Short and Sweet: Five Shorts for Kids

TrumanDirected by Howard McCain (15 mins.)Like/DislikeDirected by Chris Boebel (18 mins.)Fat MonroeDirected by Andrew Garrison (14 mins.)Cooking Tandoori ChickenDirected by Lane Janger (12 mins.)Best OfferDirected by Lisa Kreuger (28 mins.)TRUMAN is a contemporary fable about a boy and his battle with the school gym rope. Everybody can climb to the top except for Truman, and his classmates are getting a little impatient! In LIKE/ DISLIKE, a young girl has to write a paper for school, a paper like so many others. But when her family gets involved, it ends. up as a hilarious tale about their recent move. When a young boy gets a ride home in a truck, he's surprised to find that the driver knows his family. But why is he saying all those mean things about them? FAT MONROE stars Ned Beatty, and has a delightful southern drawl. COOKING TANDOORI CHICKEN is a story about a boy and a bully, only this bully is a girl. No matter how mean Andrea is to Luka, the teachers always like her best. In BEST OFFER, a classic coming of age tale told with freshness and clarity, a twelve-year-old girl has to sell her horse when her family moves to the city. Despite the move, she plans to keep her horse.