Free admission, subject to availability 5:45 pm Audience welcome 6:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Bodies on Hold This film explores the ethical implications of watching people at risk on screen. Analyzing migration documentaries and investigating in Philadelphia, it examines how temporal precarity is created without human subjects. Bodies on Hold prompts […]
Free admission, subject to availability 7:30 pm Audience welcome 8:00 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Her Plot of Blue Sky Her Plot of Blue Sky is a poignant film made by Kamila Kumic in collaboration with several Amazigh women living in a women’s center in Morocco. Through photographs taken by the protagonists, […]
Free admission, subject to availability 7:45 pm Audience welcome 8:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion In My Head In My Head deals sensitively with my experience of multiple sclerosis. I’ve had multiple sclerosis for over nine years. Weaving medical imagery from my hospital appointments with visual and sound fragments of my daily […]
Retrospective | Reflexive Ethnography – Free admission, subject to availability 5:45 pm Audience welcome 6:15 pm Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Reassemblage Trinh T. Minh-ha’s first film and a classic of postcolonial cinema, Reassemblage is set in the rural areas of Senegal. It introduces Trinh’s methodology, which she defines as the idea of […]
Free admission, subject to availability 13 h 15 Audience welcome 13 h 45 Screening begins The Departing Images Between ethnography and reverie, this film explores the dream spaces of a Mapuche family in Chile. Ana Edwards weaves a captivating visual narrative, blurring real and imaginary boundaries. It offers a unique glimpse into Mapuche cosmology, revealing […]
Free admission, subject to availability 11 am Audience welcome 11:30 am Screening begins *Screening followed by a discussion Villa Madjo In Villa Madjo, Elen Sylla Grollimund explores her family history through an intimate prism deeply rooted in the legacies of the past. Through images and testimony, the film goes back in time, revealing the complexities […]
In collaboration with FNC From Milestone Films comes one of the most vital rediscoveries of the year. Rainbow Gold is a young Black woman living firmly under her mother’s thumb and navigating the newfound world of femininity and relationships. Tomboyish and rebellious, Rainbow habitually ditches her strict parochial school to perform in Prospect Park with […]
Screening followed by a Q&A with the film’s composer, Murray A. Lightburn (The Dears) A star is reborn. With an outsize stage presence that eclipsed even the greatest R&B artists, trans soul singer Jackie Shane shattered barriers with raw talent, courage and an unbreakable commitment to truth. Through never-before-heard phone conversations, dazzling animation and an […]
Directed by J.M. Harper (jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, Don’t Go Tellin’ Your Momma), the eye-opening documentary As We Speak: Rap Music on Trial follows Bronx rap artist Kemba as he explores the growing weaponization of rap lyrics in the United States criminal justice system and abroad. His exploration reveals how law enforcement has quietly used […]
Canadian premiere Sister Nancy’s “Bam Bam” has been part of our collective consciousness for over 40 years, but what do we really know about her? Featuring tour performances, interviews, archival footage, and reenactments, this documentary showcases Sister Nancy’s resilience and her everlasting prominence in reggae and hip hop. In an industry notorious for silencing female […]