Glimpses of labor in its many forms and the sense of catharsis it can bring.
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A Broken House
Directed by
Jimmy Goldblum
Lebanon
U.S.
2020
19 minutes
Arabic & English
When Mohamad Hafez received a single-entry visa to study architecture in the United States, he realized if he couldn't return home to Syria, he could make a simulation by sculpting life-like renditions of his Damascus neighborhood.
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Eric and the Bees
Directed by
Erin Brethauer & Tim Hussin
U.S.
2020
8 minutes
English
When Eric Grandon, a former soldier with PTSD, returned to his family farm and discovered beekeeping, he had no idea that the bees would give him the power to transform both his own life and the lives of many others.
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Joakim
Directed by
Tobias Ohlsson
Sweden
2021
13 minutes
Swedish
A small-town gay florist who grew up in the conservative Swedish countryside, Joakim struggled for acceptance from his peers, his society, his family, and ultimately himself.
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Lines of Exile
Directed by
Eric Patrick
U.S.
2021
7 minutes
English
In this animated portrait, Hamid Naficy intimately recounts the evolution of cultural theory over the last decades through his drawings.

Mutha & the Death of Ham-Ma-Fuku
Directed by
Daniel Suberviola
Spain
Western Sahara
2021
25 minutes
English
Mutha faces death every day as she searches for antipersonnel mines in the Western Sahara Desert.
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The Neon Craftsman
Directed by
Jason Knade
U.S.
2021
3 minutes
English
The history and art of neon seen through the prism of Tom Wartman, one of the country's last remaining neon professionals.
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The Seeker
Directed by
Lance Edmands
U.S.
2020
19 minutes
English
A lyrical portrait of an excommunicated Amish woodworker struggling with spirituality, poverty, and life as an outcast from his strict, insular community.
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Takeaway
Directed by
Victor Giner
China; Spain
2021
16 minutes
Mandarin
Xiao works 15 hours a day seven days a week delivering food in Beijing.
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