Free Solo

The Carolina Theatre 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC, United States

A stunning, intimate, and unflinching portrait of the free soloist climber Alex Honnold, as he prepares to achieve his lifelong dream: climbing the face of the world’s most famous rock—the 3,000ft El Capitan in Yosemite National Park—without a rope.

Minding the Gap

The Carolina Theatre 309 W Morgan St, Durham, NC, United States

Skateboarding and strained family relationships bond three friends together in this introspective saga about the journey from youth to adulthood.

22nd Annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Durham, NC Durham, NC

The 22nd annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival will take place April 4 – 7, 2019 in Durham, NC.  Full Frame: four days of standout storytelling, conversation, and Southern hospitality in progressive downtown Durham, North Carolina. Each spring, Full Frame aims to foster an inclusive environment, bringing together filmmakers and film lovers from near and far to celebrate the power and artistry of documentary film. Amidst a vibrant arts scene, Full Frame is intimate, easy,…

2019 School of Doc Final Presentation

Full Frame Theater 320 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC, United States

Please join us as the 2019 School of Doc participants present their final project: Riot Not Quiet: Girls Rock NC.

Free

Jay Myself

Full Frame Theater 320 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC, United States

The life and art of photographer Jay Maisel radiates from this intimate character piece that follows Maisel as he moves out of his longtime Manhattan studio and home, the graffitied Germania Bank building on the Bowery.

Free

Midnight Family

The Cary Theater 122 E Chatham Street, Cary, NC, United States

Midnight Family follows one family’s high-speed nights as they earn a living driving their privately owned ambulance in Mexico City, combating rival for-profit EMTs in a city where the government provides 45 public ambulances for a population of 9 million.

Free

The Raft

Full Frame Theater 320 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC, United States

An infamous 1973 social experiment exploring violence and sex put 11 volunteers to sea on a small boat—for three months. The Raft incorporates pristine archival footage and new footage of the surviving participants, who reunite to analyze how the voyage changed their lives.

Free

Always in Season

Alamo Drafthouse Cinema 2116-D New Bern Ave, Raleigh, NC, United States

In 2014, teenager Lennon Lacy was found hanging from a swing set in Bladenboro, N.C. The circumstances of his death echo the long horror of lynching in the American South and intersect with the stories of two other communities seeking justice and reconciliation.

Free

The Proposal

Full Frame Theater 320 Blackwell Street, Durham, NC, United States

In an attempt to resurrect the life and art of celebrated architect Luis Barragán, boundary redefining artist Jill Magid creates a daring proposition that becomes a fascinating artwork in itself—a high-wire act of negotiation that explores how far an artist will go to democratize access to art.

Free

Kifaru

The Don Gibson Theatre 318 South Washington Street, Shelby, NC, United States

In Kenya, a dedicated team of rangers watches over Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino. Rampant poaching has decimated his subspecies, yet hope remains thanks to his incredible caregivers who are set on both preventing and recovering loss.

Free