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Miami Film Festival: “Stranger Than Fiction: Um Short Documentary Award”
April 16 @ 2:30 pm
The Miami Film Festival presents “Stranger Than Fiction: UM Short Documentary Award.” The program features five short documentaries competing for the University of Miami Documentary Award, spanning subjects from immigration and identity to justice and the unexpected.
The lineup includes “Arepas En Bici,” following a chef cycling through San Francisco while reflecting on his immigration journey and Venezuelan culinary roots; “If You Really Love Me, Outlive Me,” a close look at honky-tonk musician Dale Watson and his wife Celine Lee, told through their music and life in Americana; “They Call Me The Tattoo Witch,” set in Hanoi, where tattoo artist Tran Ngoc uses her work to transform scars and challenge the stigma surrounding tattoos in Vietnamese society; “Oh Whale,” the story of a small Oregon town, an exploding whale, and the reporter who brought the story to national attention; and “Hilda O. Vs The State of New York,” in which 81-year-old Hilda Onley pursues legal action against New York State for abuse she suffered as a teenager in 1958 at the New York State Training School for Girls.
The UM Documentary Award will be presented during the program.