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September 22, 2023: STOP MAKING SENSE, THE STORMS OF JEREMY THOMAS, 26.2 TO LIFE

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2023

September 15, 2023: LIFT & INVISIBLE BEAUTY
September 8, 2023: Retrospectives on Patricio Guzmán & John Gianvito
September 1, 2023: CREATIVE DOC COURSE IN NEW DELHI, JULIUS EASTMAN: A DIFFERENT SCORE
August 25, 2023: THE ELEPHANT 6 RECORDING CO., WAYNE SHORTER: ZERO GRAVITY, BS HIGH
August 18, 2023: YOUTH V GOV, REINVENTING ELVIS, SEDIMENTS
August 11, 2023: THE ETERNAL MEMORY, AURORA’S SUNRISE, KING COAL
August 4, 2023: CHARM CIRCLE, OUR BODY, A COMPASSIONATE SPY
July 28, 2023: KOKOMO CITY, NORTH CIRCULAR, SO FOUL A SKY
July 21, 2023: WHILE WE WATCHED, A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, A RIFLE IN A BAG
July 14, 2023: LAKOTA NATION VS. UNITED STATES, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL, SKATE DREAMS
July 7, 2023: ONCE UPON A TIME IN UGANDA, A STORY OF BONES, THE YOUTUBE EFFECT
June 30, 2023: CASA SUSANNA, ANTHEM, EVERY BODY
June 23, 2023: DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY; THE STROLL; PEOPLE PERSON: DOCS BY JEANIE FINLAY
June 16, 2023: THE LUCKIEST GUY IN THE WORLD, NOTES FROM A LOW ORBIT, STAN LEE
June 9, 2023: SAM NOW, THE FILMS OF NATALIA ALMADA, SQUARING THE CIRCLE
June 2, 2023: AFTER SHERMAN, GRANDPA WAS AN EMPEROR, RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE
May 26, 2023: WHITE BALLS ON WALLS, WHEN A FARM GOES AFLAME
May 19, 2023: THE QUIET EPIDEMIC, THE BLINDNESS SERIES, MUSEUM OF THE REVOLUTION
May 12, 2023: LOURDES PORTILLO: UNA VIDA DE DIRECTORA, STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE, IT IS NIGHT IN AMERICA
May 5, 2023: ANXIOUS NATION, PATH OF THE PANTHER, PRISMATIC GROUND
April 28, 2023: 32 SOUNDS, ENDPHASE
April 21, 2023: LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING, JUDY BLUME FOREVER
April 14, 2023: AFROPOP: THE ULTIMATE CULTURAL EXCHANGE, DE HUMANI CORPORIS FABRICA
April 7, 2023: SAM NOW, PRETTY BABY: BROOKE SHIELDS, LEWIS CAPALDI: HOW I’M FEELING NOW
March 31, 2023: IMAGINING THE INDIAN, IN VIAGGO, THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS
March 24, 2023: DREAMING AN ISLAND, RABBLE ROUSERS, SELF-PORTRAIT
March 17, 2023: I GOT A MONSTER, THE SPIRIT OF ’45
March 10, 2023: THE HOLLY, THERAPY DOGS
March 3, 2023: SANSÓN AND ME, AMERICA AS SEEN BY A FRENCHMAN
February 24, 2023: THINK BLACK: AN EPHRAIM ASILI RETROSPECTIVE, MURDAUGH MURDERS: A SOUTHERN SCANDAL
February 17, 2023: THE ROMANTICS, THE FIRST STEP, STOLEN YOUTH
February 10, 2023: ALL THAT BREATHES, BURIAL, BILL RUSSELL: LEGEND
February 3, 2023: A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, PAMELA, A LOVE STORY
January 27, 2023: ROBERTA FLACK, GEOGRAPHIES OF SOLITUDE
January 20, 2023: JAMES BALDWIN ABROAD, THE LAST AUTUMN, SELECTIONS FROM PACIFIC STREET FILMS
January 13, 2023: I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE, GAY USA
January 6, 2023: SIRENS, MADOFF: THE MONSTER OF WALL STREET

