Native Stand Up

Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.

A police officer faces a personal meltdown following a divorce and the death of his mother.

In these three short films, we examine key issues in the American cultural conversation—incarceration, race, life, death, digital culture, gender—through a distorted lens. They may be fictional, but these dizzying one-take videos do have the ring of truth.

A man drops to his knees to give CPR to a stranger. But all is not what it seems. “It’s All Right, It’s OK” is the first short film from a triptych by Jim Cummings titled “Still Life.” Each of the films in the series was shot in one dramatic take.

As Jordan, a social influencer, enters a hotel room, he logs onto his laptop and announces to his viewers that this will be his last post. As this short film continues, the reasons for this decision become quite clear.

It's a 3D movie about a breakup. Marty moves into a hotel for a month. It's a painful dance.

Meet Crystal. She decides to rob a liquor store. It goes pretty ok.

Marty gets a call that he will be taking on the lead role of King Lear due to the lead actor falling ill, but first he must complete his shift at the loca restaurant where problems begin to escalate throughout the evening, including Kate, the girl he thought he was dating, showing up with another man.

A daughter comes home for Christmas to introduce her boyfriend to her weird family.

Jim and Julia spend their day on a wonderful date in Los Angeles. They are very much in love. Interspersed, are scenes of Jim at Julia's funeral.

A couple endures a house tour under a chucko.

"Nobody should be eating tater tots as a meal." Mr. Zahn meets the parents of his unruly students and learns that the apples don't fall far from the trees.