announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [woman shuddering] [faucet drips] [drip] [drip] [drip] [rapid footsteps] [silence] [faucet drips] [drip] [indistinct p.a. announcements] [door shuts] doctor: you ok? woman: mm-hmm. doctor: ok. open. [woman exhales] doctor: mm-hmm. remove. woman: mm-mm. this one. uh, please? doctor: ok, good. ahh. i'll see you next week. woman: that's it? doctor: there's not much-- woman: it's getting worse. i keep forgetting things, even my son's name, and i have my-- i have my company retreat this weekend, and i need it to stop. doctor: ok. let's try this. i want you to, every night, read a page of this book. [clears throat] and copy down what you remember. think of it as exercise but for brain. it might help. you're young. it's strange. perhaps if you gave me more details of your medical history. woman: thank you, doctor. i'll--i'll be leaving now. [siren sounds in distance] [operatic singing on soundtrack] [clank, click] [singing c

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [applause] [insects chirping] [men speaking native language] [insects chirping] [indistinct chatter] [animals howling, insects chirping] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshots] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [gunshot] [men coughing] woman: there's nothing like hearing an audience of 50 people or an audience of 10,000 people. that energy that those people create in the space, the vibration of just having humans living in that moment with you for the first time and the last time, because you will never see the same thing twice. man: we are a storytelling species. theater equals that, right. somebody is telling it and somebody is watching the telling of it. man 2: when you're performing, immediately the audience responds and you feel the response, you hear the response. woman: to see what theater does for people and what a live performance does for people, you don't get to experience that kind of raw emotion that somebody has on s

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announcer: funding for the kcet fine cut festival of films is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. [woman breathing heavily] mama? [baby fussing] [indistinct chatter] [person coughing] [man speaking on tv] [phone chiming] [engine sputtering] [men speaking indistinctly] shh. [zhao coughing] [birds chirping] [brake screeches] [brake screeches] [coughing] [both exhale] [zhao coughing] [coughs] [zhao coughing] [engine sputters, stops] [zhao coughing] [zhao coughing] [breathing heavily] [secret blows] [baby fussing] [girl vocalizing oradio] snowie: hey. [girl vocalizing] [clattering] girl: there. [indistinct]. there we go. oh. you probably want some tea, huh? this cup for you. this means we have to leave, doesn't it? [door closes] [indistinct chatter] man: next. name? name? i see you're a little slow, huh? well, no worries. we got wor for people like you, too. i'll just need to get some form of identification. unfortunately, that's just not gonna cut it. man 2: come on, feller. some of us ain't got all day. is this some

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov.

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov.

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut" series is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation. ♪ [slide projector clickg] doug: for half a hundred years or so, we watched the ice of sperry go from the stairway carved in the mountain wall to the place where bearhat watches all the waters of the ages fall, like teardrops down the face of time, where grizzlies roam and white goats climb to avalanche and the lakes below, where the trail begins and the waters flow to columbia and their destiny, home at last in the quiet sea. "doug follett is the kind of guy people like to be around. he'sharming,itty, fuy, and kind. knowsis histo, lovenature, d writesoetry. a coersationith rang doug eay th august chged my life. i am forever grateful to ranger doug. jill shearer." thank you, jill. [train hn blowin ug: "erything have wor. my eyes ter, my se runs, i drood and t my pan." everytng but e wet pants. i han't reacd that sge yet,nd i am ry thankl. thk you, oreat spit, for the ttle gif you giv hi, girls. howre thing jen: dyou feelike doing on or do y want toust watch? audr: he's t story tler.

announcer: funding for the kcet "fine cut festival of films" is generously provided by the bridges larson foundation and by the national endowment for the arts, on the web at arts.gov. ♪ woman: you don't see black women get a lot of grace. i think because of...the way the world sees black women, we have had to, you know, a lot of times have this exterior to us that reflects that. woman: i cstantly have pushed back on this cultural lore that says, "god will not give you something that you cannot surve." god gives us stuff all the time, and that y may not fully survive it or you may be damaged by what happens. and so, people feel that, "oh, well, there must be something wrong with me, and i should just accept this." ♪ art allows you to bring those sort of feelings up and start to look at them in a more rational way, in a more cognitive way, if you will, especially when you cannot name something. and i mean--when i say name it, mean verbally talk about it. ♪ so, art becomes that avenue of conversation. ♪ woman: so, feel free to sit wherever. we've come here today to create community with each other and