Watch carefully... A family comes together and falls apart... Elvis meets a president... Samosas are made... An adopted son searches for his birth parents... Speed holds court... A murder? A mercy killing?... A photographer finds purpose in six city blocks... The artist confronts the audience. These eight films push and pull at the boundaries of nonfiction and find new ways to tell old stories. Includes: The Tower (Quirine Racké and Helena Muskens, 15 min); The King and Dick (dir. Scott Calonico, 7 min.); A Love Supreme (dir. Nilesh Patel, 10 min.); Light of Other Days (dir. Sean U'ren, 6 min.); Live from Shiva's Dance Floor (dir. Richard Linklater, 21 min.); 9 is a Secret (dir. Vanessa Renwick, 6 min); Milton Rogovin: The Forgotten Ones (dir. Harvey Wang, 12 min.); La Tombola (dir. Ximena Cuevas, 2001, 7 min.). (DW)

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