Sunscreen Film Festival West's 2014 Official Selections
Documentary Shorts Block #1
"Under Ground" (dir. Sha Huang) -- Under Ground tells the story of two Chinese girls who are trying to survive and create a life together in New York City. Xuan is a talented young musician who dreams of making it big and touring the world as an indie-rock star. Her desire is not only driven by her love of music, however, but also by her need to tell her family about her relationship.
"A Broadway Lullaby" (dir. Jodi Glucksman) -- Broadway Lullaby provides an inside look at the creation of Over the Moon: The Broadway Lullaby Project, a timeless benefit effort and a uniquely compelling, multimedia experience. The ambitious project gathers many of contemporary musical theatre's greatest composers and vocalists, as well as illustrators, all of whom donated their talent to deliver an emotionally affecting set of new lullabies, some written specifically for this project. Through interviews and rare, behind-the-scenes footage, Peabody and Emmy Award-winning documentarian Barbara Rick and Out of the Blue Films, Inc. chronicle the inspiration, rehearsals, recording sessions and artistic processes of many of Broadway's brightest stars, world-renowned jazz musicians and our most-loved illustrators -- all united to combat breast cancer through the comfort and beauty of music and art.
"Downton by Lamplight" (dir. Matthew C.Callahan) -- Discover San Francisco's Gilbert & Sullivan jewel in this amusing short about Lamplighters Music Theatre and their annual satirical send up, this year of Downton Abbey. Join host and stage director Phil Lowery and the rest of the assorted nuts of the Lamplighter Family as they prepare, practice and perform their way to a $48,000 payoff.