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Dallas Film SocietyThe Dallas Film Society presents a series of international short films.
Screen shots from (left to right): Poetry of Exactitude, Warrior Queen, Trece Anos Warrior Queen Director: Hezekiah Lewis, 2008 Ghana/USA The story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa, a legendary African queen who led the Ashanti Kingdom to war against their British occupiers to protect the Sika Dwa, a golden stool revered as a gift from heaven. Windowbreaker Director: Tze Chun, 2006 USA When a string of break-ins occurs in a racially mixed suburb, residents are abuzz as to who is responsible. Les Vulnerables Director: Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, 2007 Congo/USA A border crossing becomes one young man's rite of passage. Trece Anos Director: Topaz Adizes 2009 USA/Cuba A young man returns home to his family in Cuba for the first time in 13 years and experiences a divide greater than physical distance. Tony Zear Director: Valentin Potier, 2007 France Tony has very big ears and suffers from an extreme sensitivity to the slightest noise. Looking for love, he collects failures with women who reject his difference. His life has become a nightmare. Poetry of Exactitude Director: Alan Govenar, 2008 USA Lucien Mouchet has been making small-scale reproductions of carrousels and fairground scenes since 1946. Danzak Director: Gabriela Yepes, 2008 Peru/USA The life of a 10-year old girl, Nina, changes dramatically when her father and Master Dancer asks her to fulfill his last wish. Aston's Stones Director: Lotta Gefenblad, Uzi Geffenblad, 2008 Sweden Aston finds stones on his way home. He feels sorry for them. They are lonely, bored and frozen, so he picks them up and takes care of them.
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