WORLD PREMIERE – Set in 1970s New York City, this gripping documentary explores the city’s descent into financial chaos, leading to the infamous 1975 fiscal crisis. Once a haven for working-class people, thanks to strong unions and government subsidies, NYC plunged into economic freefall when audits exposed a budget crisis, leading to layoffs, white flight, […]
Wed Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 PM
US PREMIERE Edna O’Brien wrote a sexually charged 1960 debut novel, The Country Girls, becoming a literary sensation and awakening the wrath of patriarchal religious Ireland where the novel and its sequels were banned and burned. This inspiring film portrays O’Brien’s final testimonies at age 93, and brings her diaries to life, revealing her extraordinary […]
Wed Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 PM
NYC PREMIERE Having lost their studio loft spaces to corporate developers of the Providence Place Mall, a group of Rhode Island artists plot revenge by inhabiting a secret, unused space inside the mall’s design. Over the next four years, the project grew in significance as the artists created a combination of living space, studio, art […]
Wed Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 PM
US PREMIERE With a free-wheeling, irreverent approach, author/chef/TV personality/cultural commentator Eddie Huang embarks on a biting look at the rise and fall of the NYC-based Vice Media empire, which was at one time valued at over $4 billion before falling into bankruptcy in 2023. For Huang it’s personal: Of his multitudinous ventures, his own series […]
Wed Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 PM
WORLD PREMIERE After decades in prison, Todd Scott, Chad Campbell, and Carlos Rebollo navigate the complex bureaucracy of the parole system and deal with its psychological toll. All three men, incarcerated as teens, wrestle with the weight of their crimes, questioning how they can appropriately express their deep remorse to a parole board that will […]
Wed Dec 31, 1969, 7:00 PM