announcer: "film school shorts" is made possible by a grant from maurice kanbar celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of kqed. max: yeah. thank you. i'm sorry about the other car. yeah. no, no, no, no, no. i'm all aboard, christoph. christoph: we don't have a lot of time. max: yeah. oh, no. this is the best thing to come out of germany in a very long time. that's why i'm trying to push this thing, so trust me. oh, yeah. oh, no. he's big money, this guy. yeah. yeah, oh, he's crazy about this. yeah. no, no, no. i-i-i'm serious. he can't stop calling me. christoph: yeah, well, we've got to close the deal. max: no, no, no. i assure you that i am invested in this more than anyone.

"film school shorts" is made possible by a grant from maurice kanbar, celebrating the vitality and powerage, and by the members of kqed. [funky music] (male narrator) memphis, tennessee. it has been written if music were religion that memphis would be jerusalem and sun studio, its most sacred shrine. and you are here with hope clayburn's soul scrimmage. ♪ i need you to be strong for me ♪ ♪ your love is amazing, it's amazing to me ♪ - hi, my name is hope clayburn and i'm with hope clayburn's soul scrimmage. and we're here tonight at sun studio. let me introduce the band right quick. we got robert allen parker on guitar. we got victor sawyer on trombone. got myself on lead vocals, flute, alto-bari-soprano sax. got shayla jones on the trumpet and vocals. got khari wynn on the guitar.

announcer: "film school shorts" is made possible by a grant from maurice kanbar celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of kqed. [ waves breaking ]

"film school shorts" is made possible by a grant from maurice kanbar, celebrating the vitality and powerf the moving image, and by the members of kqed. narrator: he thought about the women he'd smoked like cigarettes and about how, one day, he'd go to sleep and never wake up. he thought about the words he'd swung like baseball bats and about how life can sometimes strike like lightning and burn sand into glass. [ indistinct shouting, explosions, gunfire ] he thought he'd seen everything, been everywhere.

announcer: "film school shorts" is made possible by a grant from maurice kanbar -- celebrating the vitalitynd power of the moving image. and by the members of kqed. [ setsuko coughing ] [ indistinct conversation in japanese ] [ cellphone vibrates ] [ sighs ] [ cellphone beeps ] [ conversing in japanese ]