Virginia Film Festival 2018: American Dreamer
Derrick Borte (left) and Sean McCord A former computer programmer, Cam (Jim Gaffigan) is now struggling to make ends meet as a personal chauffeur to low-level drug dealer Mazz. Having…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Jason and Shirley
Sean McCord (left) with Stephen Winter In response to Shirley Clarke's 1967 Portrait of Jason, filmmaker Stephen Winter offers an imaginative look into the making of the documentary. Based on…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: 16 Bars
Sean McCord (left) with Sam Bathrick and Adam Barton. Following three inmates at the city jail in Richmond, Virginia, 16 Bars offers a glimpse at a unique rehabilitation program that…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Know Your Neighbor
Sean McCord (center) with Abel Okugawa and Aaron Farrington Highlighting the essence of nine locals who proudly call Charlottesville their home, Know Your Neighbor offers insight into the lives of…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Karenina and I
Sean McCord with Director Tommaso Mottola and actor/producer Gorild Mauseth When Norwegian actor Gorild Mauseth receives an offer from the Primorsky Regional Drama Theater in Russia to play Anna Karenina,…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Another Slave Narrative
Sean McCord and Michelle Jackson As part of President Roosevelt's New Deal in 1936-1938, the Federal Writers' Project interviewed more than 2,300 former slaves to gain first-hand accounts of slave…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Rich Kids
Matias is a bright teenager whose family struggles with harsh financial troubles. When he discovers "Los Ricos", a wealthy family, are out of town, Matias breaks into their mansion where…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Dance of Amal
Forced to leave her home, Amal tells her story through oriental dance. Portraying her experiences through motion, her only amal, or "hope" in Arabic, is that someone in the audience…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Lamb and Women in Film
In the wake of the one year anniversary of the #metoo movement, the Virginia Film Festival hosted a panel on Women in Film, a discussion of the opportunities and continuing…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Circles
After being displaced by Hurricane Katrina, Eric Butler moves to Oakland, California, in an impassioned effort to mentor troubled minority youth. The documentary reveals Eric's no-nonsense approach to counseling for…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Spider Mites of Jesus: The Dirtwoman Documentary
When Donnie "Dirtwoman" Corker passed away in 2017, the city of Richmond, Virginia, lost one of its most well-known personalities. A cross-dressing entertainer and a voice of the counterculture movement,…[...]
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Virginia Film Festival 2018: Best of Film at George Mason University
Best of Film at Mason returns for a fourth year to present a selection of recent notable and award-winning films from students in the Film and Video Studies Program at…[...]
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