BODIES
A look at the connection between self-love and body image through four women and their art.
Arts
BODY OF TRUTH
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE Body of Truth profiles four unique female artists exploring complex personal and universal themes. Shirin Neshat works with the female body both as a sensual entity and a political space; Marina Abramović pushes through physical pain to attain freedom; Sigalit Landau uses her art to heal inner wounds; and Katharina Sieverding examines the artist’s […]
BORN INTO THE GIG
NYC PREMIERE. The subjects of Kate Davis and David Heilbroner’s new film were all born into music royalty. But when the offspring of James Taylor, Carly Simon, Bill Withers, Stephen Stills and the Marleys set out to become singer-songwriters themselves, they walk a fine line between trying to live up to the success of their legendary […]
BROKEN ORCHESTRA
A music and art project gets instruments back into the hands of Philadelphia students.
BUSTER WILLIAMS BASS TO INFINITY
WORLD PREMIERE. Jazz bassist Buster Williams’ storied career includes playing with past greats Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Sarah Vaughan, Dexter Gordon, Chet Baker and Nancy Wilson, amongst others. Spend some time with Williams and his present-day collaborators—icons Benny Golson, Herbie Hancock, Rufus Reid, Christian McBride, Carmen Lundy, Kenny Barron and more—as they jam, tell tales and create […]
CATHERINE OPIE B. 1961
Queer communities, high school football players, freeways and Elizabeth Taylor all have in common the lens of American artist and photographer, Catherine Opie.
ELLIOTT ERWITT, SILENCE SOUNDS GOOD
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Charming and engaging, with a youthful curiosity well into his 80s, Elliott Erwitt has always let his photos speak for themselves. His iconic black-and-white shots of presidents, popes, celebrities and everyday folks span over six decades and multiple countries. Narrated by his assistant, this film takes us inside his extensive photo archives and […]
FLOWER PUNK
A profile of Japanese artist Azuma Makoto, who has sent his floral sculptures into space and sunk them to the bottom of the ocean.
HE DREAMS OF GIANTS
WORLD PREMIERE For 30 years, Terry Gilliam struggled to make a screen adaptation of Don Quixote, including an abandoned attempt chronicled in Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe’s 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha. Gilliam never gave up and neither did the documentarians. He Dreams of Giants represents the culmination of all their efforts in an […]
HOPE FROZEN
NYC PREMIERE After their two-year-old daughter succumbs to cancer, a Thai couple decides to make her the youngest person to undergo the cryopreservation process, with the hope that she will have another chance at life in the future. When their story becomes national news, the family faces criticism from religious and spiritual groups. Consumed with grief, […]