Little People
1984, NR.
Directed by Jan Krawitz, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring .

Documentary filmmaker and former University of Texas faculty member Jan Krawitz presents her Emmy-nominated “Little People,” which focuses on an annual convention of dwarves, and “In Harm’s Way” (1996, 27 min.), an award-winning personal film about feelings of safety and random violence. Jan Krawitz will conduct a Q&A after each screening. (See related interview in this week’s Screens section.) The Texas Documentary Tour is co-sponsored by the Austin Film Society, the UT Department of RTF, The Austin Chronicle, and SXSW Film.

This article appears in July 9 • 1999 (Cover).

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.