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Moroni for President
Moroni for President dir. Saila Huusko, Jasper Rischen, 2018 NR, 76 min, USA, in English Moroni Benally is running for the presidency of the Navajo Nation, the largest Native American nation in the U.S. Young, gay, Mormon, and highly educated, he sets out to...
Native Son
Native Son (1951) dir. Pierre Chenal, 1951 NR, 91 min, Argentina, in English, and Spanish with English subtitles. One of the most controversial novels of its day, Richard Wright's Native Son (first published in 1940) exposed the injustices of urban African-American...
RBG
RBG dir. Julie Cohen, Betsy West, 2018 NR, 98 min, USA, in English Celebrate with us the life of one of the most important figures of United States history. The exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a...
2040
2040 SHOWING AS PART OF CLIMATE ACTION WEEK SEPTEMBER 21-27, 2020 dir. Damon Gameau, 2020 NR, 92 min, Austraila, in English | Bengali | Swahili | Swedish Award-winning director Damon Gameau (That Sugar Film) embarks on a journey to explore what the future could...
We Are Many
We Are Many dir. Amir Amirani, 2015 NR, 110 min, UK, in English Opens for the full run on Friday, September 25 Brilliantly seamed documentary, anyone who cares about global humanity should watch this. Some documentaries are said to change the world, this one makes...
Ghost Tropic
STARTED, SEPTEMBER 11 dir. Bas Devos, 2019NR, 85 min, Belgium & Netherlands in Dutch, French with English Subtitles WATCH TRAILER “A cleaning lady falls asleep on the last subway after working late in Ghost Tropic, and this seemingly mundane mistake is the...
Buoyancy
Bouyancy dir. Rodd Rathjen, 2020 NR, 92 min, Australia, in Khmer and Thai with English subtitles.This story of a Cambodian teenager sold into forced labor on a Thai fishing boat is a passionate testimony against social injustice and a moving coming-of-age tale about...
Out Stealing Horses
OUT STEALING HORSES dir. Hans Petter Moland, 2020 NR, 123 min, Norway | Sweden | Denmark, in Norwegian | Swedish Adapted from the bestselling novel, Out Stealing Horses follows 67-year-old Trond (Stellan Skarsgård) in the winter of 1999, still grieving the death of...
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin
STARTED, SEPTEMBER 4 dir. Werner Herzog, 2019 NR, 90 min, UK, in English, German and Aboriginal languages. WATCH TRAILER When legendary writer and adventurer Bruce Chatwin was dying of AIDS, he summoned his friend and collaborator Werner Herzog, asking to see his...
Beau Travail
STARTED, SEPTEMBER 4 dir. Claire Denis, 1999 NR, 92 min, France in French, Itialian, Russian WATCH TRAILER With her ravishingly sensual take on Herman Melville’s Billy Budd, Sailor, Claire Denis firmly established herself as one of the great visual tone poets...
Epicentro
STARTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 dir. Hubert Sauper, 2020NR, 108 min, Cuba, in Spanish with English subtitles. WATCH TRAILER An immersive and metaphorical portrait of post-colonial, "utopian" Cuba, where the 1898 explosion of the USS Maine still resonates. This Big Bang...
Vinyl Nation
STARTED FRIDAY, AUG 28 dir. Kevin Smokler & Christopher Boone, 2020NR, 92 min, USA, in English. WATCH TRAILER The vinyl record renaissance over the past decade has brought new fans to a classic format and transformed our idea of a record collector: younger, both...
Made in Bangladesh
STARTED FRIDAY, AUGUST 28 dir. Rubaiyat Hossain, 2019NR, 95 min, Denmark, Bangladesh, in Bengali with English subtitles. WATCH TRAILER Shimu, 23, works in a clothing factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Faced with difficult conditions at work, she decides to start a union...
Desert One
STARTED FRIDAY, AUG 21 dir. Barbara Kopple, 2020NR, 107 min, USA, in English and Persian with English subtitles WATCH TRAILER In April 1980, the US government launched the Operation Eagle Claw, their response to the hostage crisis that was happening in Iran at that...
Martin Margiela: In His Own Words
STARTED FRIDAY, AUG 21 dir. Reiner Holzemer, 2020 NR, 90 min, USA, France, in English and French w/ English subtitles WATCH TRAILER One of the most revolutionary and influential fashion designers of his time, Martin Margiela has remained an elusive figure the...
Jazz on a Summer’s Day
dir. Bert Stern, 1959 NR, 85 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER Filmed at the 1958 Newport Jazz Festival and directed by world-renowned photographer Bert Stern, Jazz on a Summer's Day features intimate performances by an all-star line-up of musical legends including...
Represent
dir. Hillary Bachelder, 2020NR, 93 min, USA, in English. WATCH TRAILER Equal parts personal and political, Represent follows three women on both sides of the aisle who share the singular goal of improving their community through public service. Myya attempts to spark...
Sunless Shadows
dir. Mehrdad Oskouei 2019 NR, 74 min, Iran, in Persian w/ English Subtitles WATCH TRAILER In an Iranian juvenile detention center, a group of adolescent girls are serving time for having murdered their father, husband or another male family member. With each...
