Name: And Still, We Love
Genre: Short
Released: 2018-05-10
Duration: 8 min
Cast: Naren Weiss, Jessica Mendez Siqueiros

For good reason it seems that the creative community (mostly young, and liberal in their politics) have produced a lot of responses to the ongoing Trump presidency. Vimeo and YouTube are filled with well-meaning, or bluntly critical, pieces across documentary, animation, comedy, drama, etc. Some of them are very thoughtfully or cleverly done, whereas many just feel like a cathartic output for the team behind the film - like they need to do something and this is something they can do.

'And Still, We Love' is one of those pieces. It takes place in a world where some executive order permits the rounding up of certain people and presumably putting them in camps. As an idea it is not unheard of, and references the Japanese internment camps, although in this case it is someone of Middle-Eastern origin, although appears to be an American citizen. It is deliberately vague on the details, and instead focuses on the emotion of the couple ahead of being escorted away. In doing this it is so simplistic that it offers very little. Those who feel Trump will be rounding up citizens into camps will take the film as a trigger for their feelings, whereas those who think Trump in no way affects anyone negatively will just see this as more 'snowflakes being all about the feels'.

The film is topical but outside of this it doesn't do much. For those in the middle of the argument, there is nothing to take away or to inspire though - it not only preaches to the choir, but the sermon is one note and too simple to be really interesting.

The short form refers to creative works characterized by their brevity and concise storytelling. Unlike full-length feature films, short films have a running time of less than 45 minutes, while TV shorts have a running time of less than 22 minutes.

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