October 8, 2019

SHORTS: WAYS OF SEEING

A moment in time, captured in these observational docs. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 87 MIN) Easter Snap | Director: RaMell Ross An examination of five men who resurrect the homestead ritual of hog processing in the Deep South. (USA, 14 MIN) Ataguttak the Hunter | Director: Uncredited In the remote hamlet of Arivat, Nunavut, trace Ataguttak’s coming of age as […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: NYC, SPEAK TO ME

Short stories from and about New York City. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 78 MIN) A Great Day in Hip Hop Revisited | Director: Nelson George A look back at a historic day in music history, September 29, 1998, when Gordon Parks gathered over 200 hip hop artists to recreate the famed “A Great Day in Harlem” image.  (USA, […]

October 8, 2019

SHORTS: THICKER THAN WATER

Family, in all its forms. (TOTAL RUNNING TIME: 89 MIN) Lowland Kids | Director: Sandra Winther As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that’s been their family home for generations. (USA, 22 MIN) A Childhood on Fire | Director: Jason Hanasik When Nick Hurndon […]

October 8, 2019

1275 DAYS

NYC PREMIERE In Elkhart, Indiana, 16-year old Blake Layman attempts to rob a home, only to see his friend and accomplice, Danzele, lose his life to the homeowner’s gun. Even though Blake did not pull the trigger, he faces a 55-year prison sentence under the felony murder rule. Directors Katie Green and Carlye Rubin chart […]

October 8, 2019

A CHILDHOOD ON FIRE

When Nick Hurndon was six years old, his stepfather used abusive tactics to teach him and his brother a lesson in power and dominance.

October 8, 2019

A LINE BIRDS CANNOT SEE

Separated from her mother by smugglers at the border, a determined 12-year-old sets out to find her mother and safety.

October 8, 2019

ANBESSA

NYC PREMIERE Mo Scarpelli’s creative documentary focuses on a lonely, imaginative Ethiopian boy named Asalif. Displaced by condo developments, Asalif and his mother struggle to make ends meet. With sweeping camera work and light-filled frames, the film gently probes the young boy’s interior world as he processes isolation and displacement. Creating an alternative identity as a […]

October 8, 2019

ATAGUTTAK THE HUNTER

In the remote hamlet of Arivat, Nunavut, trace Ataguttak’s coming of age as his elder brother teaches him to hunt caribou. 

October 8, 2019

BROKEN ORCHESTRA

 A music and art project gets instruments back into the hands of Philadelphia students.