DOG DAYS

Hot dogs and apple pie are not merely symbols of the American Dream. In DOG DAYS, they are the things those dreams are made of - literally. This feature documentary unfolds through the working relationship between Coite, who risks his capital to embark on a new food business, and single mother Siyone, a food vendor from Eritrea dreaming of freedom.

 

Nationally Broadcast in 2015-2016 on the award-winning series, America Reframed on PBS WORLD Channel.

Awards and Festivals:

Winner, Best Documentary, IndieCapitol Awards 2014

World Premiere, Austin Film Festival, 2014

Winner, Anthem Film Festival, 2014

Official Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2014

Official Selection, Atlanta Film Festival, 2014

Official Selection, Heartland Film Festival, 2014

Credits:

Directed and Produced by Laura Waters Hinson and Kasey Kirby

Executive Produced by John and Ed Priddy

Cinematography by Kasey Kirby

Edited by Laura Waters Hinson and Kasey Kirby

Music by Sleeping at Last

Original Score by Joachim Horsley

Art Director: Austin Blasingame

Color by Robbie Carman

Sound Mix and Design by Cheryl Ottenritter

 

Ways to Watch

Educational Distribution:

Dog Days is available for digital streaming through our educational distributor, Alexander Street, a ProQuest company, on university campuses worldwide. Over 3,500 academic institutions have access to the film through the AVON subscription.  

If your university does not offer this option, you may purchase an individual screening license through Alexander Street distributors. Please click here for further information. 

To host a public screening, please contact us here.


Dog Days transcends both the self-interested politics of Washington’s vending regulatory wars and the city’s byzantine depot structure, which has had a choke hold on sidewalk vendors for years . . . hugely rewarding to watch.
— Tim Carman, the Washington Post