Culture & Diversity Film Festival presents:

SHORT FILMS on “MUSIC, HARMONY & NATURE”

Dance Our Way to Heaven on Earth
Hawaiʻi born award-wining singer/songwriter, Faith Rivera, celebrates the joy of self-expression and the power of community, spreading love through the universal languages of music and dance.

Glidin’
A lonely child dreams of being an astronaut, achieves the dream with the help of a musician and finds not only a new world but a new home in the world once left behind.

Rose & Leo
In the racially charged 1960s Florida, a black hotel porter and a white performer defy societal norms to explore a forbidden love. Based on the historic Supreme Court decision of McLaughin v. Florida, this dramatic film gets at the heart of love, hardship, and inner peace.

Elegy of Salt
On the shores of Utah’s Great Salt Lake, a photographer with generations of family history on Antelope Island and a Shoshone elder reflect on their relationships with a landscape facing an environmental crisis, bringing silence, music and nature in harmony.

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DOCUMENTARIES on “MYSTIC JOURNEYS”

Common Connections
A love letter to the community that creates “The Common” at the Glastonbury music festival, an area where the wildness of the rave meets the wisdom of ancient spirituality, creating magical dreams for the future.

Vagabond in Red: Iquitos
A filmmaker from Pittsburgh sets off across Peru on a personal healing journey, exploring the landscape, the people, and ayahuasca. Poetic narration illuminates the human condition through the lenses of history, culture, social issues, and resilience.