Film Category: Invited

No More Road Trips?
Rick Prelinger

Compiled from hundreds of home movies to create a dream ride across 20th-century America, this mixtape’s soundtrack and narration is provided by the audience.

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112 Weddings
Doug Block

Part-time wedding videographer Doug Block tracks down couples he’s filmed over the years, contrasting past with present to see how love and life have unfolded after vows.

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One Cut, One Life
Lucia Small, Ed Pincus

Two filmmakers undertake the making of a very personal documentary when one of them is diagnosed with a terminal illness, approaching matters of life and death with profound honesty.

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20,000 Days on Earth
Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard

Equal parts documentary and daydream, Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth’s innovative film features the inimitable Nick Cave in a series of revelatory and imaginative vignettes.

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Our Man in Tehran
Drew Taylor, Larry Weinstein

This riveting film recounts Canadian ambassador Ken Taylor’s role in the high-risk rescue of six Americans from Tehran during the Iran hostage crisis.

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Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq
Nancy Buirski

In 1956, at the height of her fame, ballerina Tanaquil le Clercq was stricken with polio. A mesmerizing film of love, loss, and surprising grace.

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Soft Vengeance: Albie Sachs and the New South Africa
Abby Ginzberg

Lawyer and freedom fighter Albie Sachs works to overthrow South Africa’s apartheid regime.

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Unlocking the Cage
Chris Hegedus, D A Pennebaker

Attorney Steven wise and his colleagues at the Nonhuman Rights Project launch a history-making lawsuit arguing for captvies chimpanzees’ right to personhood.

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