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Two men, one standing with a staff and the other kneeling, look at the expanse of a wide blue sea.

Passage

Oscar-nominated filmmaker David Massey wrote and directed this short film that looks at West African history through a fascinating new lens.

A young boy in a Catholic choirboy frock looks down at camera from a low angle.

Procession

Six midwestern men—all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of Catholic priests and clergy—come together to work through their trauma.

Welcome to Chechnya

The latest film by Academy Award–nominated director David France is a powerful and eye-opening documentary about a group of activists risking their lives to confront the anti-LGBTQ persecution in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

Science on Screen presents: Jenny Perlin’s Bunker

Set in abandoned missile silos and custom-made gilted bunkers, some of which have their own cryptocurrency, Bunker is a verité look at the lives of American men of all classes who self-isolate in preparation for disaster, as well as those businesses that capitalize on fear.

A woman grips a man's arm as the two look at a sinister shadow of a hand holding a gun
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The Ghost Breakers (with special panel discussion 8/28)

Bob Hope is a radio personality who ends up following Paulette Goddard to Cuba, where she's set to inherit a plantation and—likely haunted—castle. The August 28 screening will be followed by a panel discussion on zombies and race with Yasmina Price, Dr. David Bering-Porter, and guest curator Kelli Weston.

A woman grips a man's arm as the two look at a sinister shadow of a hand holding a gun
Recurring

The Ghost Breakers (with special panel discussion 8/28)

Bob Hope is a radio personality who ends up following Paulette Goddard to Cuba, where she's set to inherit a plantation and—likely haunted—castle. The August 28 screening will be followed by a panel discussion on zombies and race with Yasmina Price, Dr. David Bering-Porter, and guest curator Kelli Weston.

An adult figure pulls a child in a small sled on a wintry street as seen from a high balcony.

The Balcony Movie

Filmed before the pandemic, Pawel Lozinski’s revelatory documentary was shot entirely from his balcony in Warsaw. Director in person—December 2!

Two men, one in foreground, one blurred in back, stand in a desolate winter landscape.

Birthplace + Sisters

Lozinski’s first major work, following Henryk Greenberg, a Polish-born American who lost much of his family in the Holocaust, plus a celebrated, delicate short study of familial love.

A man sitting in a park looks through a video camera viewfinder while a dog walks by.

The Way It Is + The Ukrainian Cleaning Lady

In and around his own apartment in Warsaw, Łoziński explores a year in the lives of his neighbors; plus an intimate portrait of the filmmaker’s own cleaning lady, a single mother who left her native Ukraine seeking a better life.

A man speaks into a microphone in front of a handmade sign

How It’s Done

A political media advisor puts out a call for neophyte applicants for political candidacy, and hundreds apply in this dynamic, entertaining, and implicitly damning snapshot of opportunistic populism in action.

A person in intense close-up, looking off-screen while gripping their chin pensively and with wide eyes.

Chemo

Lozinski captures patients in an oncology clinic where they receive chemotherapy. The context and location engender profound reflections and wide-ranging conversation, each frame teeming with life, light, and humor.