Shorts Program 02: Home Grown Drama

Films are listed here in screening order.

Blues for the Blues
Directed by Craig Laurence Rice. United States. 2024. 27 min. Fiction Short. MN Made.
The story of two brothers facing their decline in the Blues music performance business due to a younger generation’s fickle taste and the abandonment of a certain section of the traditional black audience.

From the Story of Elin
Directed by Louise Parker + Louis Heilbronn. United States. 2023. 11 min. Fiction Short. MN Made.
Set in Northern Minnesota in the early 1900s. Elin, on the run, stumbles upon a vicious crime.

Balwo
Directed by Mohammed Sheikh. United States. 2024. 29 min. Fiction Short. MN Made.
A talented musician, yearns to pursue his passion for music, much to the disappointment of his father, who values practicality over artistic aspirations.

The Ali’i King
Directed by Christine Kunewa Walker. United States. 2023. 27 min. Fiction Shorts. MN Made.
A Mormon family embarks on a road trip through the desert to attend the opening of Tikiland in California.