2000
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Many people want to help those who are less fortunate, but how many would take a person off the streets and into their own home? Jonathan (Kevin Corrigan) is a lonely Manhattan yuppie with a deep-seated liberal guilt about being a child of privilege. When one day he spots a prostitute who he believes to be the daughter of a maid his father had mistreated, he decides to take her in and teach her the skills necessary to join the work force. However, Roberta is no Julia Roberts hooker with a heart of gold, but a woman with a deep cynicism and an unfeeling spirit.
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When Bobby Lang arrives in L.A., luck seems to be on his side. He lands a gig at the local blues club, starts a relationship with the pretty bartender, and finds a day job as a landscaper with his new music buddies, The Funk Brothers. Now all he needs is a place to stay. Well, luck can't always be on his side. When Bobby rents a room from Faye and Albert, his new life in California starts to fall apart. Poor Albert never leaves his room, partly because he's paralyzed and partly because his wife, Faye, won't let him.
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New Year's Eve 1999. When a group of "friends" get together. When Jack invites a few close friends to a millennium party in the desert, he can't really anticipate what the chemistry and old history between them will produce. All of the guests are struggling (mostly unsuccessfully) L.A. actors who are slowly coming to terms with their situations. Ambition, failure, and lost loves have forced them to assess their lives and futures. As the eve of the new millennium progresses, old feuds and brutally frank words threaten to disrupt the party.
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John Shed works the salt ponds and lives an isolated life with his girlfriend and his classic jazz, avoiding the demons of his past. It is not until his Amerasian daughter, Minh, comes to America, looking for her father and a new life away from the refugee camp, that his life takes an unexpected downward spiral. Minh wants only to learn about her unknown past and moves in with Shed and his girlfriend. Soon, Shed's world begins to crumble as he falls victim to the ghosts he has tried for years to forget.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.
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Each year Cinequest has the privilege of watching many of the most exciting films from directors right in our own backyard. This year proved to have a record number of short films, with over forty, submitted from Bay Area artists, making it difficult but always rewarding to pick our favorites. This year's Bay Area Shorts series offers an eclectic mix of genres and stories from documentary to narrative and even the experimental--each using a particular style of its own while always maintaining a high level of artistic achievement.