LONG & SHORT OF IT

Saturday, 10 AM, Palm

Sunday, 5:15 PM, Sheridan Opera House I CAN’T KEEP

Ultimate Citizens

Francine Strickwerda

In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subjects

Jamshid is an Iranian who came to study in 1970s America, and due to the revolution, never went home. As a guidance counselor in Seattle Public Schools, Jamshid’s best work takes place on the Ultimate playing field with “his kids,” the children of refugees and immigrants. Their parents are in the grips of their own struggles to make a living and a home in a strange land. Mr. Jamshid is the charismatic, fiery, funny human with a Frisbee in hand, who shows that love wins on the field, off the field, at home with family, or boldly forging a new community, in a new country — one kid, chicken, extreme mile and friend at a time.

(USA, 2023, 40 min.)

World Premiere

CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2022

I CAN’T KEEP QUIET

Eurie Chung

In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject

I Can’t Keep Quiet is an intimate portrait of one woman’s quest for healing that reverberated around the globe through her anthem for the women’s movement. Five years later, we take a deeper look into the song’s impact on MILCK’s journey of reclamation. As we follow MILCK’s path of activism and artistry, we get a window into how she’s awakened by the stillness of quarantine and the reckoning of our country’s racial justice movement. Her acknowledgment and accountability for her blindspots give her and her co-creator, AG, a renewed sense of freedom as they celebrate that it’s never too late to reclaim our voices.

(USA, 2023, 29 min.)

Colorado Premiere

A musical performance by MILCK will follow screenings.