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Uncommon Threads
Deep in the pits of the Texas desert, Travis works his ranch, waiting for the day he can finally move on from the murder of his wife. It's like his life paused the day she died. Only the execution of the murderer will offer Travis the revenge he thinks he deserves. But when his daughter surprised him for a visit, he is forced to come to terms with their distant relationship and reconcile the man he has become.
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The Watch
A man tries to sell his watch at a pawn shop, the fantastical story behind the watch makes it to good a deal to pass up.
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The Winds That Scatter
Ahmad is an immigrant from Syria, holding wishes of starting his own taxi service. When he loses his menial employment at a gas station, he attempts to navigate through the current American economy with optimism and faith. Soon, reality begins to set in as consistent work is scarce. It slowly begins to take a toll on his relationships, faith, and sense of self, with his dream slipping quickly from his grasp.
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Without a Doubt
Without a Doubt' is a digital animation that illustrates one variation of the 17th century philosopher Rene Descartes' view of the world. This time-based visual metaphor draws together Descartes' understanding of geometry, expressly the invention of the Cartesian co-ordinates (X,Y,Z), and his most famous statement, 'I think, therefore I am,' to create an introspective dimension within our own understanding.
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Yen Tan's Poster Exhibit
" When Yen Tan was growing up in the Eighties, he didn't dream of making movie posters; he dreamed of making movies like the big American blockbusters that flooded the movie theatres of his native Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His parents, meanwhile, dreamed of their son having a viable career. And though Yen Tan's parents won the battle, you could argue Yen Tan won the war. They sent him to Drake University in far-off Des Moines, Iowa, to study advertising, but he attended film classes on the side and learned that there was a whole world of movies that didn't require $50 million to make – a dangerous realization for any aspiring filmmaker who had until that point been deterred from his desire by family obligation. Tan's posters were good, and eventually his fellow indie filmmakers, equally low on funds, were calling on him to help them design posters for their own movies. Before he knew it, Tan had fallen into a side career as a graphic designer, creating posters for some of the biggest names in the small pond of Texas independent film, including Bryan Poyser (Lovers of Hate) and Heather Courtney (Where Soldiers Come From). Tan's posters, with their simple yet daring imagery and their minimalist design, seem to capture the conflicted artist's desire to both create something beautiful and to sell it. - Austin Chronicle JOSH ROSENBLATT,"
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Youth Going Bad
The music video for Sammie Zonana’s YOUTH GOIN’ BAD was directed by Fort Worth filmmaker Ya’Ke Smith. The song was written for his short film “One Hitta Quitta.”
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ZOË
Love and madness have terrible consequences for a devoted 7-year-old girl and her mother and father after the birth of her baby brother.
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