Films


Unseen Skies
Yaara Bou Melhem

Trevor Paglen is the subject of Yaara Bou Melhem’s documentary, which follows the artist as he develops several projects, including Orbital Reflector and Sight Machine,…

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Untouchable
Thirza Cuthand

“Playing with images of teenage stalkers and innocent little girls, Cuthand explores the sexual struggles and powerlessness felt by the young.” —from the Expo catalogue

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Up At Night
Nelson Makengo

Nighttime Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is often illuminated solely by thousands of portable LED lights. With the power often cut out, people have found a way to improvise. In this visually layered experimental short, three screens reflect a city filled with political strife and violence, and people who are primed to resist their circumstances.

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Up the Yangtze
Yung Chang

When the Three Gorges Dam on China’s historic Yangtze River is completed, two million inhabitants of shoreline villages will lose their homes. Up the Yangtze…

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Uprising of ’34
George Stoney, Judith Helfand, Susanne Rostock

In 1934 Southern textile workers took the lead in what became the largest single industry strike in the history of the U.S. Winston Salem native…

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The Uprising of ’34
George Stoney, Judith Helfand

Through rare archival footage and participant interviews, this groundbreaking film recovers the long-suppressed history of the 1934 General Textile Strike, when hundreds of thousands of Southern cotton mill workers walked off the job.

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Upside Down
Astrid Bussink

In May 1941, Rudolf Hess, Hitler’s deputy Führer, decided to fly alone in a small Messerschmitt plane from Germany to Scotland, apparently in a deluded…

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Us Kids
Kim Snyder

In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, FL, in 2018, students come together to speak out against gun violence. Grieving but refusing to stay silent, they spark a national movement to hold public officials accountable for their inaction and demand legislative reform.

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Utopia, Part 3: The World’s Largest Shopping Mall
Sam Green, Carrie Lozano

More than twice the size of the Mall of America, the South China Mall in Dongguan, China, seems to have it all: gondolas, carnival rides,…

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Uyghurs, Prisoners of the Absurd
Patricio HenrÍquez

A group of Uyghurs, China’s Muslim minority, escape persecution by fleeing to Afghanistan, only to find themselves sold as terrorists to U.S. forces and held for years at Guantanamo Bay.

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V.S. (Vreugdevuur Scheveningen)
Romke Hoogwaerts

Two Dutch working-class communities take part in a peculiar competition: which group can build the biggest bonfire? This short film charts the preparations for the astonishing showdown, when monumental piles of wooden pallets are set ablaze.

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The Valley
Dan Reed

Kosovo 1998. Dan Reed captures the essence of war and in doing so exposes the fragility of civilization. In a beautiful land of rolling hills…

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Vault 1
Melba L. Williams, Jane McAllister, Jarek Sztandera, Michael Angus, Murray Fredericks

In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each year of…

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Vault 2
Steven Bognar, Edward P. Davee, Eva Weber, Jem Cohen

Vault Two In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each…

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Vault 3
Nicole Triche, Johanna Lee, Nilesh Patel, Jessica Edwards, Yasmin Fedda, Naomi Uman

In honor of our fifteenth anniversary, we have curated a selection of short films from the Full Frame vault, a title from each year of…

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Vault Keys
Harvey Wang

Starting in 1992 at his father’s request, Harvey Wang videotaped his father explaining how to access and assume his parents’ assets. This request is fulfilled…

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Venus and Serena
Maiken Baird, Michelle Major

This unprecedented look at the tennis legends’ lives on and off the court is accentuated by the
testaments of family, friends, and some of their more famous fans.

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Vera
Francesca Melandri

On the day a foal is born, a thoroughbred horse breeder outside Rome remembers her refugee past.

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