Annual East Lansing Film Festival

Join us for the 27th Annual East Lansing Film Festival!!

Schedule of Events:

3:30 pm: Short Documentary Films

My Father's Name
Directed By Susanna Styron-20 Minutes.
Years After Lee Ed Frazier's Death, His Daughter, Jan, Made A Shocking Discovery: As A Young Man Her Father Had Participated In A Lynching. As She Attempts To Uncover The Truth About What Happened, Jan Learns That This Specific Lynching Was Iconic In American History.

Birdfeeder
Directed By Daniel Feighery-11.5 Minutes.
This Documentary Is Not Just About Birds; It's A Visual And Emotional Exploration Of The Human Connection To The Urban Wild, The Challenges Faced In A Time Of Hardship, And The Profound Impact Of The Natural World On The Human Soul.

It's For You: Ephemeral Art and The Death Of The Public Phone
Directed By Ryan Steven Green-29 Minutes.
A Disparate Group Of Los Angeles Street Artists Give New Life To The Dwindling Remnants Of The City's Public Payphones By Repurposing Them As Canvases For Unique Expressions Of A Moment In Time.

Bobby Up The Block
Directed By Phil Garrison-17 Minutes
Everybody Has A Story. Bobby Just Happens To Have Lots Of Them!

A Man Who Knits
Directed By Ian Powell-6 Minutes.
Avid Male Knitting Enthusiast Gene Throwe Keeps The Spirit Of His Late Grandmother Alive, Overcoming Gender Stereotypes And Finding Purpose And Deep Connection Within The Seemingly Mundane Practice Of Needlework.

Magic John: America's Pharoah
Directed By Heath Daniels-16 Minutes.
As A Black Child Growing Up In Segregated Alabama In 1964, Sammy Lee Hendrix Was Overwhelmed With Emotion When He Saw Sidney Poitier Win An Academy Award For Lilies Of The Field. The Film Inspired Him To Dream Of Becoming A Hollywood Filmmaker. Thirty-Five Years Of Living On The Streets Of Los Angeles Has Not Deterred Sammy's Dream.

Those Next To Us
Directed By Bernhard Hetzenauer-30 Minutes.
In Breathtaking Words, The Mexican Germán López Rosales Describes His Experiences Of A Human Smuggling Operation From The Us Border Town Of Laredo To San Antonio, Texas. Locked Up Inside The Cargo Area Of A Tractor-Trailer, 10 Of The 39 Migrants Died That Day Due To The Intense Heat And Lack Of Water.

6:15 pm: Sweet Dreams - Directed by Ena Sendijarevic

Tumultuous events triggered by the death of a Dutch sugar plantation owner who ends up leaving his Indian Ocean island estate to his young illegitimate son - the child of his Indonesian housemaid. Winner, nine film festival awards. Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer - 100%