Films


Gibtown
Melissa Shachat

An atmospheric portrait of the residents and community of Gibsonton, Florida, the off-season and retirement home of thousands of carnival and circus show people. Gibtown…

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Gideon’s Army
Dawn Porter

This remarkable film—a powerful testament to what it means to dedicate one’s life to the service of others—follows three young public defenders as they wrestle with massive caseloads and overwhelming student loans in order to ensure the rights of the accused.

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Gimme Some Truth: The Making of John Lennon’s Imagine Album
Andrew Solt

A must-see for any John Lennon disciple or music aficionado, Gimme Some Truth chronicles the evolution of Lennon’s 1971 landmark album—Imagine. This intimate, homemade “rockumentary”…

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Giovanni and the Water Ballet
Astrid Bussink

Giovanni dreams of becoming the first boy to compete in the Dutch synchronized swimming championship. With the support of his girlfriend, Kim, can he pass one final exam?

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A Girl Like Her
Ann Fessler

Today, unwed mothers account for nearly half of all births in this country. But in the not-too-distant past having a baby without being married was…

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Girl Model
David Redmon, A. Sabin

“The first secret of a successful modeling career is to start modeling at five to ten years old. If you haven’t decided what your child…

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Girl Wrestler
Diane Zander

That moment, that age between 11 and 13 often brings out the best in children. Tara, a thirteen-year-old girl in Texas, wrestles boys. That’s not…

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Girl-Hearted
Anne Scheschonk

Gracefully, and with open hearts, seven-year-old Nori and her mother, Josephin, reflect on their life together; Nori, who was born a boy, is actually a girl.

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Girls State
Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss

What would American democracy look like in the hands of teenage girls? A political coming-of-age story and a stirring reimagination of what it means to govern, Girls State follows young female leaders—from wildly different backgrounds across Missouri—as they navigate an immersive experiment to build a government from the ground up.

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GIVE
David de Rozas

With a singular sound design, this film documents retiring Reverend Roland Gordon as he creates an archive on the walls of his church—a new visual history for the African American community in San Francisco.

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The Giverny Document (Single Channel)
Ja’Tovia Gary

A striking cinematic essay on the autonomy of the black female body that incorporates footage of the filmmaker in Monet’s garden, cell phone footage of Philando Castile’s murder, and careful sound design to reflect on self-identity and ideas of safety in a white, patriarchal world.

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Giving Voice
James D. Stern, Fernando Villena

Six passionate, ambitious high school students compete in an annual monologue competition on Broadway in honor of renowned playwright August Wilson. Intercutting the students’ meticulous preparation with interviews that explore Wilson’s chronicling of the African American experience, Giving Voice is a vibrant living history of theater’s past and present.

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GLASS: a portrait of Philip in twelve parts
Scott Hicks

GLASS offers a rare glimpse of a great composer at work. What is the process involved in creating a symphony? What forces led to the…

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The Gleaners and I
Agnès Varda

A personal journey through unscreened corners of France, from farm fields and vineyards to city markets, the film addresses the topic of gleaning, or the…

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Gleason
Clay Tweel

Within weeks of being diagnosed with ALS, former NFL defensive back Steve Gleason finds out that he and his wife are expecting their first child. Gleason follows his decision to live, for his family and others fighting the disease.

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The Global Assembly Line
Lorraine W. Gray

From Mexico to the Philippines to Tennessee, this remarkably prescient film, completed in 1986, examines the consequences both at home and abroad of the then relatively new American business practice of outsourcing manufacture and assembly jobs.

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Go Army
Ruben O'Malley

An unflinchingly dispassionate look at the process of enlisting in the United States Army. Spend a day in the combat boots of a United States…

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God Knows Where I Am
Todd Wider, Jedd Wider

This absorbing feature unravels the mystery surrounding a woman found dead in a vacant New Hampshire farmhouse.

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