Jeremiah M. Carter

Gladman Humbles was the first Black firefighter in Paducah, Kentucky in 1963. He reads excerpts of the eulogy he wrote for Glen Deweese, who was the fire chief during his tenure who inadvertently became his best friend.

Heartbroken, Madeline goes out on the town ruminating on the cyclical nature of love. She passes from one thrill to another looking for answers. Relationships come and go but memories are forever.

Shot on beautiful super 16mm and loosely based on the life of Saint Rose of Lima, She Drank Vinegar from the River, is the journey through a young woman’s mind while her absentee father begins to express concerns over her obsessions with Christ and Penance.

In this docu-fiction short, a group of community theater actors create a casino through a sense-memory workshop and explore the workshop’s effect on their own histories, imaginations, and performances.