NaRRATIVE PROGRAM
Thursday, April 20, 6 PM, at The Minor Theatre
Cal Poly Humboldt Students get in free!
General Admission: $12
THE GREAT AMERICAN SHORT STORY
A writer secludes himself in a cabin to write the Great American Short Story. He quickly becomes more interested in creating the perfect environment for writing as opposed to doing any actual work. A Sativa Dominant Interpretation of the "Hero's Journey."
Dir. Daniel Maggio
4:20 minutes
USA
MY NAME IS RHEE JIN-WON
A young man named Rhee Jin-won, who left his family and defected to South Korea, eventually adapts and conforms to South Korean society by changing his last name, resume, and pronunciation due to the discrimination he receives as a North Korean defector.
Dir. Hyunsoo Choi
10:10 minutes
Korea
I AM HOME
A poetic memoir, a love letter that speaks of introspection and what it means to rediscover who you are and cherish where you come from.
Dir. Kymon Greyhorse
2:25 minutes
USA
Abroad
Dracula arrives as a European representative at a tiny little airport in Arcata, northern California. After landing, he experiences cultural shock and what it means to live in Humboldt County. Luckily not everything is bad at this new place and so he slowly falls in love with American culture and California’s beautiful environment.
Dir. Hannah Huber
4:45 minutes
USA
TY
Set in 1998 against an expansive southern Utah landscape, TY reveals the very moment a 12 year old boy decides to plunge into manhood by defying the only society he has ever known, experiencing a glimpse of the "real world" for the first time.
Dir. Bruno Miotto
7:27 minutes
USA
SUITE NIGHT
Yasi tries everything she can to make the last appointment with Raha before she is taken to solitary confinement. Raha fears the rumors that if a girl is virgin before her execution, her virginity must be taken by a man, more than she fears death.
Dir. Mahtab Pishghadam
13 minutes
Iran
I LOST MY RACE CAR
A consumer protections agent with a flawless record investigates a businesswoman who claims to find trinkets from her clients' childhoods.
Dir. Josh Park
7:51 minutes
USA
WE ARE ALL DOGS
The story is about a happy family in a sad world, and in this world it doesn't matter if you are a human being or a faithful dog no matter if you are trying to decorate everything with beautiful flowers. In this world there is no space for rejected creatures.
Dir. Aminreza Alimohammadi
13:04 minutes
Iran
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