DOCUMENTED SCREENING PROGRAM: Hold True: Short Films curated by POV

A selection of award-winning short documentaries by independent filmmakers, curated by POV for ACMI and AIDC. These films traverse documentary form and topic, offering perspectives that animate, document, capture and illuminate their participants.

Tessitura
Brit Fryer, Lydia Cornett | 2025 | U.S.A. | 18 min
Tessitura explores the entangled ways that voice, character and gender are continuously reformulated in opera by those who contend with the constraints of the genre.

Your Opinion Please
Marshall Granger | 2025 | U.S.A. | 14 min
Every week between 1997 and 2007, Yellowstone Public Radio aired Your Opinion, Please, an open call for listeners across Montana to pick up the phone and share their views.

My Dudus
Tom Krawczyk | 2022 |  U.S.A. | 8 min
A Polish mother with empty nest syndrome finds and raises a baby squirrel as if it were her own.

Classroom 4 
Eden Wurmfeld | 2025 U.S.A. | 24 min
Inside a prison classroom, college students and incarcerated individuals come together to study the history of crime and punishment in America—sparking unexpected conversations, hard truths, and a deeper understanding of justice and humanity.

 

This very special, free screening will be introduced by Erika Dilday, Executive Director/Executive Producer, American Documentary | POV

 

Ticketing information: Free (bookings required). Tickets can be booked via the ACMI website or in-person at the ACMI ticket desk.

 

Image credit: Classroom 4 (Image courtesy of Lewis & Clark College)

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