Having lost their studio loft spaces to corporate developers of the Providence Place Mall, a group of Rhode Island artists plots revenge by inhabiting a secret, unused space inside the mall’s design. Over the next four years, the artists created a combined living space, studio, art installation, and communal center—and recorded their work on video. […]
Shot over three years in luminous black and white, Gianfranco Rossi’s new film unfolds across Naples, a city perched between Vesuvius and the sea, with tremors in the ground, echoes of ancient ruins, and everyday lives steeped in memory and unrest. In shadowed classrooms, makeshift after-school centers; in fire station switchboards, anxious voices; beneath the […]
An American family watches the horror of the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks unfold—only to be plunged into a nightmare when they learn their daughter, sister, and mother, Liat Beinin Atzili, was abducted from her kibbutz, and her husband, Aviv, was killed. Led by her father, Yehuda, the family mounts a tireless campaign for her […]
Award-winning filmmaker Reid Davenport confronts the 1980s case of Elizabeth Bouvia, a woman with cerebral palsy who unsuccessfully fought for institutional assistance in ending her life. Forty years later, assisted dying is more commonplace in countries like Canada, yet it remains controversial. “You cannot address human suffering by killing people, even if people come forward […]
In her stunning directorial debut, Brittany Shyne offers a lyrical and intimate portrait of Black generational farmers in the American South. Seeds delicately captures the fragility of legacy and the profound importance of land ownership. Through rich black-and-white cinematography, Shyne transforms everyday moments—wind in the hair, candy from grandma’s purse, quiet car-window conversations—into poetic vignettes that […]
In our politically polarized era, librarians across the US have found their profession under siege as an unprecedented wave of book banning hits Texas, Florida, and beyond. As the crisis escalates, they join forces as unlikely defenders on the frontlines of democracy. Flanked by students and concerned community members, the librarians join ranks to fight […]
Nik and Maria, a British bohemian and a Norwegian photographer, fall in love and decide to raise their children in a non-traditional environment, learning from nature instead of textbooks and school desks. Tragically, Maria passes away young, upending the family’s bucolic existence. As the remaining parent, Nik works to hold true to the vision he […]
After foreign troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021, the filmmaker is given permission to follow and film two Taliban military men for a year as they take hold of the weapons and aircraft left behind by American troops. Through careful observation of the Taliban’s efforts to build their new military regime, an understanding slowly develops […]
An ecologist and her assistant from the indigenous Bugun community in the eastern Himalayas work at night to research the vibrant, colorful world of moths. As they study the changes in behavior of these vibrant, spellbinding creatures, their findings have implications for other species in the region, as irreversible climate change patterns begin to show […]
Patrice Jetter found the love of her life in Garry Wickham. They’re eager to get married, but they learn of a penalty in US law that threatens to cut off Social Security and Medicaid benefits if two people with disabilities move in together. Their situation is dire, but Patrice confronts it with optimism and creativity, […]