Beating the Formidable Taskmaster: A Review of Time
By: Nikita Harris Time is a suspenseful short film directed by Erin Jimuro that invokes the thrill and dread of trying to submit a work assignment from scratch with a looming deadline. The film captures the essence of the fear that all work procrastinators feel when trying to find inspiration and write down to the last second of a deadline. In this film, time is one’s opponent and must be mastered. The film was excellently made,...
Little Buddy’s Eco Team
By: Alex Silverman James Roy presents Little Buddy Joins the Eco Team, a short film about reducing, reusing, recycling, and thinking ecologically. Little Buddy is a young bug whose TV has stopped working, but he is soon visited by Eco the Butterfly and the Eco Team, who help teach him all about being green. The twelve-minute short uses a mix of live-action segments, full-body costumes, puppets, and animated scenes. While the film is...
Root of Life: Helping a Community Grow Through Healthy Food
By Emily Brooks In the informative documentary Root of Life by director Laura Nguyen, the audience hears Dr. Nika Tsato Kax’Oxo speak about and teach the importance of healthy food, Ivy Flores express her concern with keeping Belizean culture alive through food, and Dr. Tehu Kax’Oxo II emphasize the need to take care of the environment and maintain the biodiversity of the rainforest and its foods. I thought this short film was well...
An Inclusion Lens: A Tapestry of Belonging
By Rhea Mursalin An Inclusion Lens, directed by 16-year-old Arushi Maheshwar, is a poignant and enlightening film that delves into the complex concept of inclusion. This project brings together a diverse range of voices to explore what inclusion truly means and how it manifests in our lives. The film is structured around the central question: “What does inclusion mean to you?” Through intimate interviews and personal...
Taming Flames: Curbing Wildfire Devastation
By: Nikita Harris Wildfires due to climate change affect everyone in the country on some level. It’s the responsibility of all of society to take the necessary actions to reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. Taming Flames by Ford Melillo is a highly informative film that presents the issues and offers some solutions for dangerous wildfires. The information is presented in a way that emphasizes both the need for change...
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