Breaths
by Amy Ellison, University Center, 16 mm, 22 min. and 6 seconds
Ellen wants nothing more than to fit in at her new high school. The problem: Ellen has severe asthma and she has to breathe through a cumbersome conc.rapt.ion called a nebulizer in order to control it. Ellen does her best to hide the machine and the condition that necessitates it, but a curious Goth girl named Jackie tries a little too hard to gee to the bottom of Ellen’s mystery. Only by finally accepting herself does Ellen overcome her mother’s controlling hand and the misunderstanding of fellow students to make a friend in this
quirky comedy.