For Heartland showtimes and tickets, please click here. Writer-director Tannaz Hazemi's short film "Before the Bomb" is the story of 10-year-old Elsa and her 5-year-old brother, Morris. Elsa and Morris are the children of an absent, alcoholic single mother and they are forced to fend for themselves. Elsa in particular must take on tremendous responsibility, scrounging through their mess of a house to feed her younger brother and then walking him to school every morning. Elsa even finds herself parenting their mother, leaving a glass of water and some aspirin at her bedside (right next to the empty bottle of whiskey) as the mother sleeps off the previous night's binge.
Heartland: Before the Bomb
Heartland: Before the Bomb
Heartland: Before the Bomb
For Heartland showtimes and tickets, please click here. Writer-director Tannaz Hazemi's short film "Before the Bomb" is the story of 10-year-old Elsa and her 5-year-old brother, Morris. Elsa and Morris are the children of an absent, alcoholic single mother and they are forced to fend for themselves. Elsa in particular must take on tremendous responsibility, scrounging through their mess of a house to feed her younger brother and then walking him to school every morning. Elsa even finds herself parenting their mother, leaving a glass of water and some aspirin at her bedside (right next to the empty bottle of whiskey) as the mother sleeps off the previous night's binge.