Empty Skies
Wenting Deng Fisher
Luke Charles Fisher
United States, 2019, 19 min.
In Chinese with English subtitles.
This film is family friendly.
A boy and his new friend hunt their village's last sparrow for a reward to save his sick Grandma during Communist China's Great Leap Forward (1958-1961).
Category: Drama.
Themes: World Cinema, Youth, Culture.
Monday, April 15
The Screening Room
8:00pm
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