Short Film Geri's Game

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The subject of the short film “Geri’s Game”, is that even when you are alone you will always have yourself. When you are feeling that nobody cares and you are alone with nothing to do, just remember that you always have yourself. This is what Geri did in this short film. He is alone with nothing to do, so he goes to the park and plays chess by himself. He does this by putting glasses on to play one person, then taking them off to play another person. The subject in this film is important because you always have yourself even if you think you are alone. When you think you have nothing to do you can always find something to do by yourself, even if you have to play two different people. This is a important thing to learn, because when you are

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