Shorty is an inspirational documentary film about Walter "Shorty" Simms, a
55year old man with Down syndrome, and the Hampden-Sydney Tiger football
team's #1 fan.
This season in particular is very special to Shorty. Not only is his beloved
Tiger football squad poised to make the playoffs for the first time in 26
years, but he is also being inducted into the Hampden-Sydney College
Athletic Hall of Fame. Most important to Shorty however, is the fact that
his 56th birthday falls on the day of the final game of the regular season
against the Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets - a 108 year rivalry known simply
as "The Game."
The film's climax takes place at "The Game." An epic battle rages between
the oldest archrivals in the South: The Hampden-Sydney Tigers and the
Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets. After three hard-fought, rain soaked
quarters, the game is knotted in a zero-zero tie heading into the game's
final fifteen minutes.
Will the tigers beat the Yellow Jackets to make Shorty's wish come true?
