The Story We All Need to Tell - Paragon, Coconut Grove

The Story We All Need to Tell - Paragon, Coconut Grove

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To organize ourselves we created society. To organize society we created the government and the government was thus added to the chaos of nature. To understand chaos we speak, with a delaminating eye we will explore social struggles. Join us, as these are; “the stories we all need to tell”.
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Synopsis

El Empleo (The Employment), TRT 6:25,  Argentina, Animation, Dir. Santiago ‘Bou’ Grasso

A man Performs his usual trip to work, immersed in a world where the use of people as objects in an everyday thing.

 

Garbage or Resource, TRT 17:08, Dominican Republic, Documentary, Dir. Natasha  Despotovic

The Dominican Republic has more than 340 open-air landfills without any type of management or control, which have become highly-concentrated areas of air and water pollution.  They are an unseen danger for every Dominican.  Fortunately, the country is witnessing cultural changes which are creating initiatives that convert this 'problem' into an opportunity for development.

 

For Family’s Sake, TRT 19:49, United States, Narrative,  Dir. Sam Shaib

Sama is in love with Patrick, an all-American boy. But, Sama is not your typical teenager.  Born to a traditional Muslim family, she discovers that is she to be betrothed to a 32-year-old Muslim man.  Sama does not want to get married. She and Patrick runaway, but her mother and her ultra-conservative brother, Rami find out and now, not only is her forbidden love at risk but also her life.

 

This Land is a Skeleton, TRT 5:45, Unites States, Documentary, Dir. Justin Hearn

Michael Frank of the Miccosukee Tribe's Otter Clan was born on an island in the Everglades. He tells the story of his tribe, their home, and the threats both are facing as only someone born of that world can. Does the political will exist to save this unique place?

 

Viste a Cristina el 7 de Marzo?, TRT 15:00, Colombia, Spain, Narrative, Dir. Maritza Blanco

Carmen, a Colombian teen and newcomer to Spain, encounters a hostile environment led by her classmate Cristina, who, with no understandable reason, has decided to make her life miserable, taking it to a level of despair that becomes a deadly weapon.

 

Tokko Shigan, TRT  20:00, Japan, Narrative, Dir. Kenshow Onodera

The film is based on a true story depicting the life of Commander Fujii, a flight school instructor who sacrificed his life in the suicide attacks at the end of World War II. With defeat on the horizon, the Japanese military commits to desperate tactics via suicide attacks.