32ND ANNUAL CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL
presents
Azawakh Shorts
FRI · NOVEMBER 20 · 2026 · 10:00 AM · THALIAN MAIN
Azawakh Shorts
Friday / 10:00 AM | Thalian Main
Sunday / 4:15 PM / Jengo’s Playhouse
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Our Songs: By Way of Revolution
Director: Alex J. Bledsoe / 17:39
Travel through the brushstrokes of interdisciplinary artist Helina Metaferia to meet four Global Majority femmes, including Nikole Hannah-Jones, using their gifts in service of liberation. The film’s poetic vignettes and live performances, from New York to San Francisco, exemplify the care and creativity that define our cycles of survival across time — and invite viewers to join this living struggle.
Last Name Chang
Director: Miranda Karina / 12:48
Last Name Chang is a short documentary exploring the nuanced complexities of growing up multiracial in America. Through interviews with her sisters, filmmaker Miranda Chang, invites the audience to contemplate the experience of feeling like you are apart of so much without being enough of anything.
Like Father
Director: Jared Callahan / 7:26
A poignant look at the work of renowned children's author Richard Scarry as his son carries on the family legacy.
Not Much Has Changed
Director: Max Zampieri / 15:16
Former child farmworker Yesenia takes us on an intimate journey through the overlooked world of immigrant and child labor in North Carolina and America's agriculture. As she fights for the rights and well-being of farmworkers, the film challenges viewers to confront the uncomfortable truths about the food on their tables. Through a blend of personal narrative, intimate interviews, cultural exploration, and archival footage, the film sparks essential conversations about labor, dignity, and systemic inequity, inviting audiences to see the world through a Latinx perspective while emphasizing that, despite progress, not much has changed.
The Making of Taylor Square
Director: Carolina Josey Karoki / 24:47
Guided by Gullah Geechee storyteller Sistah Patt Gunn, a diverse coalition has spent years battling to rename a historic Savannah square— once honoring pro-slavery advocate John C. Calhoun — in honor of Susie King Taylor, a Civil War nurse and formerly enslaved woman. The renaming marks the first time the city bears a square named after a woman and an African American, despite barriers and opposition. The film chronicles a community’s resilience and determination to reclaim history.
