Shorts that examine the impact of the most significant current events facing our modern world.
In this program
![Digging for Life](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/DiggingforLife.jpg?itok=aqg2Sy8k)
Digging for Life
Directed by
Joao Queiroga
Angola
Cameroon
2020
14 minutes
English
When a young Cameroonian man attempts to pursue the dream of a better life in post-apartheid South Africa, he instead finds himself trapped as a slave in Angola.
![Faraway](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/Faraway_0.jpg?itok=Ipzp4iA4)
Faraway
Directed by
Aziz Zoromba
Canada
2020
18 minutes
Arabic, English & French
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, a young Arab man navigates his solitude while attempting to reconnect with his mother.
![Generation 94](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/Generation94.jpg?itok=oCs9UUx3)
Generation 94
Directed by
Gemma Capdevila
Rwanda
Spain
2021
21 minutes
English & Kinyarwanda
A quarter-century after the Rwandan genocide took nearly a million lives, the orphans left behind have become the symbol of the country's reconstruction.
![Hunger Ward](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/HungerWard.jpg?itok=zTWzYq2u)
Hunger Ward
Directed by
Skye Fitzgerald
U.S.
Yemen
2020
40 minutes
Arabic & English
Two women healthcare workers fight to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war in Yemen.
![Three Songs](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/ThreeSongsforBenazir.jpg?itok=VL-_7sxP)
Three Songs for Benazir
Directed by
Elizabeth Mirzaei & Gulistan Mirzaei
Afghanistan
U.S.
2021
22 minutes
Persian
Shaista, newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul, struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family.