Jace Freeman

In their small village in the Cuban countryside, Leonel (9) and Antuán (13) have been friends for their entire lives. But Antuán will move to Habana at the end of the summer and these holidays might be the last they ever spend together.

At this camp, kids who’ve lost a loved one learn skills for processing their grief together.

After 34 years on Nolensville Pike, Tom is retiring, and his venerable stereo repair shop will be emptied out by the end of the month. This observational portrait captures the final days of a Music City institution: floor-to-ceiling stereo gear, takeout egg rolls on the counter, and the buzz of conversation from the people who made Hi Tech Service an irreplaceable community hub.

In a hidden urban encampment on Saint Cloud Hill, a self-governed tent community unravels amidst the city’s threats of eviction and the impending destruction of the forested environment of which they call home. Fortified by a vision from God, former crack-addict and long-time camp resident “CAPTAIN” Chris Scott has made it his mission to build a transitional sanctuary for Nashvillians wanting to get off the streets and benefit from the safety and community of others.

In a rural middle Tennessee grocery store, daily transactions are more than the sum of their parts.

Shannon can only use one arm. Who knows what happened to the one in a splint. Well, she knows but she’s not telling. But she can’t rest on the healing. There’s bills to pay, and this time she'll make it work. This place will be different. She'll even paint the walls. Make it real pretty. Like a grown-up. And covers on the bed. And places to sit. Maybe that’s how to make this life stick to the ribs. Kevin is a sleepwalker. He’s awake alright, walking right through the day not sure when it starts and stops and starts again. He boxed up his life and drove down to move his mom into a nursing home about a year ago. Now, those boxes have collected as much dust as he has. These two broken people are neighbors in a duplex South of Nashville. They just shuffle and sleep through their broken lives, yards apart, walking the same floor of the same house with a wall running through it. Don't even know each other’s names.

A day in the life of a beauty shop in Carthage, Tennessee, population 2,466. Directed by Allison Inman; produced by Allison Inman, Jace Freeman and Sean Clark. Named Best Tennessee Short at the 2021 Nashville Film Festival