In this group of short works, graduate student filmmakers from UC Berkeley's Rhetoric Department and Graduate School of Journalism focus on the path from childhood to adulthood as their subjects cross boundaries literal and figurative, cultural and psychological. Some construct their observations in a conventional documentary style, while others take a more experimental, imagistic approach. Regardless of form, the contents are riveting. Michelle Dizon's My Child (27 mins) is a personal and ethnographic look at the Philippines through the eyes of children. Kimberlee Bassford's Cheerleader (24 mins) examines the dynamics of belonging and competition from both child and adult perspectives. Vanessa Kaneshiro's Talk to Me (26 mins) is a compelling examination of autistic children, while Annelise Wunderlich's Crystal Harvest (25 mins) is a compassionate look at addiction.

Curated by Kenneth B. Pearce, Film Studies Program, and Kathy Maloney, Department of Anthropology.