NYC PREMIERE In most countries, workers are given several weeks of paid leave and job security should they need time off to care for a newborn or a sick relative or to tend to a personal health emergency. Only two nations offer exactly zero weeks: Papua New Guinea and the United States, where individuals are […]
WORLD PREMIERE Set in the military outpost of San Antonio, Texas, After Fire highlights the challenges faced by the fastest-growing group of American veterans: women, who now account for one in five new recruits to the United States Armed Forces. Demonstrating courage during their military service and resilience in its aftermath, Brittany Huckabee’s subjects candidly […]
NYC PREMIERE After one of the coldest winters on record, a woman’s body is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Her journal reveals her name, Linda Bishop, and offers clues as to how she came to this unfortunate end. Using Linda’s own words, full of poignancy and humor, the Wider brothers compose a poetic […]
NYC PREMIERE As the daughter of a nightlife impresario, Taylor Stein was a fixture of the New York party scene. But her life took a dramatic turn when she went undercover for the FBI to expose an international baby-trafficking ring. Magnificent Burden follows her journey after adopting a Ukrainian boy with a rare genetic disease. […]
Special offer: 5 for $5 sale on this film ends at midnight, Nov 5. NYC PREMIERE In this tender and sensitively observed portrait, octogenarians Feng and Lou have been inseparable for over 40 years, but aging and illness threaten their deep bond. Since Lou was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Feng has been her steadfast caretaker, but he’s growing increasingly […]
NYC PREMIERE Demonstrating the power of inclusion to transcend disability, Lara Stolman’s triumphant film profiles members of the Jersey Hammerheads, a competitive swim team made up of a diverse group of teens on the autism spectrum, based in the state with the highest rate of autism in the country. Through training and competition, star athletes […]
2016 METROPOLIS COMPETITION WINNER NYC PREMIERE Off the Rails tells the stranger-than-fiction story of serial MTA imposter Darius McCollum, who has been jailed more than 30 times for illegally driving buses and conducting subway trains. After finding sanctuary from childhood bullies in the subway, McCollum, who has Asperger’s syndrome, developed an obsession with the transit […]
NYC PREMIERE Presenting rare insight into a little understood but stigmatized condition, Borderline follows the experiences of Regina, a New Yorker living with Borderline Personality Disorder. Subject to extreme emotional shifts and aggressiveness, she has had a history of suicide attempts and trouble maintaining relationships. But she is also witty and self-aware, and desperately wants […]
NYC PREMIERE Sixty-something Orthodox Jewish identical twins Abraham and Shraga live together in their childhood home in Brooklyn. Since the death of their parents, they have lost control of their surroundings, allowing trash to pile up and stray cats and vermin to move in. Forced into action by their neighbor, the brothers agree to let […]
WORLD PREMIERE Dr. John Sarno takes a radical approach to back pain, instructing patients to focus on repressed emotions as the source. His book Healing Back Pain has been dismissed by peers, but acclaimed by countless readers. Among them are filmmaker Michael Galinsky (Battle for Brooklyn) who takes a first-person approach to exploring the work […]