2022

December 30, 2022: TURN EVERY PAGE: THE ADVENTURES OF ROBERT CARO AND ROBERT GOTTLIEB, THE SUPER 8 YEARS
December 16, 2022: NELLY & NADINE, LOWNDES COUNTY AND THE ROAD TO BLACK POWER, RETROGRADE
December 9, 2022: FILMS FROM IRAN FOR IRAN, TO THE END, FRAMING AGNES
December 2, 2022: ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED, LOVE, LIZZO, BUFFY SAINTE-MARIE: CARRY IT ON
November 4, 2022: GOOD NIGHT OPPY, STUTZ, KILLER SALLY
October 28, 2022: SPECTRE: SANITY, MADNESS & THE FAMILY, A TREE OF LIFE: THE PITTSBURGH SYNAGOGUE SHOOTING
October 21, 2022: ALL THAT BREATHES, AN ACT OF WORSHIP, BRAINWASHED: SEX-CAMERA-POWER
September 30, 2022: ART & KRIMES BY KRIMES, LOU REED’S BERLIN, I DIDN’T SEE YOU THERE
September 23, 2022: NOTHING COMPARES, INTIMATE DISTANCES, MY IMAGINARY COUNTRY
September 16, 2022: DOCUMENTARY NOW…AND FOREVER!, MOONAGE DAYDREAM, ANONYMOUS CLUB
September 9, 2022: THE BENGALI, NO ORDINARY LIFE, THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION
September 2, 2022: FAYA DAYI, KAEPERNICK & AMERICA
August 26, 2022: LET THE LITTLE LIGHT SHINE, SHEROES, THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE
August 19, 2022: THREE MINUTES – A LENGTHENING, THE TERRITORY, UNTOLD: THE GIRLFRIEND WHO DIDN’T EXIST
August 12, 2022: FREE CHOL SOO LEE, BLOOM UP, WE ARE AS GODS
August 5, 2022: EXPOSING MUYBRIDGE, MIJA
July 29, 2022: WE MET IN VIRTUAL REALITY
July 22, 2022: AFTERSHOCK, THE LAST MOVIE STARS, THE REHEARSAL
July 15, 2022: ROCÍO, THE SORROW AND THE PITY, THIS MUCH I KNOW TO BE TRUE
July 1, 2022: THE ART OF MAKING IT, BEBA, ENDANGERED
June 24, 2022: THE JANES, THE HUMAN TRIAL, MENUDO: FOREVER YOUNG, PORTRAIT OF JASON
June 17, 2022: BITTERBRUSH, DREAM ON
June 10, 202 2: THE JANES, MISSION: JOY, BEING BEBE
June 3, 2022: JULIA, WE FEED PEOPLE, FANNY: THE RIGHT TO ROCK
May 27, 2022: MARINER OF THE MOUNTAINS, LOOK AT ME: XXXTENTACION, DOC SHORTS BY VITTORIO DE SETA
May 20, 2022: HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL, THE FRENCH, HOLD YOUR FIRE
May 13, 2022: VISIONS OF OKINAWA: CINEMATIC REFLECTIONS, MAU and more!
May 6, 2022: MULHERES: UMA OUTRA HISTORIA, SYL JOHNSON: ANY WAY THE WIND BLOWS, NAKED TRUTH: 5 DOCS BY KAZUO HARA & SACHIKO KOBAYASHI
April 29, 2022: THE WOBBLIES, BROTHER’S KEEPER
April 22, 20 22: THE EARTH IS BLUE AS AN ORANGE, LIONEL ROGOSIN X6, CAPTIVE AUDIENCE: A REAL AMERICAN HORROR STORY
April 15, 20 22: UNRAVELING PARADISE, MEAT THE FUTURE
April 8, 2022: LA MAMI, TONY HAWK: UNTIL THE WHEELS FALL OFF, COW
April 1, 2022: SINCE I BEEN DOWN, BABI YAR. CONTEXT, WRITING WITH FIRE
March 25, 2022: ATLANTIDE, BISPING, KING OTTO
March 18, 2022: PHOENIX RISING, THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD, CLOSE RELATIONS (RODNYE)
March 11, 2022: A SONG FOR CESAR, WHEN WOMEN KILL, THE ANDY WARHOL DIARIES
March 4, 2022: LES ENFANTS TERRIBLES, DEAR MR. BRODY
February 25, 2022: FANNIE LOU HAMER’S AMERICA, BELLY OF THE BEAST
February 18, 2022: JEEN-YUHS: A KANYE TRILOGY, THE AUTOMAT, BULLETPROOF
February 11, 2022: BLACK HISTORY RISING: DOCS BY STANLEY NELSON, THE TINDER SWINDLER
February 4, 2022: POLY STYRENE: I AM A CLICHÉ, COME BACK, AFRICA, THE MONOPOLY OF VIOLENCE
January 28, 2022: WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT COSBY, FEELS GOOD MAN
January 21, 2022: TAMING THE GARDEN, CRUMB
January 14, 2022: AILEY, CHEER, A.RTIFICIAL I.MMORTALITY
January 7, 2022: AMERICAN INSURRECTION, SCORSESE PORTRAITS: ITALIANAMERICAN & AMERICAN BOY, DOCUMENTARIES BY LEE GRANT

