BOB’S KNEE
Mike Attie
USA, 2007, 4 minutes
You cannot appreciate the mechanics of a human body until you try to build one. Bob’s knee injury motivates him to construct a model knee, and the process leaves him humbled by the intricate form and function of our moving parts.

BREADMAKERS
Yasmin Fedda
Scotland, 2007, 10 minutes  
Small-scale breadmaking is an inherently beautiful craft, and in BREADMAKERS it is also a fruitful enterprise for the developmentally disabled. With quiet certitude, this small group finds purpose in routines and dignity in labor.

NOT SACKS
Fiona Collins
United Kingdom, 2007, 10 minutes
Real men do embroider. In a Southwest London prison, a group of convicts learn quilt-making. These disparate men find unexpected solace in the newfound hobby, which gives them something tangible to look forward to and takes their minds off the day-to-day monotony of prison life.

SELF-PORTRAIT WITH COWS GOING HOME AND OTHER WORKS: A PORTRAIT OF SYLVIA PLACHY
Rebecca Dreyfus
USA, 2008, 11 minutes
Peering into an artist’s mind can reveal a treasure trove of motivations and insights. SELF-PORTRAIT captures refreshingly informal and personal moments with renowned photographer Sylvia Plachy.

THE TAILOR
Oscar Perez
Spain, 2007, 32 minutes
In one Pakistani tailor’s cramped store in Barcelona, the customer is always wrong. This brief meditation on a man of incredibly ill temperament brings to mind every belligerent personality you have ever battled fruitlessly. It also offers the slightest glimpse of humanity hiding within an exploitative curmudgeon.

YOU CANNOT HIDE FROM ALLAH
Peter Lom
Pakistan, 2007, 13 minutes
After driving a taxi in Washington, DC for 20 years, Pakistani immigrant Ihsan Khan hit a $54 million lottery jackpot—so he returned to his home village and became the mayor. Kahn now faces a litany of complaints and must fight the perception that his money will solve all of the town’s problems.