135 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Bill & Turner Ross.
Co-directors Bill Ross IV and Turner Ross's genre-bending docudrama focuses on a Las Vegas dive bar named 'The Roaring 20s' as it prepares to close its doors forever. Its longtime bartenders and patrons come together for one last night of alcohol-charged camaraderie, commemoration and consolation as they contemplate their place in a fracturing and downcast late-2016 America.
96 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Elyse Steinberg, Josh Kriegman, and Eli Despres
At a defining moment in American history, a scrappy team of heroic ACLU lawyers battles for abortion rights, immigrant rights, LGBTQ rights and voting rights.
Co-Presented with the ACLU of Maine
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138 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Bora Kim.
Positioned against the backdrop of a rapidly expanding Seoul in 1994, a lonely 14-year-old Eun-hee wanders the city looking for love.
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78 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Catalina Arroyave Restrepo.
Cristina and Simon are two young graffiti artists who paint Medellín, the Colombian city that they live in. They defy a criminal gang when they decide to paint over a threat, written on a wall, with a mural of a whale.
Read More78 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Cheryl Haines
Human rights become profoundly personal when Ai Weiwei, China's most famous artist, transforms Alcatraz Island prison into an astonishing expression of socially-engaged art focused on the plight of the unjustly incarcerated.
Read More120 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Makoto Nagahisa
With no family, no future, no dreams, and no way to move forward, four orphaned teens decide that the first level of their new existence involves salvaging a game console, an old electric bass, and a charred wok from their former homes—just enough to start a band… and then conquer the world.
Read More116 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Abel Ferrera.
Willem Dafoe is an American artist living in Rome with his family, played by filmmaker Abel Ferrara’s real-life wife and daughter. Their tumultuous relationship is set against his day to day life as a teacher, ex-pat, and recovering addict.
Read More96 minutes. Rated PG. Directed by Dawn Porter.
The life and career of the legendary civil rights activist and Democratic Representative from Georgia.
Read More91 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Dan Karslake.
Explores the intersection of religion, sexual orientation and gender identity in current-day America. The arrival of marriage equality was seen by many as the pinnacle achievement of the march toward full equality for LGBTQ people. But for many on the Right, it was the last straw, and their public backlash has been swift, severe and successful.
Read More57 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Daniel Traub.
An artistic biography of one of the few women in the world working in monumental sculpture.
Read More152 minutes. Not Rated. Multiple Directors. In French with English subtitles.
This showcase of some of the most exciting new cinematic voices from France runs the gamut from animation to romance to absurdist comedy.
Read More81 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Elizabeth Carroll.
The author of nine acclaimed cookbooks and a two-time James Beard Award winner, Diana Kennedy provides an intimate look at the leading expert on Mexican cuisine.
This film is co-presented with Portland Food Map
Read More74 minutes. Not Rated. Directed by Mark Bozek.
Bill Cunningham, the legendary New York Times photographer and fashion historian, shares his life story in his own words and photographs from his remarkable archive of over 3 million images.
Read More95 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Alex Rivera and Christina Ibarra. English and Spanish with English subtitles
The Infiltrators is a docu-thriller that tells the true story of young immigrants who are detained by Border Patrol and thrown into a shadowy for-profit detention center—on purpose.
This film is co-presented with the Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project
Read MoreCo-Presented with Rabelais and the Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association of America
Antiquarian booksellers are part scholar, part detective and part businessperson, and their personalities and knowledge are as broad as the material they handle.
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Read More81 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Carolyn Jones.
The American Nurse explores some of the biggest issues facing America — aging, war, poverty, prisons — through the work and lives of five nurses. It is an examination of real people that will change how we think about nurses and how we wrestle with the challenges of healing America.
Read MoreThe story of a visionary artist whose talent, intellect, and dedication to her craft produced a prolific body of work unlike any other.
Read More131 minutes. Not rated. Directed Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles
A filmmaker decides to travel to a village in the interior of Brazil to make a documentary. As days go by, he begins to discover that the locals are not exactly what they appear to be and hide dangerous secrets.
Read More40 minutes. Not rated.
For the first time, CatVideoFest is available to screen virtually outside of theaters!
Read MoreA confessional, cautionary, and occasionally humorous tale of Robertson’s young life and the creation of The Band.
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