THE CLEARING U.S.A. Independent Cinema - Shorts

Florida filmmaker Kenneth Brian Jones brings us The Clearing in which a boy becomes entranced by a traveling storyteller seeking an heir to his legacy In Daresha Kyi’s Land Where My Fathers Died, a young couple find a common bond when they confront painful memories during a family reunion. No Reply, by Malia Karrell and Preston A. Whitmore II, takes us to a Detroit jazz joint where a returning W.W. II hero unexpectedly finds himself in a very tense situation. Marco Williams tells the story of two jazz musicians whose friendship is torn apart during the 1965 Watts riots in Without A Pass. -Pearl Fisher