Laura Asherman

A part-time Indian-American comedian in the US sees an opportunity to fast track his career in India or else accept that comedy may just be a hobby.

Martin and his girlfriend, Stephanie, start a documentary project to capture their mostly idyllic life at Martin’s grandfather’s 200-year-old farmhouse. However, as they film their day-to-day existence, hidden tensions surface, challenging Martin, Stephanie, and Grampy to reconsider their decision to live communally.

This short doc centers a Holocaust survivor who unintentionally inspires his daughter and grand-daughter to become clowns. Follow three generations of this wacky and inspiring family, from Nazi Germany to Jim Crow Alabama to modern day Atlanta.

In The Dumpster Dive, cockroach news hosts Howard Scourge and Madison Von Vermin report on how microplastics could have dire consequences for their species’ biggest nuisance: humans. Toeing the line between documentary and fiction, Asherman combines expert testimonial, collage animation, puppetry, and live cockroaches in this short hybrid film.