October 10, 2024

NATURE OF THE CRIME

WORLD PREMIERE After decades in prison, Todd Scott, Chad Campbell, and Carlos Rebollo navigate the complex bureaucracy of the parole system and deal with its psychological toll. All three men, incarcerated as teens, wrestle with the weight of their crimes, questioning how they can appropriately express their deep remorse to a parole board that will […]

October 10, 2024

HOMEGROWN

NYC PREMIERE This harrowing documentary embeds with three Trump supporters—a new father, a conservative Latino ex-military, and a Proud Boy—leading up to and following the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The film chillingly captures the raw, unsettling scenes of the rioters, steeped in pro-Trump zeal. Through rallies touting MAGA values and conspiracy theories, […]

October 10, 2024

FACING THE WIND

WORLD PREMIERE Linda and Carla each care for their beloved spouses who are living with Lewy body dementia. Eager to learn and share information with others, Linda starts a podcast with Curry, who has the disease, and a community of support groups begins to grow. Linda and Jim decide to go on an epic road […]

October 10, 2024

WHAT’S NEXT?

NYC PREMIERE At 100 years old, Dr. Howard Tucker has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world’s oldest practicing doctor. Told through the eyes of his loving grandson, the film follows the spirited, curious, elegant, and quirky neurologist as he begins to slow down and grapple with aging, social media, and computer technology […]

October 10, 2024

SECRET MALL APARTMENT

NYC PREMIERE Having lost their studio loft spaces to corporate developers of the Providence Place Mall, a group of Rhode Island artists plot revenge by inhabiting a secret, unused space inside the mall’s design. Over the next four years, the project grew in significance as the artists created a combination of living space, studio, art […]

October 10, 2024

GALLAGHER

WORLD PREMIERE With his witty wordplay and wacky props, Leo Gallagher became one of the biggest comedy acts of the 1980s. The comedian’s most famous bit: smashing a watermelon with a giant mallet to the messy delight of audiences. His signature act was a gift and a curse, shooting him to superstardom while breeding both […]

October 10, 2024

ROLEPLAY

NYC PREMIERE A timely, lyrical film that follows college students as they grapple with questions of sex, consent, identity, and power. The students spend a year creating an immersive play from their real-life experiences,  building characters and scenes based on the sexual politics of their campus. A film that respectfully captures vulnerable and fascinating young […]

October 10, 2024

THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT

NYC PREMIERE As we face the climate crisis, the filmmakers look back to a hopeful period when leading scientists, government officials, heads of international conglomerates and, most importantly, the American people agreed there was a problem at hand. Spanning the presidential administrations of Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush, the film uses archival […]

October 12, 2023

UNSEEN

NYC PREMIERE Pedro’s dream is to earn a degree in social work and support his family and community, but as an undocumented immigrant who is legally blind he faces legal challenges and uncertainty. Set Hernandez crafts this compelling portrait of a remarkable individual pursuing a better life with deliberately blurry visuals and a heightened soundscape that […]

October 12, 2023

UNBROKEN

NYC PREMIERE As each generation ages, the need to record family history before it is forever lost increases in urgency. Filmmaker Beth Lane’s maternal family tree held a truly extraordinary story of an entire family of seven siblings who escaped Nazi Germany and managed to stay together until reaching safety in America. Told with wit, […]