Shorts Program 3: Everyday

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Shorts Program 3 - Everyday. This breathtaking combination of poignant stories, reenactments, and documentaries focuses on everyday life, but the tales collected here are anything but ordinary. Of course, since life varies from place to place, this program mingles films from around the world, with Persians going through daily rituals and struggles in Iran, British adults looking back at their childhood, and an American parodying his post 9/11 anxiety. From a New York artist selling crackers as a way to meet people; to the strangest stories from a collection of newspaper clippings; to a seemingly simple film about a truck driver revealing a life filled with longing, these films offer experiences as complicated and varied as life itself-ranging from alienation to nostalgia and love. Reviewed by Jason Martin