Interest: Documentary Feature
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Closing Night: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
This fascinating documentary delves into the origins of the beloved children’s show Sesame Street. With humor, never before-seen footage, and special guests, Street Gang explores…
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Homeroom
Peter Nicks celebrates the resilience and grit of Oakland High School’s class of 2020 during a year of extraordinary challenges with this compelling and immersive…
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Fantastic Negrito: Live Score + “Lost Landscapes of Oakland”
In a one-time only event, rare and rediscovered images of the East Bay are enlivened by a unique score, performed live by roots musician Fantastic…
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Lily Topples the World
A young girl’s passion for building and toppling vivid domino creations leads her to YouTube stardom and a career as an artist and entrepreneur. Recommended…
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Centerpiece: “Socks on Fire” + Rock M. Sakura + FREDDIE
Family tensions flare in this tenderly wrought film, as the filmmaker explores old family wounds between his homophonic aunt and drag queen uncle.
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Stray
The world of three stray dogs commingling among the inhabitants of the sprawling city of Istanbul is the subject of Elizabeth Lo’s beguiling documentary feature…
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Beyond Moving
This captivating documentary tells the remarkable story of South African dancer Siphe November, who was discovered as a young boy in the township of Zolani…
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Crip Camp
Born with spina bifida, 15-year-old Jim LeBrecht found first love and a tribe when he spent the summer of 1971 at a Catskills camp for…
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The Human Factor
The brief moment at the end of the 20th century when it seemed that diplomacy might prevail in the long Israeli-Palestinian conflict, along with the…
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Zumiriki
How do you relive a memory? Returning to a meaningful childhood location where he builds a cabin that he will live out of and film…
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Athlete A
During the 2016 Olympics, the Indianapolis Star broke the news that USA Gymnastics had been covering up incidents of sexual abuse by coaches for years.…
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The Iron Hammer
In this personal and rousing documentary, Joan Chen charts the inspiring life and career of “Jenny” Lang Ping, a fearless and independent Olympic athlete who…