JUNE BRIDE: REDEMPTION OF A YAKUZA

It took a missing finger to find God. JUNE BRIDE: REDEMPTION OF A YAKUZA is a feature -length documentary about Tatsuya Shindo, a former mobster turned preacher, who seeks forgiveness for a life's worth of disappointment and crime in his makeshift church - June Bride - at one time a smoke-filled bar. Hanging on Shindo's every word is his loyal congregation, an eclectic mix of tattooed ex-convicts and wayward souls who want to start over. Through his journey from the criminal underworld to a mission from God, Shindo declares, "Loyalty to my yakuza boss is the same as the one to God." But will his faith cost him more than just his finger?
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DRAIN

A chance encounter leads to a beautiful, fleeting relationship between two vastly different types: One person is a plumber, and the other is most definitely not.
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AUTONOMOUS SOUL

A statement of an unlikely hero who, with muted voice, defies commonality. Difficult to categorize, the film is part art, part experimental, part comedy, but all heart.
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THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE

THE KILLING OF A CHINESE COOKIE examines the heated debate over the true origin of the fortune cookie, the mixing of Eastern and Western cultures that produced it, and the cookie's rise from a simple pastry to a pop culture phenomenon.
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CURL

A short documentary detailing a bizarre, fascinating and oftentimes dangerous rite of passage ritual for a young boy. He will enter the arena as a child, but will he emerge as a man? Will he even survive? Or more importantly, will he look good?
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TROLLEY

Shopping Cart Safety Instructions: 1) Use seatbelts to restrain your child in the cart seat; 2) Do not allow your child to ride in the cart basket; 3) Do not allow your child to ride or climb the sides or front of the cart; 4)Never leave your child unattended in the shopping cart; and 5) in the odd case that the shopping cart moves entirely on its own with your groceries or child still in it, do not be alarmed; it will eventually come back. Most of the time. Sometimes. Almost never.
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