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Short and Sweet! (40 Minutes or Less)
Don't have time for a full length film? SnagFilms is proud to present its library of short-form documentaries. Our rapidly growing collection of true stories includes: Haikus of the Heart, a look at one of the funniest jobs in journalism, editing the Personals column of the London Review of Books; and, Ahmed Zahir, the mysterious death of the "Elvis of Afghanistan" plus much more!
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Interpretation
A romantic couple's brief encounter with a few philosophical thugs unfolds in an unusual way and no one will be the same
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Asparagus
Introverted and cerebral, Dekard is an agricultural engineer who monitors a regimented greenhouse laboratory that produces hybrid asparagus
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Purple Heart's Final Beat
This short film reveals the struggles veterans face when returning home from the war and the horrifying choice that countless veterans make every month
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A Magical Cartoon Christmas
Join Jack Frost, Grampy, and other friends for nine seasonal shorts to fill your family with a very animated Christmas spirit, including Snow Foolin’ (which features “Jingle Bells”)
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Clicker Clatter
One man's not-so-epic voyage through a television wasteland
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Long Story Short
While bombing at an improv comedy audition, diminutive and self-loathing Fisher falls hard for Georgia, a charming and statuesque free spirit
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Sweetness and Art
For fine cuisine, where is the line between food as mere sustenance and as fine art?
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God's Pub
A preacher thinks he has the path to heaven all figured out, until he stumbles into God's Pub
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After the Gas Rush (Part 1)
After The Gas Rush is a unique look at the grassroots movement opposing the expansion of the Marcellus Shale industry in Pennsylvania
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After the Gas Rush (Part 2)
In Part 2 of After the Gas Rush, viewers get a rare behind the scenes look at industry efforts to reuse millions of gallons of toxic waste water used to frack gas wells in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region
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The Brass Ring
In Albany, Oregon, a group of skilled volunteers come together to build a traditional carousel for their community
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HIV: DC
HIV: USA is a nationwide creative writing and documentary film project that features participants living with HIV/AIDS
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Left in Baghdad
An American soldier returns from Iraq without his left arm and adapts to life with new physical challenges
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Un Chien Andalou
UN CHIEN ANDALOU consists of sixteen minutes of bizarre and surreal images that may or may not mean anything
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Plastic Bag
A forlorn plastic bag (voiced by Werner Herzog) struggles with its immortality
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I Lost My Daughter on Mothe...
Samantha Guzman was shot and killed on Mother's Day just before her high school graduation
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My Camera's My Gun Now
Ronald lost 35 friends and relatives to gun violence; once he put down the gun and picked up a camera, everything changed
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Message From Red Hook
Shaina Harrison gives us a tour of the neighborhood where she grew up: Red Hook, Brooklyn
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There's Nothing Bad In Thes...
Salim Hylton's friends visit the housing project where he was shot and killed in Washington, D.C.
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Burying Your Friends
A short documentary about how gun violence has affected a group of young people
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Annette's Story
A short documentary about how it feels to lose a child to gun violence
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HIV: NYC
HIV: USA is a nationwide creative writing and documentary film project that features participants living with HIV/AIDS
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Jobs For Rent
The emotional and financial journeys of several 20-somethings intertwine as they set about establishing their careers
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Old School New School
A school for creativity? Filmmaker Steven Fischer's personal study on the nature of creativity
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Sugar
Day in the life of Sugar Vendil: young, classical pianist trying to share her passion for classical music with a reluctant world
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My Son Thain
Witness how the struggles of autism affect the lives of a mother and her son as she attempts to provide him with a normal life
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Lines of Communication
Animator Angela Steffen discusses the creation of her art and the short movie "Lebensader"
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Into the Sea
This history of the Oregon Coast tells us the dream of building on beach front property can become a nightmare
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Friendship Cup
International students at Lindenwood University compete in a soccer tournament, slightly ironically called the "Friendship Cup"
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Building a Dream: Amelia's ...
Three women make a break for the road in a band called Amelia's Mechanics from Greensboro, NC
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Awful Grace
Return to an interracial rally where Robert Kennedy calls for ceasefire as he states that Martin Luther King Jr. has been killed
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Heartland Transport
Seventeen gay and lesbian couples define marriage equality and take a chartered bus from St. Louis to Iowa to be legally married
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Heavy Metal Parking Lot Alu...
The producers of Heavy Metal Parking Lot track down and interview several "parking lot alumni" in the new millenium
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Expedition Blue Planet - De...
The Expedition Blue Planet team explore the impacts of a broken river and disappearing wetlands
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Soldiers Pay
From director David O. Russell comes a controversial documentary chronicling the soldier's struggle with the current war in Iraq
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Uninsured in the Mississipp...
Inhabitants of the Mississippi Delta grapple daily with an impossible dilemma: food or medicine
