Three Songs

Doc Shorts: International Politics

115 minutes 5 Films

Shorts that examine the impact of the most significant current events facing our modern world.
In this program
Digging for Life

Digging for Life

Directed by
Joao Queiroga
Angola
Cameroon
2020
14 minutes
English
When a young Cameroonian man attempts to pursue the dream of a better life in post-apartheid South Africa, he instead finds himself trapped as a slave in Angola.
Faraway

Faraway

Directed by
Aziz Zoromba
Canada
2020
18 minutes
Arabic, English & French
After being estranged from his family for his homosexuality, a young Arab man navigates his solitude while attempting to reconnect with his mother.
Generation 94

Generation 94

Directed by
Gemma Capdevila
Rwanda
Spain
2021
21 minutes
English & Kinyarwanda
A quarter-century after the Rwandan genocide took nearly a million lives, the orphans left behind have become the symbol of the country's reconstruction.
Hunger Ward

Hunger Ward

Directed by
Skye Fitzgerald
U.S.
Yemen
2020
40 minutes
Arabic & English
Two women healthcare workers fight to thwart the spread of starvation against the backdrop of a forgotten war in Yemen.
Three Songs

Three Songs for Benazir

Directed by
Elizabeth Mirzaei & Gulistan Mirzaei
Afghanistan
U.S.
2021
22 minutes
Persian
Shaista, newly married to Benazir and living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul, struggles to balance his dreams of being the first from his tribe to join the Afghan National Army with the responsibilities of starting a family.