We know living in the South isn’t all biscuits and gravy — it can be challenging, painful, even scary.  In this collection of seven short films we join Southerners who know how to meet those challenges with grit, hope, and a good sense of humor. In a post-apocalyptic landscape, a former baseball pitcher must decide if she can truly survive without relying on others. In Mississippi, a child’s experience with corporal punishment in schools makes a mother renegotiate her role as a disciplinarian and a protector. In an alternate reality, an act of violence leaves a woman with the ability to communicate with ghosts who just want peace, and a little whisky, and maybe something more . . . . You will leave this block with a renewed respect for the way we Southerners know how to laugh, cry, and ultimately, persevere through all our hardships. 

Films in this block: 
Funny Face (15:00) 
Lungs (11:17) 
The Bicycle Thief (1:34)
Rear (20:22) 
Half Sisters (13:36) 
Work (13:00) 
Lily’s Mirror (17:14) 

Viewer Warnings: depiction of corporal punishment in school, blood, violence, drug use (marijuana), language, sexual content, nudity