Short Films Watched

In 1994, a South African photojournalist received the Pulitzer Prize for his picture of a starving girl stalked by a vulture. Weeks later, he carried out a terrible, desperate act--an act that embodied the anguish of an entire nation.

A powerful documentary about five women whose lives have been irrevocably altered by the Rwandan genocide. With the country left nearly 70% female in the wake of the massacres, "God Sleeps In Rwanda" is a lucid portrait of the much larger change affected by women in the East African country.

A sheep dances proudly in his southwestern landscape, until one day his wool is sheared and he is left naked. He's depressed and shy, until a cheerful jackalope comes along and shows him how to leap proudly and not to be ashamed.

A group of snooty birds roosting on a telephone wire get their just deserts when a goofy bird drops in.

Babies both human and beast are created up in the stratosphere, by the clouds themselves. One cloud specializes in "dangerous" babies, creating a challenge for his loyal stork that has to deliver them.

Day encounters Night, a stranger of distinctly darker moods. But their suspicions soon turn to curiosity, and they are delighted to find the joys of their budding friendship.

A fable of a young boy coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances. It's the first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. Will he be able to find his own way?

Morris Lessmore, a young writer, wanders into a mysterious library after a storm devastates his city. The library is home to magical flying books that literally come to life.

A story that takes place over millions of years and is inspired by the beauty of tropical islands and the allure of ocean volcanoes.

The Bat Thumb must stop another villian from taking over his precious city, only this time he will have to stop No Face in the hardest battle to date.

Journey of Man is a celebration of the human spirit that combines the unique artistry and music ofCirque Du Soleil with the power of large format film.

With the end of the Cold War, North Dakota's fearsome arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles suddenly found itself outmatched not by the Soviets, but by the budget cutters in Washington, DC. In his 2001 film, Bill Brown heads to The Peace Garden State to watch the nuclear weapons that haunted his childhood dreams get yanked out of the ground. Years before today's shale oil boom, he visits a state whose dwindling population and failed farm economy has lead to talk about turning the whole place into a reserve for buffalo.

A photographer shares unpublished images chronicling time spent among the 'fiercely independent' residents of a remote English fishing village.

An interview with a Mormon Fundamentalist who shares a husband with her younger sister.

A diabetic Aunt moves in with her family to hasten her own death. This stop-motion piece uses life-sized wooden characters and taxidermied chickens, set in the farmhouse of the filmmaker's childhood.

A night flight through hysteria and police surveillance in suburban America.

Catnip is all the rage with today's modern feline, but do we really understand it? Is it a source for harmless kicks, or a potentially crippling addiction? Is it a tool to expand one's consciousness, or a downward spiraling path that can eventually lead to insanity? Once and for all the facts about this controversial substance are frankly discussed, in the long-lost drug educational film that never-was, "Catnip: Egress to Oblivion?".

Each summer, a crowd of Ernest Hemingway doubles meet in Florida to choose his best impersonator. There was a day in 1924 when the real Hemingway also wanted to be someone else. Notes on the Other is the story of this hypothesis.

Richard Fontenelle passed away due to Health related issues on November 14, 2012. He left behind his Widow Barbara Fontenelle and four Children(Shenee Fontenelle, Richard Fontenelle Jr, Kenneth Fontenelle and Sidney Fontenelle). Diane Nash, is the last surviving child of Norman and Bessie Mae Fontenelle of 1968 Gordon Parks Life Magazine Article

Disney's retelling of the legend of John Henry, the steel-driving man.

A gluttonous self-centered cat, Lorenzo, gets punished for his selfishness when his beautiful giant tail develops a personality of its own.

A poor young girl has a burning desire to find comfort and happiness in her life. Desperate to keep warm, the girl lights the matches she sells, and envisions a very different life for herself in the fiery flames.

In 1985, Kung Fury, the toughest martial artist cop in Miami, goes back in time to kill the worst criminal of all time - Kung Führer, a.k.a. Adolf Hitler.

A wealthy man with a terminal illness takes his own life in the most thrilling way.