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A man and woman stare in judgement, sitting with notes and coffee at a table in a school library.

Debaters

  Alex Heller

  U.S.     10 minutes

Synopsis

High school strivers don their best business attire to compete at a congressional debate tournament. Rightful cynicism from the adults in the room gets directed at Anubhav, a first-timer who’s way out of his depth.

This film screens as part of Shorts Program 4: City & State.

  

 English 

Media

Film Credits

  •   Alex Heller, Angie Gaffney, Brittani Ward, Amy E. Powell
  •   Alex Heller
  •   Glenn Fellman
  •   Dagmar Weaver-Madsen
  •   Sripadh Pulligilla, J. Smith-Cameron, Kenneth Lonergan
  •   Eugene Sun Park, Jason Matsumoto
  •   Full Spectrum Features

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