm
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The Book of Living And Dying
Sara Yang / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Short / 13 mins
Martina, an Italian transgender woman, is in denial about her impending death from cancer. To escape her circumstance, she makes an urgent effort to convince her practical-minded adopted daughter, Eve, to accompany her on a trip to Tibet. However, their approaches to living life butt heads in the process.
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Brown Girls
Sam Bailey / Special Presentations / USA / 2017
With its BROAD CITY meets INSECURE vibes, this new web series paints an intimate portrait of two young women of color navigating their relationships, families, sexual orientations and the messiness of being in your mid-20s.Brown Girls
Alamo Drafthouse
March 16, 2017 6:30 pm At Rush
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Bruce Takes Dragon Town
Emily Chao / Shorts / Taiwan, USA / 2015 / Documentary, Experimental, Short / 15 mins
Lost souls among us, whether ghost or corporeal, inhabit in between spaces and expand to fill what is abandoned. Director Emily Chao traces her filmmaker uncle's steps in Taiwan during Ghost Month to find out what he left behind.
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Call Taxi
Julian Kim / Shorts / USA / 2016 / Narrative Fiction, Short / 18 mins
Jason calls a Korean Call Taxi service to give him a lift to JFK for an early morning flight, and as fate would have it, the driver is none other than his father. Unfortunately, after a quick trip to a 24-hour Korean mart, they experience car problems and rising tensions.
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