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DisOrient 2007: Shorts A 'Politically Incorrect--Murder & Mayhem'

SHORTS PROGRAM A: POLITICALLY INCORRECT - MURDER AND MAYHEM
A showcase of compelling shorts examining the darker side of humanity.

Filmmakers in attendance.

DRY CLEAN ONLY
USA | 6:18 | 2006 | Drama/Narrative | J.P. Chan
A clerk at a dry cleaner is visited by a couple with a secret, leaving him with one of his own.

OF KIN AND KIND
USA | 13:22 | 2007 | Documentary | Iris K. Shim
Tells the story of Andrew Suh, who at the age of 19 was convinced by his older sister Catherine to shoot and kill her fiance, Rober O'Dubaine. The film explores the unique history behind the Suh family, and the tragic events within this family that led to the murder.

OFFICER TSUKAMOTO
USA | 26:30 | 2006 | Documentary | Ling Liu
Examines the 1970 unsolved murder of one of the first Asian-American police officers in the country - a crime that captured the racial and political complexity of one of America's most turbulent eras.

LATENT SORROW
USA | 3:30 | 2005 | Experimental | Shon Kim
In this experimental animation, moving painting reaches a coexistent point where abstract and figure are equally fused.

ABDUL
USA | 8:13 | 2006 | Drama/Narrative | Alejandro Sugich
Three different people find that they have one thing in common.

DAO
USA | 25:09 | 2006 | Drama/Narrative | Jay Hubert
This immaculately shot short film juxtaposes beautiful landscapes in Hawai'i with the gritty underbelly of the drug trade on the islands. Trapped in an abusive relationship with her distant cousin Lin and pregnant by him, Xiao Xue, a young Chinese woman, spends her days in fear and misery. However, a chance encounter with a young, local girl who is neglected by her father provides Xiao Xue with the courage to remove herself from under Lin's dominion in a surprising way.