The Nature of Short Films August 30, 2006

Local Cinema Expert Keith Jefferies Leads a Discussion of Short Films of the Michigan Theater's Sundance Film Festival Series

Keith will highlight several of the short films to be shown at the Michigan Theater on August 31 and September 2, and will also discuss why the short film is so important to the art of American Cinema. The Michigan Theater was among 14 specially selected U.S. theaters to host 25 films passed down by the Sundance Institute, in a 25th-anniversary series dedicated to classic movies that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival.

Keith Jefferies has produced several hundred hours of television, including documentaries, entertainment and promotional work, as well as professional sports coverage. For the past six years he has worked as a director at the BBC on the corporation's flagship international news channel BBC World plus digital children's channels, CBBC and Cbeebies, and interactive programming. Keith is also Resident Filmmaker at the Michigan Theater, where he runs a regular program of short films, Cinema Slam, which features the work of local and international independent filmmakers.

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