American shorts

In this combined programme

• The Waiting

  The Waiting is a documentary film portraying the romance of Donna and Raymond. A special relationship because Raymond is an inmate at Sing Sing Jai

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• A Brief Life

  A Brief Life is a poetic homage to a farmer and the cows he raises. Shot over the course of a year on a small farm in rural Ontario, it follows the

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• Through an Open Window

  Eric Mendelsohn’s first film was warmly received by the critics at its première last year in Cannes. Elaine Paterson (Time Out) spoke of R

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• Conversation From the Grave With Joan Burroughs

  On 7 September 1951 William Burroughs shot his wife Joan dead. He wanted to compete with William Tell, she put a glass on her head, he missed…

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