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Real families…show the love, and the fears and trauma, that can be inscribed in a name.
The New York Times

PARKER POPS WITH JOY
Martin City Telegraph

One of the best in the current Sundance tour is Parker, a personal, profound film, that tells a story that resonates far beyond its short running time.
Hollywood Soapbox

MOVING…TOUCHING
Columbus Underground

Catherine Hoffman and Sharon Liese brought a transformative healing film to the screen, showing what a family’s legacy can represent in the face of historical trauma, and the importance of having a name that ties you together.
Rebecca Martin, Cinefemme

THE FLAGMAKERS, a meditation on the American dream, follows workers at the country’s largest maker of American flags and flagpoles, including the refugees and immigrants who have risked everything to come to the USA.

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A unique perspective…Liese and Wade gracefully bring a number of disparate elements into focus.
The Movable Fest

As an immigrant myself, I find this film incredibly personal and a deeply moving testament to those who call this country ‘home’.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, Milwaukee Bucks

PROVOKES UNEXPECTED THOUGHTS
Tony Betti, The Laughing Place

It’s shrewd of Wade and Liese to look at who is doing the needlepoint on its chief symbol in their engaging new short.
Deadline

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Filmed over five years in Kansas City, TRANSHOOD chronicles the lives of four young people (aged 4, 7, 12, and 15 at the start of filming) and their families as they navigate growing up transgender and non-binary in America’s heartland.

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