The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2011: Documentary

2011 DOCUMENTARY SHORTS

Documentary Program A – 118 min.
Killing in the Name
Sun Come Up
The Warriors of Qiugang

10 minute intermission

6 minute short: SENSOLOGY

Documentary Program B – 79 min.
Poster Girl
Strangers No More

Details:

KILLING IN THE NAME USA/39 MIN
Director: Jed Rothstein
Producer: Jed Rothstein, Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy

In 2005, a suicide bomber walked into Ashraf's wedding, killing 27 people. Now he is on a quest to confront terrorism around the globe.

POSTER GIRL USA/38 MIN
Director: Sara Nesson
Producer: Mitchell Block, Sara Nesson

Apple pie cheerleader turned tough-as-nails machine gunner in the Iraq war, Sgt. Robynn Murray comes home to face a new kind of battle she never anticipated.

STRANGERS NO MORE USA/40 MIN
Directors/Producers: Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon

In the heart of Tel Aviv, there is an exceptional school where children from 48 different countries and diverse backgrounds come together to learn. Many of the students arrive at Bialik-Rogozin in the wake of poverty, political adversity and even genocide. Here, no child is a stranger.

SUN COME UP USA, Papua New Guinea/38 MIN
Director/Producer: Jennifer Redfearn

Sun Come Up tells the story of some of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders. The film follows relocation leader Ursula Rakova and a group of young families as they search for new homes in war torn Bougainville, an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea.

THE WARRIORS OF QIUGANG USA/39 MIN
Director: Ruby Yang
Writer: Thomas Lennon

Villagers in a remote district of central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their water and air. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.