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Angel Dose

Sami Khan

In Person: Filmmakers and Film Subject

Each night after his shift, Tarik, a South Asian-American nurse, races against time to deliver expiring vaccines across Philadelphia to homebound patients before the doses spoil. But the cheerful and everoptimistic Tarik soon realizes that he must change policy to address systemic biases in healthcare. He decides to run for political office and faces off against an entrenched establishment candidate.

(USA, 2022, 26 min.)

Colorado Premiere

CoMMitMent Grant Winner 2021

The Flagmakers

Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese

In Person: Filmmaker

The small community of Oak Creek, Wisconsin is home to Eder Flag, the country’s largest American flag and flagpole factory. Refugees and immigrants from Afghanistan, Serbia, Nigeria, Guatemala, Pakistan and Iraq, who have risked everything to come to the US, sew American flags alongside their midwestern co-workers. Sewing manager Radica, a Serbian immigrant, believes every flag has a soul.

As tensions escalate across the nation, the flagmakers reflect on the question: Who is the flag for?

(USA, 2022, 35 min.)

Walking Two Worlds

Maia Wikler

In Person: Filmmaker and Film Subject

Fueled by an unwavering love and responsibility for the land, Quannah Chasinghorse, a 20-year-old member of the Hän Gwich’in people, and her mother Jody Potts-Joseph, are taking a stand to defend their sacred homelands, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

(USA, 2022, 29 min.)