Shorts Program 4: Crossing Borders

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Shorts Program 4 - Crossing Borders. Nine short films, crossing all borders: not just political ones, but also the borders between comedy and drama, youth and experience, truth and lies, and life and death. Running the gamut of emotional tones, cultures are reflected from as far as the Netherlands, Australia, and the United Kingdom. On the expedition can be found such odd tales as the ending to a boxing "cutman," the debate between a suicidal tree jumper and a one-night standee, the universal story of a child dealing with the turn of the world, and the view of the destruction youth can bring to a simple field. The enigmatic Werner Herzog is heard as the voice of the peculiar Professor DeGroot. Bon Voyage! Reviewed by Christopher Garcia