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. teacher: by the end of this week, i want you all to choose one thing unique about you and write one paragraph about it. on friday, everybody will share with the class. so who can tell me what it means to be unique? amelia? amelia: being unique means being different from everyone else. teacher: very good. other ideas, anyone? girls: ♪ let's go swing a rope again, up and up and down again swing it out and swing it in down and up and down again let's go swing a rope again up and up and down again down and up and up and down 'cause everyone can find-- ♪ boy: let me guess. amelia and jane. both: nope. jane: got any ideas? amelia: we've been to new york. jane: so has sunny. amelia: we've been on the drop of death. jane: lots of people have been on the drop of death. both: we like to sing. amelia: wait, jane, i don't think we can put that. jane: why not? amelia: because we both like to sing. jane: so? amelia: so it's not uni

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

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 constantly have pushed back on this cultural lore that says, "god will not give you something that you cannot survive." god gives us stuff all the time, and that you 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 oth

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 e