


SATURDAY 3:45 // CLOVERS (with opening short film: BAXTER BI-RITE)
Saturday, August 23, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Main Theatre
A 10-year documentary project set inside an illegal video gambling outfit in a North Carolina strip mall. It’s a far-out, deeply human film - made all the more powerful by its unbelievable access to its subjects. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and just has to be seen to be believed.
*Run time includes 15+ minute filmmaker Q&A after screening
Saturday, August 23, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Main Theatre
A 10-year documentary project set inside an illegal video gambling outfit in a North Carolina strip mall. It’s a far-out, deeply human film - made all the more powerful by its unbelievable access to its subjects. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and just has to be seen to be believed.
*Run time includes 15+ minute filmmaker Q&A after screening
Saturday, August 23, 2025
3:45 PM - 5:45 PM
Main Theatre
A 10-year documentary project set inside an illegal video gambling outfit in a North Carolina strip mall. It’s a far-out, deeply human film - made all the more powerful by its unbelievable access to its subjects. Heartbreaking, heartwarming, and just has to be seen to be believed.
*Run time includes 15+ minute filmmaker Q&A after screening
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FILMS IN THIS PROGRAM:
Director: Allison Inman, Sean Clark and Jace Freeman
Country of Origin: United States
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis: In a rural middle Tennessee grocery store, daily transactions are more than the sum of their parts.
Director: Jacob Hatley & Tom Vickers
Country of Origin: United States
WORLD PREMIERE
Synopsis: The denizens of a strip-mall casino in Asheboro, North Carolina endure two tumultuous years.