After completing his medical training at Harvard, Phillip Burke becomes engaged before leaving to serve in the Army during the Civil War. He is captured early in the war, and as a Confederate prisoner he serves as a surgeon in a southern mansion owned by Josiah Wakefield. Josiah's son Malcolm has married Clarissa Giles and has provided an heir to his family, but he doesn't treathis wife with respect and prefers the comforts of his favorite slave instead. As war rages on, Malcolm leaves to join the fight. When the Union prisoner, Captain Burke, is brought to the Wakefield home hospital as a surgeon, he meets Clarissa. An immediate spark between the two causes Clarissa to insist on staying to help Captain Burke with the wounded soldiers. Although bound to other people on opposite sides of the war, Clarissa and Phillip can't help falling in love.
2015
REIFF 2015
In rural California, pink-haired Michelle Laswell, and her teenage brother, Clay, navigate their stark community in search of a stolen bike. When Clay spots his bike in a neighbors backyard, Michelle breaks in to retrieve it. Back home, Michelle and Clay are bombarded by their neighbors who demand the bike back. Diane (neighbor) reveals the bike was not stolen but sold toher by Michelles mother - done behind Michelle and Clays back. Michelle negotiates to keep the bike. Clay lashes out by trashing their mothers room. Amid the mess, they discover hard drugs and paraphernalia with their mothers possessions.
REIFF 2015
A seemingly unremarkable man spends a day taking a bizarre test at a mysterious facility. Through his day he interacts with the odd, detached employees of the facility, guiding him from section to section, obscuring the intentions or duration of the test.
REIFF 2015
A quiet post-apocalyptic drama, The Woods follows a lone woman struggling to survive in a desolate snowscape, while on a quest to take care of personal business.
REIFF 2015
Our Kentucky River follows our Commonwealths namesake river from its headwaters in the mountains of eastern Kentucky through the historic river town capital of Frankfort and finally to the watersheds confluence with the mighty Ohio River at Carrollton. This 250-mile journey provides a unique look at the historical significance of the watershed and the current problems it faces, while highlighting the many roles that the river continues to play in the lives of Kentuckians as it flows across the state.
REIFF 2015
The Longest Short is about Al Jacobson and his short film that he's been working on for over 36 years. Al's film, Friends and Fast Times, began in the early 70s in suburban Chicago with Al and his friends filming incessantly as young teenagers. Over the next several decades, he began editing the footage together as well as filming new scenes.
This short doc features clips from the film and let's Al explain his compulsive labor of love. The Longest Short is a glimpse into one person's passion and their life captured on film.
REIFF 2015
A random group of people wake up on an Island where they are being hunted down.
REIFF 2015
Death is a taboo subject in American culture. We try not to think about it. People don't like to talk about it. And it's definitely not normal to embrace death. Except for during Halloween, that is. For one month of the year, it is totally ordinary and mainstream to celebrate our fears with cartoonish skeletons, ghouls, ghosts, and zombies. Come November first, it's less socially acceptable to display your rubber dead body props and plastic skull decorations. Coffin Crusin' is about a small club of Carolinians that refuse to conform to cultural norms by not putting away their caskets for the other 11 months of the year.
REIFF 2015
Kelsey has gone her whole life without needing female friends. Now that she's engaged to the man of her dreams, she must confront her fear and awkwardness around women. Due to her innately competitive nature, she vows to make five female friends in time to have bridesmaids for her wedding.
REIFF 2015
A man tests his mettle when he passes through a gauntlet of second-hand artwork.