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Miami gets a lot of flack in the movies. This city is in a constant cinematic state of derision and stereotyping. But thanks to the Borscht Film Festival, locals and film lovers worldwide get a chance to see more of the Big Orange than neon lights and suntans.
Boasting fun, off-the-wall events and multiple film screenings, Borscht is a homegrown film extravaganza celebrating everything beautiful, heartbreaking, and just plain weird about the Magic city. Highlights from this year’s commissioned short-film lineup include a collaboration between Miami rapper Trina and video artist Jacolby Satterwhite (Whitney Biennial 2014); the first narrative short by legendary Miami music video director Gil Green; an animated adaptation of street artist AholSniffsGlue’s iconic work; a documentary about the dying art of Haitian machete fencing; and artists Jillian Mayer and Lucas Leyva’s unofficial sequel to 1994’s Cool as Ice, starring a pirated Vanilla Ice.
Wednesday kicks off the festival with an Indie Film Club Miami screening at Shirley’s Cinema at Gramps (176 NW 24th St., Miami) and continues through Sunday, December 21. Most events are free, though the flagship event Saturday, December 20, which screens 20 selected, Miami-inspired films, costs $25 for general admission and $15 for students with ID. Visit borscht9.com
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