American Painkillers

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    Documentary Patrick Bresnan

    The Rabbit Hunt

    In the Florida Everglades rabbit hunting is a rite of passage for young men, practiced since the early 1900s. The Rabbit Hunt follows a family as they hunt in the fields of an industrial sugar farm.

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    Documentary Ewan McNicol

    The Roper

    Kendrick, an up-and-coming calf roper from Louisiana, shares his dream of reaching the Las Vegas rodeo finals.

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    Documentary Ben Proudfoot

    MINK!

    Fresh off an Oscar win for The Queen of Basketball, Ben Proudfoot is back with his latest NYTimes Op/Doc film, a propulsive profile of the feminist trailblazer Patsy Takemoto Mink and the origin of the landmark legislation synonymous with gender equity in American sport—Title IX.

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    Dark Comedy Erica Alexandria Silverman

    Passing Through

    A young woman connects with her hedonistic father in the most unlikely of places - A hospice facility in trashy paradise, South Florida.

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    Documentary Colin Arisman & Tyler Wilkinson-Ray

    Finding Gulo

    "Finding Gulo" follows a backcountry ski guide & field biologist who attempt to document an elusive population of wolverines in Washington's Cascade Range. When our government fails to act, can citizen science save endangered wildlife from climate change?

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    Documentary Fritz Bitsoie

    The Trails Before Us

    Nigel James, a 17-year-old Diné mountain biker, hosts the first Enduro race in the Navajo Nation

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    Dark Comedy Dylan Holmes Williams

    The Devil's Harmony

    **CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A bullied teenage girl leads an a cappella club on a trail of destruction against her high school enemies.

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    S/W collaboration with Bertha DocHouse Cinema

    Short of the Week has partnered with the UK's first cinema dedicated solely to documentary to offer a programme of some of our favourite short docs from around the world.

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    Experimental Kelly Sears

    Once it Started it Could Not End Otherwise

    The mysterious events at a 1970's high school are revealed between the pages of an old yearbook in this animation from collage veteran, Kelly Sears.

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