CREEM: AMERICA’S ONLY ROCK ‘N’ ROLL MAGAZINE
dir. Scott Crawford, 2019 NR, 75 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself, the film explores CREEM Magazine's humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit, follows its upward trajectory from underground...
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind
dir. Martha Kehoe and Joan Tosoni, 2019 NR, 91 min, Canada, in English WATCH TRAILER Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is an exploration of the career, music and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon, Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented...
Sundance Shorts 2020
dir. see below 2020 NR, 80 min, Global, various languages with English subtitles WATCH TRAILER The 2020 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour (Virtual Version) is a 80-minute theatrical program of 6 short films selected from this year’s Festival. Widely considered...
Flannery
dir. Elizabeth Coffman & Mark Bosco 2020NR 13, 97 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER A very important national conversation is underway, one as urgent as it is needed. As noted by the New York Times critic Wesley Morris, her 1965 short story, “Everything That...
John Lewis: Good Trouble
NOW PLAYING dir. Dawn Porter, 2020 PG, 90 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun...
Marona’s Fantastic Tale
NOW PLAYING dir. Anca Damian, 2020NR, 90 min, France / Romania, in French with English subtitles This poetic and touching film from director Anca Damian follows an optimistic stray dog named Marona as she looks back on the human companions she has loved throughout...
Yourself and Yours
NOW PLAYING dir. Hong Sangsoo, 2016 NR, 86 min, South Korea, in Korean with English subtitles WATCH TRAILER One of Hong Sangsoo’s most delightful comic mysteries is now available in the U.S.! When painter Youngsoo (Kim Joohyuk) learns that his girlfriend,...
The Storyteller’s Seasonal: Spring 2020
NOW PLAYING The Storyteller’s Seasonal was established provide a supportive venue where the creatives, filmmakers, and storytellers can practice their craft and display their work, with the basic prompts of a theme and a prop as their challenge parameters. All levels...
The Grey Fox
NOW PLAYING dir. Phillip Borsos, 1982 PG, 110 min, Canada, in English After decades in prison, stagecoach robber Bill Miner (Richard Farnsworth) emerges in 1901 a free man without a place in 20th century society... until he sees The Great Train Robbery and is...
Lucky Grandma
NOW PLAYING dir. Sasie Sealy, 2019 NR, 87 min, USA, in English, Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles In the heart of Chinatown, New York, ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year–old Grandma (Tsai Chin) is eager to live life as an independent woman,...
Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy
NOW PLAYING dir. Elizabeth Carroll, 2019 NR, 81 min, USA / Mexico, in English Nothing Fancy: Diana Kennedy is a feature-length documentary offering a candid look into the world of 92-year-old British chef and cookbook author Diana Kennedy, widely regarded as the...
My Dog Stupid
dir. Yvan Attal, 2020 PG 13, 106 min, France, in French subtitled in English WATCH TRAILER Henri is a middle-aged writer with fading inspiration. Feeling increasingly misunderstood by his family, he dreams of running away to start over again. Yet when he discovers...
The Fight
NOW PLAYING dir. Eli B. Despres, Josh Kriegman, 2020 PG 13, 96 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER The Fight is an inspiring, emotional insider look at how these important battles are fought and the legal gladiators on the front lines fighting them. Directors Elyse...
Rebuilding Paradise
NOW PLAYING dir. Ron Howard 2020 PG 13, 95 min, USA, in English WATCH TRAILER On the morning of Nov. 8, 2018, a spark from a transmission line in Northern California, coupled with climate-impacted conditions, quickly grew into a devastating firestorm that...
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The Donut King
The Donut King Streaming begins 10/30 dir. Alice Gu, 2020 NR, 90 min, USA, in English.The Donut King is an inspiring story of the integral role immigrants play in our society, a notion that sadly couldn’t be any timelier given the anti-immigration rhetoric being...
Martin Eden
Martin Eden Streaming Begins 10/30 dir. Pietro Marcello, 2020NR, 129 min, Italy, with English subtitles.Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place...
Major Arcana
Major Arcana Streaming begins 10/30 dir. Josh Melrod, 2018NR, 82 min, USA, in English.“In Major Arcana Dink (Ujon Tokarski) is a carpenter by trade, but life has left him rudderless and he drifts from job to job. After living in Canada for several years, he returns to...
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something Streaming begins 11/6 dir. Rick Korn, 2020 NR, 93 min, USA, in English.A documentary that tells the story of singer/songwriter/activist Harry Chapin's dedication to trying to end world hunger before his tragic...
City Hall
City Hall Streaming begins 11/13 dir. Frederick Wiseman, 2020 NR, 272 min, USA, in English. "Just as Wiseman’s 2018 portrait 'Ex Libris — The New York Public Library' served as a de facto repudiation of leaders who reject intellectual discernment, 'City Hall'...
Coded Bias
Coded Bias Streaming begins 11/18 dir. Shalini Kantayya, 2020 NR, 90 min, USA, in English.The film details MIT computer science researcher Joy Buolamwini's discovery that facial recognition software programs that are already in wide use contain significant racial...