OUTCAST SHORTS Presented Free by Fidelty Bank & Evergy

Name: OUTCAST SHORTS Presented Free by Fidelty Bank & Evergy
Start: 2024-10-25T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Wichita Advanced Learning Library

Schedule

Fri Oct 25 2024 at 02:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Wichita Advanced Learning Library | Wichita, KS

Chispa
At a shopping mall, an electrician meets an ornery security guard who is skeptical of her capabilities. She brushes him off and gets to work repairing a junction box. Suddenly, she experiences a peculiar shock of electricity, knocking her unconscious.
When she awakes, she is possessed to dance throughout the mall. But not all is as it seems, as the security guard discovers there's a creature lurking on the premises.
Cut Me If You Can
Stuck in the loop of a horror B-movie, a hyper-sexualized black female character decides to reject her fate and rebel against the script. Along with her boyfriend, token black guy who always dies first, they throw the entire movie off course. They try to outwit the serial killer and escape in order to break free... but the film has other plans
Deep in My Heart is a Song
An aging country musician who’s struggling to make ends meet receives an offer for an unusual private gig. Based on the life of cowboy singer Johnny Bencomo, who plays himself in the film.
Ikigai
Based on and inspired by true events, “Ikigai” follows 9-year-old Mayumi as she tries to find balance in her Japanese identity and American nationality. Hanako, her mother who celebrates their culture through Nihon Buyo (Japanese dance), sees Mayumi’s new school as an opportunity to share their culture with the white students. When Mayumi is assigned a show-and-tell presentation, she takes it as a chance to prove to her classmates that she is not that different from them. But, that plan is soon ruined when Hanako unexpectedly shows up and teaches the class a Japanese dance, embarrassing and exposing Mayumi’s cultural background. After coming home ashamed of her mother and Japanese identity, Mayumi receives guidance from her parents that motivates her to return to school and redo her show and tell in a way that would make her ancestors proud.
The Astronaut Who Lost His Helmet
As twelve year old Tay slips between the waking and spirit worlds, his family works to ease his suffering. While his loved ones celebrate his life, we're reminded of the power of community. Drawing on Southern Black traditions this film carves a path through grief with tenderness, love and hope.
Ultraveloci
Dodo, a 50-year-old man suffering from a form of partial paralysis that limits his motor skills, finds himself alone for the first time having to defend the family workshop.

WEGEN HEGEL
Philosophy student Ping just moved to Germany, when caught in the lockdown. Through online dating he matches Max, who invites him on a "social distance hookup". But when it's about to get spicy, a certain philosophy book ruins their plans.