Films
This dynamic portrait lays bare the unforgettable story of Myo Myint, a former junta member and Burmese soldier turned pro-democracy activist. Conversation following screening with filmmakers and guest Myo Myint.
MORE ›How do you fight a brutal military dictatorship? Over the years, the cold-blooded rulers of Myanmar have fired on their own citizens during non-violent protests,…
MORE ›This round-trip bus ride takes passengers on Friday mornings towards the weekend and picks them up on Sunday afternoons to take them back to the place where they came from.
MORE ›With Bushman, director David Schickele intended to make a narrative film based on the experiences of his friend Paul Eyam Nzie Okpokam, who had come…
MORE ›This stirring and beautifully photographed short film tells of the last days of Clarence, a Nebraska farmer and patriarch whose family must face putting him…
MORE ›An unsentimental, deeply moving portrait of a young woman trying to live a “normal life” despite having a rare, often fatal, skin disease.
MORE ›A visually stunning film in which a Tajikistani shepherd must confront momentous changes both at home and in his beloved sport of Buzkashi.
MORE ›In 1964, a B-52 long-range bomber crashed on a Maryland mountainside with two thermonuclear bombs on board. This suspenseful account, crafted by the pilot’s grandson, skillfully weaves archival footage with personal recollections.
MORE ›Three fathers-to-be share their hopes, dreams, and anxieties as they anticipate the birth of their
children.
Most people have heard of Mardi Gras, but few know that within the festival also exists a very private world of high-society balls. Originated by…
MORE ›Weaving an interview with the renowned director together withr ich selections from his oeuvre, this film highlights Lumet’s career and life through his own recollections.
MORE ›“Farewell Grandmother” reflects on an age gone by through interviews with female survivors of Russia’s revolutionary era. Some of those portrayed: a wise, uneducated collective…
MORE ›As family members describe their memories of the events surrounding a young man’s death, long takes quietly observe, through scenes and sounds, a Mexican village experiencing the gradual loss of its traditional ways of life.
MORE ›A layered examination of soundscapes and sacred spaces as thousands of muezzins in Cairo are replaced by a single radio broadcast of the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer.
MORE ›This pitch-perfect road-trip film documents the odyssey of Armando and Carlos Peña as they gather together their five brothers to carry their mother’s ashes to…
MORE ›Scotia. Darwin. Calico. Kaweah. Never heard of these towns? That’s because they aren’t there. The people who once lived in these abandoned company towns peppering…
MORE ›As she embarks on a quest to become herself, Polish transgender woman Marianna must summon inner strength and make immeasurable sacrifices.
MORE ›“It left deep traces on her body and her soul.” This is the mother of Jadranka Cigeli, speaking of her daughter, one of the 36…
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