Doc Shorts: Method M

Doc Shorts: Method M

77 minutes

A sampler of films from students in the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the Missouri School of Journalism, which applies the “Missouri Method” approach to the hands-on teaching of journalism to the field of documentaries.

37-64-97

16 minutes
English
Bailey Synclaire
2019

An archival documentary about the multi-generational relationship between three women: the filmmaker, her grandmother (who recorded much of her grandkids' childhoods on video), and her mother.

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Horsegirl

22 minutes
English
Olivia Jacobson
2019

Courtney Sims has always had a soft spot for troubled horses, so working at a horse-rescue ranch is a dream come true.

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Jack (and Joe)

16 minutes
English
Jane Arnot
2019

A moving profile of a nonverbal autistic young man, Jack, with emotionally frank narration by his twin brother, Joe.

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Qualm & Quietus

22 minutes
English
Phoebe Lyn Mussman
2019

A profile of Hekate-worshiping witch Kerry Lynn, whose life is haunted by the ever-multiplying deaths of loved ones.

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With “37-64-97” director Bailey Synclaire; "Horsegirl" director Olivia Jacobson and subject Courtney Sims; “Jack (and Joe)” director Jane Arnot; "Qualm & Quietus" director Phoebe Mussman and subject Kerry Lynn Kasten-Easter; and Stacey Woelfel, director of the University of Missouri's Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism.