The Scar
Special | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
A young girl on the brink of adolescence makes a discovery at the corner store.
Restricted by the oppressive summer heat, a single-minded mother, and the limits of childhood, a young girl's outing to the corner store stirs an unexpected self-realization in this quiet coming-of-age film. A film by Brittney Shepherd.
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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.
The Scar
Special | 6m 20sVideo has Closed Captions
Restricted by the oppressive summer heat, a single-minded mother, and the limits of childhood, a young girl's outing to the corner store stirs an unexpected self-realization in this quiet coming-of-age film. A film by Brittney Shepherd.
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Character] Take cover, stupid.
Take cover.
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(phone rings) (T.V.
in background) - [Woman] Hello?
Hey, how are you?
So hot, oh my God.
Yes, we're dying, I can't even go outside.
Mmhmm.
On Thursday.
(laughs) yes, hang on just a second.
(door opens) Hey, I need you to pick up some bread at the corner store.
Go now, but cover your shoulders.
Yeah, so we're leaving Thursday, staying two months.
Mmhmm.
(thoughtful instrumental music) (Zara hums) (car door opens and shuts) - You gonna clean that all up?
You shouldn't pick that, it'll leave a scar.
You don't want that.
(store bell chimes) (thoughtful instrumental music) - No, time will tell, yeah, that's right.
So what else are you guys up to this week?
Mmhmm.
Oh, really?
Wait hang on a second.
Where have you been?
- Nowhere.
- Don't play in the dirt out there please.
Sorry about that, had to stop Zara from jumping in the flower beds.
I don't know what her deal is right now.
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Celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image.
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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.