Zoom Shorts

- Season 3

(2021)

A loving, concerned mother--an extraordinary species, found around the globe, universally admired, and able to survive all manner of adversity--confronts the quintessential ugly patriot, believed by some to be a dying breed, yet is, in fact, very much alive. Tariq's mother simply wants the Principal of his elementary school to acknowledge that her son is being bullied because he is of Arab origins, and wishes him to take action to stop it. But Principal Randolph has ideas of his own about the bullying experience, which take us down a very dark road of warped beliefs ...

Sydni has just left a difficult marriage and is trying to forget about the heartbreak by going out with friends to celebrate her freedom. She is fun-loving, open, honest and trusting. These may be considered positive qualities under most circumstances. But there are some in which these traits can land you in big trouble. Tonight she is particularly vulnerable. She simply wants to feel loved...appreciated. The stranger with the sweet smile really makes her laugh like she hasn't in such a long time. He is even kind enough to buy her drinks. They're hitting it off so ...

She's risked it all. April quit her well-respected, good-paying job on a whim. She was convinced she had a gem of an idea for an invention. A once in a lifetime, one-of-a-kind idea. Something that would catapult her into fame and riches...or, at least make her happier than she was in her former life. But things aren't going as expected. Her best laid plans are flying out of control. Her brother, Jules, is no help, suggesting his crazy invention ideas as possible solutions to her troubles. Her best friends June and Augustina try out her invention, but their experience ...

It's been a long apprenticeship. It's been a long time coming. A man's son, an aspiring actor, finally moves from Vermont to New York, the city of his dreams, to pursue his goals of breaking into film and TV. The father walks down memory lane with his friend Tom, whose son Jacob also moved to New York, while the son talks about the future with Jacob. As father talks to father and son talks to son, eventually they decide to meet each other over Zoom to catch up. The father, while nostalgic, is also gearing up towards his own creative endeavors as a writer, while the ...

Lance is in trouble. Inside trouble. His marriage to Jill is over because of it, and no matter how hard he's tried to reconcile his own feelings with reality and make things right, in the end, failure still comes crashing down upon his head. That's why he comes so close to thinking thoughts a man should never think and ending it all. Until a glimmer of hope comes through blood. His blood. And not for him, but for someone else. A mysterious exchange...an unearthly salvation...where his life will finally make sense and have meaning. All his dismal failures will be ...

Old friends Sunshine and Dustin are finally reuniting after a long absence. From the first note to the last, this is not only a re connection of childhood chums, but also musicians singing and playing about their friendship. Sunshine is the first to cast out a musical line to his good pal. Up to the task, Dustin sifts through his memory bank and adds some melodic twists and syncopated turns of his own. This free association of words and tunes is back in Sunshine's court to put his own stamp on the proceedings, until it's time once again for Dustin to show us what he's...