Shorts 1: Strangers No More, Sun Come Up, The Warriors of Qiugang

Strangers No More
39 min.
Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

For most children, going to school is as simple as going around the block. For others, it’s the end of a long and dangerous journey. In the heart of Tel Aviv, they find refuge at an exceptional school where children from forty-eight countries and of many religions come together to learn in peace. Having fled poverty, political adversity and even genocide, the students struggle to forget the past.

Sun Come Up
39 min. 
Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

Sun Come Up follows the relocation of some of the world's first environmental refugees, the Carteret Islanders - a community living on a remote island chain in the South Pacific Ocean. When rising seas threaten their survival, the islanders face a painful decision: they must leave their beloved land in search of a new place to call home.

The Warriors of Qiugang 
39 min. 
Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Villagers in central China take on a chemical company that is poisoning their air, water and land. For five years they fight to transform their environment and as they do, they find themselves transformed as well.