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Bring Them Home - Rike Boomgaarden, Tamara Jatchvadze
BRING THEM HOME is a short, 30-minute documentary about discarded American heroes, deported military veterans. While producing the music video for their song "Excuse My Accent," artists Robert "Rob Young" Walker and Andrei "Drei Ros" Rosca met Hector Barajas; a deported American military veteran. Upon hearing his crazy story, they embark on a journey to shed light on the issue. In the film, the two connect with experts and travel to Tijuana Mexico gathering first-hand accounts from more deported veterans at "The Bunker", which is a meeting place for veterans who are currently exiled. This honest film highlights the complexity of the problem by following Hector Barajas and other veterans through their journeys and to the founding of The Deported Veterans Support House.
Vanishing Seattle Presents: We Are Reckless - Drew Highlands, CJ Fernandez
Seattle's last family-owned video store, Reckless Video, faces closure as "Vanishing Seattle Presents: We Are Reckless" captures the deep love for physical media and community, clashing with streaming convenience in a vanishing era.
Spotlight Dance - Shelly Martin
A brief summary of Amamda records and her amazing dance studio.
Our Block: The Fall of Chop - Jefferson Martin Elliott
When Seattle police abandon their precinct amid BLM protests, activists, artists, and one heavily armed senior, Occupy 6 blocks where they battle to maintain peace and racial equity. In Our Block, The Fall of Chop, the 2nd film in the Our Block series, tensions mount as police take back the abandoned precinct, forcing protesters out of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest Zone or (CHOP) and into the surrounding areas and suburbs of Seattle.
The Second Thursday of Every Month - Bethanne Stevens
A short documentary about 2 magicians in Seattle struggling to put on a monthly magic show.