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Accepting any poetry in any genre or length that’s about FABLE in any way.
All poems will be posted on this network. Over 95,000 unique visitors a day. The winning poem will have their poetry made into a movie.
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At first Montanans were not alarmed; influenza came and went with the seasons. But this virus was lethal. The 1918 influenza killed more people than WWI & WWII combined. This film explores six individual stories of how Montanans met this public health crisis. People helped each other in unexpected ways. What was the balance of trauma and resilience?
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Review by Julie C. Sheppard
Blue Death: The 1918 Influenza in Montana is an epic film project elucidating moving details about this tragic event in history. The film does an exceptional job setting the stage of what must have been a terrifying experience for the people of the time, including for those who actually survived after losing many so loved ones around them to this flu.
The factual details of the event are clearly explained by articulate historians, who are sensitive to both the physical ailments of the illness and the surrounding societal problems, such as blatant racism towards health care providers. Archival photos are well-selected, often capturing educational and military institutions of the time.
In addition to two dimensional photos, evocative dramatizations by talented performers make the film all the more moving and multi-dimensional. The diverse group of people who persevered and made notable contributions to society during this flu are properly remembered and honoured, each with compelling vignettes. Another memorable feature of the film is the breathtaking cinematography of the land in Montana, both rugged and lovely.
With obvious comparisons that we can understand given Covid 19, this evocative documentary of the 1918 Influenza brings human bravery to the forefront.
We all face trauma, some worse than others. It’s what makes us and sometimes breaks us. We follow Jason’s life as he enjoys his time with friends at the beach until it suddenly hits him in the middle of the game. Can he hold it in and hide it, or will it show and affect his life?
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Review by Julie C. Sheppard:
Trauma survival is the primary theme of the short film, Sunburn. It is a dramatic portrayal of someone who is intensely suffering from frightening past events. The film uses quick editing to expose a terrifying flashback, the catalyst for the lead character’s strife, that in turn hinders his social interactions with his friends on a beach volleyball court. The performance of the lead is sensitively done, as he gradually descends into helplessness and anxiety, as the hand-held camera wavers close to his uneasy face.
The lovely beach setting and the playful game of volleyball both serve as strong contrasts to the gloom that the central figure experiences. Sounds of ongoing waves eventually blend in with gentle music underscoring the lead’s interchange with his kind and similarly traumatized friend, who assures him that things will be okay, despite life’s challenges.
The motif of how we all suffer as humans is cleverly indicated by the convincing make-up of bruises on the bodies of many other friends on the beach. Equally poignant are the soulful vocals about the universal nature of pain and trauma we share and yet, with perseverance, we survive.
Mandy has just given Jethro an ultimatum, quick vaping or else. His friend Chuck thinks its going to be easy to quit.
Review by Andie Kay:
This short film is an over the top comedic look at addiction, support groups and helpfully unhelpful friends. Written, directed and produced by Matt Jenkins, Vapor Trails stars a cast of zany characters that Jethro ( portrayed by Dan Perrin ) navigates while he is trying to quit vaping.
The storyline was well put together and had some very funny moments, especially during the therapy group session. One of the things I thought was seamlessly well done is the vaping news brief on the television, the masking/insert/overlay the filmmakers used to make it look as if it was broadcasted on TV was great.
Randy Traxler handled the cinematography and it was beautifully done, everyone was lit really well and the clarity and coloring of the film was gorgeous. This was a light hearted and fun comedic film.
Trapped in a fluorescent maze, an overworked employee realizes the office building may not want her to leave.
Review by Andie Kay:
Having a job that you don’t love is rough, having to stay beyond the usual 8 hour day is a nightmare. Steven Kilper taps into that nightmare with this bite sized horror film that he wrote, directed, edited, and created the visual effects for. What starts out as a typical leaving work scenario turns into an inescapable maze of fluorescent hell.
I loved the premise of this film and thought it was a wonderfully original idea. Steven executed so many things fantastically. The cinematography was great and I really appreciated the visual effects of the text messages and how he displayed them on screen. The soundscape was perfect and the way the staircase was shot was absolutely ingenious! Katrina Reese is our overworked, trapped employee and I liked her performance, although I wouldn’t have been as calm as she was if I was in her position.
That moment where all the lights start going out one by one is so frightening and I loved the build up but I wish the ending was her screaming NO in that text message and having everything go back to normal. The elevator doors ding as they open and she leaves having set some boundaries.
In a quietly radical act of feminist performance art, Vienna-based artist Rozina Pátkai transforms an ordinary suburban zebra crossing into a stage for the unseen labor of domestic life. Carrying an impossible accumulation of household objects: a drying rack, shopping trolley, mattress, pushchair, child’s bicycle, she repeatedly attempts to cross the street, stumbling under the weight of these everyday burdens.
Review by Victoria Angelique :
The artistic short film, INVISIBLE, is a thought provoking piece that can raise many questions with its very title. The title suggests a woman that would be invisible, but she’s not in the physical sense because the cars are stopping at the crosswalk as she continues to walk back and forth with various objects. It’s what she is carrying that makes her invisible because at first it’s a usual scene only to become more elaborate as the seconds pass.
There’s not much unusual about a woman crossing the street with a pram, as this is quite an everyday scene in many countries. It becomes a social experiment when the woman begins adding to it, carrying quite large objects as she struggles to cross the street as she struggles to get the stroller across the crosswalk without dropping objects. Cars continuously stop, waiting patiently for her to cross without honking their horns, and it’s only at the halfway mark of the film that one person helps this woman with what she’s carrying. One person throughout the entire film chooses to help her.
This raises several questions about these situations. The woman even abandons the scenario with the pram a couple of times to see if it would change things, still carrying items that would relate to childcare, and it doesn’t change anything. This poses questions such as have people become so uncaring that they no longer help a struggling mother like they used to, if it’s this particular city, or is there something about this particular woman? This film makes the viewer think that maybe that as humans we have become so self-absorbed that we care more about getting to our destination than taking a few seconds to help another person.
INVISIBLE is certainly a thought provoking film, since it literally shows that the majority of people are no longer helping. They are simply moving about their business when someone is literally struggling while pretending not to notice. This film might motivate someone to help next time they see someone that needs assistance.
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