Film Category: NEW DOCS

Hardwood
Hubert Davis

In this courageous story of family, fatherhood, interracial love and betrayal, Hubert Davis—son of former Harlem Globetrotter Mel Davis—tries to come to terms with his…

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How to Fix the World
Jacqueline Goss

Adapted from the research of Soviet psychologist A.R. Luria—who in 1931 went to Uzbekistan to document Moscow-mandated literacy programs—this playful, inventive experimental film explores how…

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In the Shadow of Eden
Rachael Romero

Employing home movies, photographs and her artwork to stunning effect, filmmaker Rachael Romero comes to grips with the physical, sexual and emotional abuse she suffered…

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The Life of Kevin Carter
Dan Krauss

As a young war photographer and a member of South Africa’s photojournalist/daredevil “Bang Bang Club,” Kevin Carter covered many horrors during and after the fall…

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Made in Italy
Fabio Wuytack

A whimsical Belgian filmmaker discovers a Lumière brothers’ film circa 1897. That silent film shows the old railroad that was used to transport marble from…

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Max by Chance
Max Kestner

This lovingly crafted and often comic film reflects on the arbitrariness of existence. Narrated by the filmmaker, this film is a journey through family myth…

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Mighty Times: The Children’s March
Bobby Houston, Robert Hudson

In May of 1963, the national media circulated brutal images of the violent civil rights struggles taking place in Birmingham, Alabama. To this day, images…

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Miles Above
Michael Welt

In this study of the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster, see the tragedy unfold from the multiple perspective of amateur photographers who recorded the explosion from…

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Cheeks
Tal Sharon, Daniel Barcelowsky

Meet Joe Cheek: folk musician, retro-fashion plate and dedicated son of two paranoid schizophrenic fundamentalists. Constantly berated by a father who blames him for every…

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For a Miracle
Jarek Sztandera

This astonishing film of the national pilgrimage of disabled people and their caregivers from Poland to Lourdes by train—under the auspices of Catholic clergy—is the…

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