Indie Memphis 2008

Jim is an average guy who has his average life interrupted when he finds himself on the wrong end of a good old-fashioned beat down. As he walks back through his memories of the previous weeks, he discovers the cause, and asks the question 'Was it worth it?'

DRAGGERS & RIP SPOTS shows moments in the distant, yet interconnected lives of three protagonists in the bleak, Midwestern post-industrial landscape.

A whimsical jaunt through the world of bubblewrap.

Atieh’s singular passion is food, and her small but popular restaurant on the sleepy Caspian coast is her pride and joy. But when Aziz, her former fiancé, appears after a twenty-year absence, the women believe he has intentions of closing the restaurant, so Atieh prepares his favorite dishes, one after the other, in a desperate effort to convince him otherwise. Loosely based on the Persian fable of Shahrazad and the Thousand Myths (A Thousand and One Nights), director Ali Raffi uses the language of food to paint a richly textured portrait of life and love on the northern coast of Iran. About the Director: Ali Raffi was born in Isfahan, Iran in 1938. He holds B.A. and M.A. degrees in Sociology, and B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Dramatic Arts from the Sorbonne University. He also holds a Higher Diploma in Film and Stage Direction from the International Theater University in France, and a Diploma of Acting from Charles Dulain in France. He was the head of the City Theater in Tehran from 1975 to 1978, the dean of the Dramatic College from 1977 to 1980, and currently teaches at Tehran University. He has staged numerous theater productions, and has experience as a performer in multiple films and TV programs. The Fish Fall In Love is his first feature film. Global Lens is sponsored by Dorothy Kirsch.

Brenda, a suburban teenager and oldest of three children, struggles with a neglectful and abusive home environment. FRAYED highlights the secret nature of abuse and the ability of people to ignore the blatant signs of domestic violence in a suburban environment. Inspired by one woman’s trials and tribulations as a child in the foster system.

For eight consecutive years, Winnipeg, Manitoba, the coldest city on earth with a population greater than 600,000, has been crowned "Slurpee Capital of the World" by 7-Eleven for consuming more Slurpees than anywhere else on the globe. Welcome to the Frozen City!

U.S. PREMIERE It has been over 60 years since New York City bluesman, Floyd Lee, left the hill country of Mississippi and with his exodus he turned his back on a troubled childhood and a harsh life in the cotton fields. Abandoned by a mother he never knew, Floyd still wrestles with unanswered questions to his mysterious and painful past. Now at the age of 73, Floyd and his band embark on a deeply personal journey back home to Mississippi to reconnect with the family he left behind and search for the family he never knew. Along the way they are forced to deal with a tragedy that will change their lives forever.

Lisa's job at the funeral home gets in the way of her dream of joining the Vegas lounge act The Llama Sisters. A Cinderella story of sorts.