The Mali-Cuba Connection
81 min. Not Rated. Directed by Edouard Salier and Richard Minier. In Spanish, French with English subtitles.
In the midst of the Cold War, ten young promising musicians from Mali are sent to Cuba to study music and strengthen cultural links between the two socialist countries. Combining Malian and Afro-Cuban influences, they develop a revolutionary new sound and become the iconic ensemble ‘Las Maravillas de Mali’. New Year’s Eve 2000. Richard Minier, a French music producer meets a former member of the band in Bamako and decides to bring the band back together.
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This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection
117 min. Not rated. Directed by Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese. In Sesotho with English subtitles.
A widow in Lesotho rediscovers her lust for life when her village is threatened by the construction of a reservoir. Lesotho’s first submission for Oscar consideration.
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2021 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Documentary
118 min. Not rated. Directed by Various.
The 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Documentary
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2021 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action
125 min. Not rated. Directed by Various.
The 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Live Action
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2021 Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Animation
94 min. Not rated. Directed by Various.
The 2021 Oscar-Nominated Short Films - Animation
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Another Round
109 minutes. Not rated. 116 minutes. Directed by Thomas Vinterberg. In Danish with English subtitles.
There's a theory that we should be born with a small amount of alcohol in our blood, and that modest inebriation opens our minds to the world around us, diminishing our problems and increasing our creativity. Heartened by that theory, Martin and three of his friends, all weary high school teachers, embark on an experiment to maintain a constant level of intoxication throughout the workday.
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Truth or Consequences
102 min. Not rated. Directed by Hannah Jayanti.
A speculative documentary about time and how we weave the past into the present and our possible future. Set in the small desert town of Truth or Consequences, New Mexico, the film takes place in the shadow of the world's first commercial Spaceport.
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Martha: A Picture Story
81 min. Not rated. Directed by Selina Miles.
A portrait of trailblazing graffiti and street photographer Martha Cooper.
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17 Blocks
97 min. Not rated. Directed by Davy Rothbart.
In 1999, nine-year-old Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his Washington, D.C. family began to film their daily lives in America's most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol building. They've been filming ever since.
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The Long Coast
81 min. Not rated. Directed by Ian Cheney.
The Long Coast shows the beauty, intimacy, and uncertainty that coastal dwellers face in rooting their lives in the ocean, particularly as human actions confront Maine and its people with profound change.
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Sin
134 min. Not rated. Directed by Andrei Konchalovsky. In Italian with English subtitles.
Sin follows Michelangelo through the agonies and the ecstasy of his own creative genius, while two rivaling noble factions compete for his loyalty.
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Keep an Eye Out
73 min. Not rated. Directed by Quentin Dupieux. In French with English subtitles.
Police officers at a station must solve a murder case in this absurdist comedy by French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux.
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Welcome to Commie High
94 min. Not rated. Directed by Donald Harrison and David Camlin.
Explores an experiment in public education—Community High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan, one of the few remaining public schools from America’s “free school” movement.
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Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities
82 min. Not rated. Directed by Various.
In this collection of six shorts, filmmakers gaze at themselves and their world, attempting to make sense of what they see reflected back. From gripping drama to heart-warming comedy, Our Right to Gaze: Black Film Identities features timely stories from Black artists that take us outside of the ordinary.
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Thumbs Up for Mother Universe: Stories from the Life of Lonnie Holley, Presented with Indigo Arts Alliance
95 minutes. Not rated. Directed by George King.
After the world gave up on Lonnie Holley, the Universe sent him the gift of art. Born, one of 27 children in Jim Crow Alabama, Holley was stolen away as an infant and sold for a pint of whiskey. Now, nearing 70 years of age, his artwork sits in the Smithsonian, the National Gallery, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, while his music has garnered international critical acclaim for its stirring soulful depth.
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Mandabi (4K Restoration)
91 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Ousmane Sembène. In Wolof & French with English subtitles.
One of Sembène’s most coruscatingly funny and indignant films, Mandabi—an adaptation of a novella by the director himself—is a bitterly ironic depiction of a society scarred by colonialism and plagued by corruption, greed, and poverty. New 4k Restoration.
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IKARIE XB 1 (4K Restoration)
86 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Jindřich Polák.
A visionary work of Eastern Bloc science fiction, this mesmerizing Czechoslovak adaptation of a novel by Stanisław Lem melds Cold War ideology and utopian futurism into a tour de force of space-age modernism.
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Beautiful Something Left Behind
88 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Katrine Philp
At Good Grief, groups of children meet to understand the passing of a parent or a sibling through play. Death may come suddenly or slowly, violently or peacefully, but it leaves a pain that the child has never felt before.
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Some Kind of Heaven
83 minutes. Not rated. Directed by Lance Oppenheim.
First-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise.
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Alice Street [co-presented with Indigo Arts Alliance]
66 min. Not Rated. Directed by Spencer Wilkinson.
In a rapidly gentrifying city, the construction of a luxury condominium threatens a local mural forcing the artists and a neighborhood to rally to protect its history, voice, and land.
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