Local Shorts at the Drexel
The Local Shorts at the Drexel block includes the following films:
- Cycle Breakers (Joshua Heath Clark, Mike Kash)
- Bodywork (Jack Beckett Cohen)
- Finding Eclosion (Déja Russell)
- You’ll Never Be My First Kiss (Payton Burkhammer)
- Supper (Jon Osbeck)
This screening will be accompanied by a post-show Q&A with Joshua Heath Clark, Jack Beckett Cohen, Déja Russell, Payton Burkhammer, and Jon Osbeck, led by WCBE’s Johnny DiLoretto.
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Director: Joshua Heath Clark
Runtime: 35 min
A story of a family’s generational trauma and how it uses motorcycle riding as a coping mechanism across generations.
Director: Jack Beckett Cohen
Runtime: 18 min
A theater actor with crippling body image insecurities must face his greatest fears when he is asked to perform nude on stage in his dream role.
Director: Déja Russell
Runtime: 14 min
Vanesia Simmons, a young black woman, finds herself trapped in a mysterious space when her apartment hunting doesn’t go as planned. To escape, she must find the key to “Eclosion,” a magical garden that will send her home. When finding the key doesn’t prove as easily as thought, she is forced to address the monsters inside.
Director: Payton Burkhammer
Runtime: 10 min
Anxious about her upcoming date, Gabi enlists the help of her best friend, Matt, to teach her how to have the perfect first kiss.
Director: Jon Osbeck
Runtime: 12 min
Two mob hitmen, one retired, one still on the job, meet for supper.
