SHORT LIST SHORTS: SIDELINED + MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES

This program presents two films appearing in our Short List: Shorts section recognizing some of the top documentary shorts films of the year.

SIDELINED
DIR: Galen Summer
In 1978, inspired by the popularity of NFL cheerleaders, Playboy organized a pictorial feature approved by team management happy for the media exposure. But when the resulting pictures set off a critical backlash, cheerleaders were fired, exposing society’s hypocrisy around female sexuality. Courtesy of A&E IndieFilms/Lifetime Films.

MY DEAD DAD’S PORNO TAPES
DIR: Charlie Tyrell
Following the death of his emotionally distant father, filmmaker Charlie Tyrell seeks to better understand him through the personal belongings he left behind… including a stack of dirty VHS tapes. Courtesy of New York Times Op-Docs.