Announcing The NHdocs Online Screening Series
A new documentary feature, the second weekend of every month!
NHdocs & IRIS – Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services present:
MISSING IN BROOKS COUNTY
Screening ONLINE Friday, November 13th through Sunday, November 15th, 2020
“It’s the largest cemetery in the United States.“ – Sheriff Benny Martinez on Brooks County, Texas
Just 70 miles north of the Mexican-US border is a haunting place. Stuck between the jurisdiction of border agents, local law enforcement, and cartels, Brooks County, Texas, is a barren landscape designed as a deterrent to illegal crossings. Despite this tactical designation, the municipality lacks the resources to process the remains of thousands of undocumented immigrants and the numbers keep rising. Missing in Brooks County follows the journey of two families who arrive in Brooks County to look for their loved ones and find a mystery that deepens at every turn. A gripping documentary drama, it is also a deeply humane portrait of the human rights workers, law enforcement agents, and activists who come face to face with the life-and-death consequences of a broken system.
NOTE: this screening also includes a Q&A with Missing in Brooks County directors Lisa Molomot and Jeff Bemiss, moderated by Chris George, executive director of IRIS.
Very proud to announce the NHdocs 2020 Award Winning Films
The NHdocs Golden Slice for Best Documentary Feature Film for 2020:
When Liberty Burns from director Dudley Alex
The NHdocs Golden Slice for Best Documentary Short Film for 2020
Fallout Dogs from director Julia Oldham
The NHdocs Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for 2020
Felix The Cat: 100 Years In The Making from director Dan Karlok
The NHdocs Audience Award for Best Documentary Short Film for 2020
Dieorama from director Kevin Staake (tie)
The Volcan Tungurahua Mural Project from director Travis Carbonella (tie)
Student Competition
The Connecticut Quarantine Student Filmmaking Challenge
First Place: Being a Teen…In Quarantine from director Adrian Huq
Second Place: #tiktoktimemachine from director Rhea Sakinah
Third Place: Customers-19 from director Tomas Rodina
Honorable Mention: Quaran-teen from director Vic Pater
The Connecticut College Student Short Documentary Competition
First Place: Why We Fly from director Allie Marsh
Second Place: Gen Z! from director Joji Baratelli
Third Place: I’m Just Five: A COVID-19 Story from director Cameron Adams
The Connecticut High School & Middle School Student Short Documentary Competition
First Place: Hackers: The Misfit Superheroes from director Ethan Wilk
Second Place: Every Drop Counts from director Alexander Colman
Third Place: Intersect New Haven from director Kaylen Yun
Please enjoy our 2020 trailer…
