Movies: Rebecca Penner

Roya, a traditional Iranian-American mother, freaks out when her daughter dyes her hair blue right before an engagement party....

Carry me in, a non-narrative 16mm personal essay film, tracks the filmmaker's connection with insects - from her childhood fascination to her development of late-stage Lyme Disease as a young adult....

How to Care for Strangers follows two disaffected teenagers on the brink of adulthood who enter a surreal childhood fantasyland of joyful indulgence and comfort only to find the satisfaction they longed for in the company of one another....