October 10, 2024

Cashing Out

NY PREMIERE During the AIDS crisis, many gay men sold their life insurance policies to investors for quick cash. This film charts the rise and fall of the billion-dollar industry of AIDS death profiteering. – Anita Raswant The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: COLLECTIONS

Five films dedicated to the art of collecting toys, memorabilia, and works of art. – Samah Ali 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 upon request with venue management. IFC Center […]

October 10, 2024

My Back Pages

NYC PREMIERE As Mitch Blank prepares to donate his vast Bob Dylan memorabilia collection, he reflects on the nature of collecting and the emotions around letting it go. – DeWitt Davis The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. All in-person screening venues provide sound amplification headphones upon request […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: GENERATIONS

This program documents what bonds and separates generations of a family. – Samah Ali 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 upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide […]

October 10, 2024

We Exist in Memory

NY PREMIERE The complex definition of “home” is explored through the life of Maria and her grandchild, Marucha, two Indigenous refugees living in displacement. – Anita Raswant 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 […]

October 10, 2024

How the Land Remembers Us

NY PREMIERE On the 150th anniversary of Yellowstone National Park, Indigenous artists define what the next centennial will look like with their presence defiantly on their land. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for […]

October 10, 2024

Danielle Scott: Ancestral Call

WORLD PREMIERE The multi-racial, mixed-media artist traces her ancestors’ life stories, and lays bare the intergenerational trauma spawned by the Atlantic Slave Trade. The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village […]

October 10, 2024

House of Aama: Threads of Legacy

WORLD PREMIERE House of Aama’s approach to fashion is anchored in personal archives, Black folklore, and storytelling. The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following accessibility options for viewers:Closed Captioning for in-person screenings at IFC Center and Village East by AngelikaDescriptive Audio for in-person […]

October 10, 2024

SHORTS: SHE STORIES (2024)

Women share their stories from in front of, and behind, the camera. – Samah Ali 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 upon request with venue management. IFC Center can also provide […]

October 10, 2024

Is Gay Marriage Next?

NYC PREMIERE Inspired by an iconic 2003 Newsweek cover of two women in love, the filmmaker ponders whether the fight for same-sex marriage continues after the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade. – Samah Ali The first screening will be followed by a Q&A with filmmakers and special guests. This film contains the following […]