SHORTS & BREAKFAST BITES: PROGRAM 1

SAT, 12/7, 09:30AM, 84 min program
BAY STREET THEATER

Join us for a delicious breakfast to begin your day
then take in a great program of documentary short films.
9:30am Breakfast, 10:00am Films

Sponsored by Sharon Held

Q&A following the screening moderated by Andrew Botsford

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TEN TIMES BETTER

31min

Director: Jennifer Lin
Producers: Jon Funabiki, Jennifer Lin, Cory Stieg

Director Jennifer Lin in attendance for Q&A

Driven by his refugee mother to be “ten times better” in white America, George Lee is the quintessential invisible immigrant with an extraordinary past. The 89-year- old blackjack dealer grew up in Shanghai studying ballet and became a teenage sensation when he was handpicked by George Balanchine for the 1954 premiere of The Nutcracker.

DID YOU FORGET MR. FOGEL?

15min

Director: Max Karpman
Producers: Francesca Hill, Kaylee Smith

Director Max Karpman in attendance for Q&A

When American teacher Marc Fogel is sentenced to 14 years in a Russian prison, his family strives to remain united as they launch a campaign to bring him back home.

THE ART OF METAPHOR

16min

Directors: Kate Taverna
Producers: Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna

Director Kate Taverna and Producer Alan Adelson in attendance for Q&A

Artist Donna Dennis is obsessed for decades with creating metaphorical and haunting structures to honor lost friends. Ironically, she lives with the continual threat of her own eviction.

JUMPMAN

22min

Directors: Tom Dey
Producers: Tom Dey, Coliena Rentmeester

This is the story of the photographer who created the 1984 LIFE portrait of Michael Jordan that was copied by Nike and turned into one of the world's most famous logos.

SHORTS & BREAKFAST BITES: PROGRAM 1