Interest: Women directors, writers, producers
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Dreamin’ Wild
Rediscovery is both a blessing and a curse in Bill Pohlad’s (Love and Mercy, Festival 2015) new film, based on real events and starring Casey…
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Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
The healing powers of sisterhood take on a new meaning in this luxuriant portrait by Anna Hints. Following a group of Estonian women who gather…
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Community Screening: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Margaret Simon, the 11-year-old New Jersey tween experiencing the first pangs of adolescence comes to vivid life on the big screen in this fresh, funny…
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Milisuthando
Using striking archival and vérité footage of her family along with deeply personal interviews, Milisuthando Bongela bravely constructs this personal essay about what it meant…
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My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
Mark Cousins dives into the oeuvre of the Master of Suspense in this entrancing film in which the long-dead Alfred Hitchcock delivers from beyond the…
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Rally
Rooth Tang unpacks and holds up to the light the work of Rose Pak, who worked tirelessly to bring Chinese-American issues to the forefront of…
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Martinez
In this satirical take on workplace culture, human resources informs elderly employee Martinez (Francisco Reyes, A Fantastic Woman) that it is time for him to…
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STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
More than an icon, Michael J. Fox is a global celebrity who rose to fame in the beloved sitcom Family Ties, starred in the blockbuster…
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“1000% Me: Growing Up Mixed” + “Creating Things” + “Southern Afternoon”
Playful and enormously charming, W. Kamau Bell’s latest work profiles the joys and struggles of children growing up mixed-race.
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Fremont
A former translator for the US military, Donya (Anaita Wali Zada) now lives among the Afghan diaspora who call the eponymous Bay Area suburb home…
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I Have Electric Dreams
Powered by dreamy cinematography, I Have Electric Dreams follows teenage Eva as she grapples with the emotions and realities of her parents’ split.
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King Coal
Documentarian Elaine McMillion Sheldon grew up a coal miner’s daughter, identifying with Loretta Lynn’s classic country tune. As she distills this unique version of Americana,…










