VC Connect #14: Decisive Moments

Welcome to VC CONNECT, an online destination through which just some of the hundreds of films and media productions created by Visual Communications can be found for your enjoyment. Featured films include some of our VC Classics, as well as films made in the Digital Histories production program for older adults and the Armed With a Camera Fellowship for Emerging Artists. Each week, we’ll roll out a new batch, specially themed for our audience’s diverse cinematic palate. Click here to watch the complete showcase.

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Decisive Moments

At some point in everyone’s lives, the “moment of truth” arrives that can change lives or personal perspectives. It’s up to us — and us alone — to make those key decisions, and hope that we make the right choices.

Thank you to the following sponsors for their ongoing support of the Armed With a Camera Fellowship: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Final Draft, Flash Cuts, Los Angeles County Department of Arts & Culture, SAGindie, Sony Pictures Entertainment, West One Music Group, and Writers Guild of America West.

Thank you to the following sponsors for their ongoing support of the Digital Histories program: Sony Pictures Entertainment, West One Music Group, Keiro, Union Bank, and Aratani Foundation.

Funding for VC CONNECT has been provided by California Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020.

THE ALL AMERICAN (2011) by Everett Lee-Sung
During WWII, a young private questions what it means to be courageous when he encounters a fallen soldier.

BLEACH (2002) by Neight Gee Tang
A conscientious deed in a Chinese-owned dry cleaner brings out the contrasting habits of father and son.

IT AIN’T HEAVEN, BUT CLOSE ‘NUFF (2016) by Michi Tanioka
When the filmmaker leaves her home of over 45 years to move into a retirement home, she finds a special sacredness in this new community.

KINDNESS IS CONTAGIOUS GIVING IS AN ADDICTION (2018) by Tracy Quan-Nichols
After volunteering to make costumes for her son’s school theatre production, the filmmaker learns that it is never too late to give.

PASSAGES (2005) by Ted Chung
On her brother's wedding day, Hannah witnesses something that changes her view of the world forever.

TEGAMI: THE LETTER (2013) by Christy Ishimine, Arlene Maala, David Osako
An office worker finds a letter that leads him on a mysterious journey.

UNMENTIONABLES (2012) by Michael Shu
A young man travels through time and is faced with the choice of changing the past for the better.