2021

December 17, 2021: VOYAGE OF TIME: AN IMAX DOCUMENTARY, ALI IN WONDERLAND, PRESIDENT
December 10, 2021: LISTENING TO KENNY G, THE FIRST WAVE, WELCOME TO EARTH
December 3, 2021: A CRIME ON THE BAYOU, THE FRENCH, THE SPARKS BROTHERS
November 5, 2021: A COP MOVIE, NORTH BY CURRENT, THE LAST FOREST
October 29, 2021: ATTICA, BULLETPROOF, SWEETGRASS
October 22, 2021: BECOMING COUSTEAU, FOUR HOURS AT THE CAPITAL, THE TWO SIGHTS
October 15, 2021: THE VELVET UNDERGROUND, CURED
October 8, 2021: THE RESCUE, FIVE YEARS NORTH, FAUCI
October 1, 2021: KAREN DALTON: IN MY OWN TIME, SWIMMING OUT TILL THE SEA TURNS BLUE, THE FILMS OF LYNNE SACHS
September 24, 2021: THE VILLAGE DETECTIVE: A SONG CYCLE, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY, MAN IN THE FIELD
September 17, 2021: SCHUMACHER, VAL, HER SOCIALIST SMILE
September 3, 2021: THE BIG SCARY “S” WORD, TURNING POINT: 9/11 AND THE WAR ON TERROR
August 27, 2021: LILY TOPPLES THE WORLD, NYC EPICENTERS 9/11➔2021½, UNAPOLOGETIC
August 20, 2021: IN THE SAME BREATH, LANDFALL, NOT GOING QUIETLY
August 13, 2021: THE MEANING OF HITLER, THE AMERICAN SECTOR, SEARCHING FOR MR. RUGOFF
August 6, 2021: WHIRLYBIRD, THE VIEWING BOOTH, TREASURE ISLAND
July 30, 2021: ENEMIES OF THE STATE, PRAY AWAY, SABAYA
July 23, 2021: NAOMI OSAKA, AILEY, MCCARTNEY 3,2,1
July 16, 2021: NO ORDINARY MAN, ROADRUNNER & THE LATINO EXPERIENCE
July 9, 2021: THE NEUTRAL GROUND, THE METAMORPHOSIS OF BIRDS, THE LATINO EXPERIENCE
July 2, 2021: SUMMER OF SOUL, BEING A HUMAN BEING, UN FILM DRAMATIQUE
June 18, 2021: A CRIME ON THE BAYOU, THE FRENCH, THE SPARKS BROTHERS
June 4, 2021: ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE, PHILLY D.A., CHANGING THE GAME
May 21, 2021: PRIDE, TWO GODS & THE LAST DAYS
May 14, 2021: LOS HERMANOS/THE BROTHERS, THROUGH THE NIGHT
May 7, 2021: FAR EAST DEEP SOUTH, STATE FUNERAL, CITIZEN PENN
April 30, 2021: DUTY FREE, BILL TRAYLOR: CHASING GHOSTS
April 23, 2021: STREET GANG, SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS, SECRETS OF THE WHALES
April 16, 2021: GUNDA, OUR TOWNS, EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP
April 9, 2021: DOWN A DARK STAIRWELL, OLIVER SACKS: HIS OWN LIFE, Q: INTO THE STORM
April 2, 2021: MAŁNI – TOWARDS THE OCEAN, TOWARDS THE SHORE, TINA, ORIGINAL CAST RECORDING: “COMPANY”
March 26, 2021: MAX RICHTER’S SLEEP, THE PLACE THAT MAKES US and FRANCESCO
March 19, 2021: ASIAN AMERICANS, WOJNAROWICZ & CODED BIAS
March 12, 2021: STRAY, NASRIN & HARLAN COUNTY, USA
March 5, 2021: THE WALRUS AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER, SHOAH 35th Anniversary Rerelease & More!
February 26, 2021: Weekend Watch
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