October 17, 2024

SEAT 31: ZOOEY ZEPHYR

Banned from the Montana House of Representatives, Rep. Zooey Zephyr makes the bench outside the house her new “”seat”” as she fights for the rights of trans people in the state. Courtesy of The New Yorker The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Kimberley Reed. This film contains the following accessibility […]

October 17, 2024

SHORT LIST: SHORTS Justice and Democracy

These four films question the pillars of justice and democracy when confronted with decisions and actions by the people and countries we live in. The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers: All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones […]

October 17, 2024

Until He’s Back

NYC PREMIERE As European countries ignore the refugee crisis on their shores, Faisal Bouhafs helps one Moroccan family recover their child’s remains after he died trying to get across the Mediterranean. Courtesy of POV The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and producer Jacqueline Baylon, editor Hailey Gavin, cinematographer Guillem Trius, […]

October 17, 2024

Denial

Zoom in on Maricopa County, Arizona, in 2020, where contested results of the Presidential election sow chaos, confusion and threats against a public official securing the vote. Courtesy of The New Yorker The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with director and producer Paul Moakley, director and cinematographer Daniel Lombroso. This film contains […]

October 17, 2024

Incident

A reflection on the possibility of truth, through recordings of a police shooting from different vantage points shown simultaneously. Courtesy of The New Yorker The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with producer Jamie Kalven. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for online screenings All in-person screening venues provide […]

October 17, 2024

SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ETAT

In this magnificent essay film, Johan Grimonprez explores the riveting historical rollercoaster of the Congo after its independence from colonial control. Richly illustrated with eyewitness accounts, official government memos, testimonies from mercenaries and CIA operatives, and a veritable pantheon of jazz icons, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat interrogates Cold War history to tell an urgent […]

October 17, 2024

SUGARCANE

Unmarked graves, found at a British Columbia boarding school that Indigenous children were forced to attend, expose the school’s horrific abuses. The filmmakers investigate the 1959 trial of a student accused of abandoning her newborn, and the generational trauma the incident caused for members of the nearby Sugarcane Reserve. A landmark for its sensitive insistence […]

October 17, 2024

THE BIBI FILES

WORLD PREMIERE The Bibi Files is an urgent journalistic exposé, based on never-before-seen leaked footage and new interviews with key Israeli figures. The film details the corruption cases that resulted in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu being indicted for charges of breach of trust, bribery, and fraud in 2019. Many Israelis believe that Netanyahu’s attempts […]

October 17, 2024

THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN

Off the coast of South Korea’s Jeju Island, a community of fisherwomen known as haenyeo have been harvesting seafood for centuries. They are like mermaids, trained to free dive by holding their breath for up to two minutes. The Last of the Sea Women explores how their tradition is at risk due to generational changes […]

October 17, 2024

THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN

Confined to a wheelchair and suffering from a degenerative muscular disease, a young Norwegian man was believed to be living in relative isolation in a physically limited  world. Yet as Ibelin, his alter ego inside the World of Warcraft online game, Mats Steen created a full universe for himself, where he lived, loved, strove and […]