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36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime
In 2015, three Muslim-American students were executed while eating dinner in their home in Chapel Hill, NC. In 36 Seconds: Portrait of a Hate Crime, filmmaker Tarek Albaba makes an impassioned case for justice for these innocents and for his community. The film charts the victims' families' agonizing overnight pivot from trauma to advocacy as they struggle to prevent their loved ones' deaths from being dismissed as the result of a random parking dispute.
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Baby Done
When Zoe and Tim learn that they are expecting a baby, Tim welcomes the prospect of fatherhood, while Zoe is determined to fulfill her wildest dreams before motherhood changes her life forever.
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Cora Bora
When Cora senses her relationship is in trouble, she puts her fledgling music career and life of random hookups on hold to go home and win her girlfriend back. She soon realizes it's much more than her love life that needs salvaging.
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Daniela Forever
Grieving the loss of his girlfriend Daniela, Nicolas is consumed by sorrow. He sees a glimmer of hope when he's offered a chance to participate in a groundbreaking sleep therapy that simulates reality. But as dream and memory blur, he must confront what healing really means and whether he's ready to let go.
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I Am Samuel
An intimate portrait of a Kenyan man torn between duty to his family and their traditions, and wanting to life his truth - one of openness about his sexuality and his dreams of the future - in this verité style film that spans five years. Samuel grew up in the Kenyan countryside, where tradition is valued above all else. He isn't married yet. After moving to Kenya's capital in search of work and a new life, Samuel falls in love with Alex and finds community and belonging. Their love thrives despite the fact that Kenyan laws criminalize anyone who identifies as LGBTQ+. Despite threats of violence and rejection, Samuel and Alex move between their co-existing words, hoping to win acceptance in both
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Jack and Sam
A poignant documentary about two Holocaust survivors miraculously reunited after 80 years. Mixing documentary, archival, and breathtaking animation, this story explores the enduring power of connection and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable adversity.
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Being Maria
Maria Schneider is a promising, young French actress. When she gets the lead in a feature film directed by an acclaimed Italian filmmaker and starring one of America's most beloved actors, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Her collaborators, director Bernardo Bertolucci and star Marlon Brando seem to be bringing out the best in Maria, sharing a warm rapport and mentorship with the 19-year-old girl. Until one day, when the two men conspire to shoot a crucial sex scene as a harrowing assault without letting Maria in on the plan. The film goes on to be lauded as a fearless artistic breakthrough, but for Maria, it's the beginning of a living hell.
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Sunday Special
On a holiday when the sale of meat is prohibited, a young girl goes on an adventure in pursuit of a forbidden chicken curry.
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Seeds
Ziggy is offered her first gig as an online influencer, promoting for Nature's Oath, a seed and fertilizer company. When her cousin summons her back to the rez, she is forced into a battle to save her people's legacy, finding her power along the way.
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Through the Earth
Through the Earth follows Blanca and Patzi, Bolivian women who migrate to Buenos Aires carrying ancestral memories an Aymara dream, traditions of adobe homes, and seasonal cycles. In the urban landscape, they must contend with shifting names, times, and places as they forge new roots in the darkness of displacement. Together, and alongside other women, they weave community and resilience in the city, cultivating a shared future that transcends borders.
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Unwelcomed
Unwelcomed follows the stories of migrants whose dreams of a better life are met with harsh realities in Chile. Once promoted as a land of opportunity, Chile now faces rising anti-immigrant sentiment and systemic barriers that leave newcomers in a state of uncertainty and exclusion. Through intimate access and personal testimonies, directors Aml̕car Infante and Sebastiǹ Gonzl̀ez Mňdez weave together a portrait of resilience and struggle, exposing the human toll of shifting national attitudes.
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We are not machines = No somos máquinas
Hidden in the shadows is a Latino workforce who feels they have no voice. A means to keep an arms-length from these workers, temporary and sub-contracted work offers little protections and few legal obligations by employers. But workers do have a voice, and together they are empowering one another and making noise to move progress forward. No Somos Máquinas We are Not Machines has been created in partnership with National Employment Law Project (NELP) and Silent Sea Productions. The film provides insight into the abuses and mistreatment of temporary workers, sub-contracted construction workers, and janitorial and domestic workers in New Jersey. Seeking to define itself as a new kind of union that educates, organizes, and advocates for workers without typical job protections, New Labor empowers disenfranchised laborers to become leaders who fight for progressive action. No Somos Máquinas follows the staff of New Labor and many members as they share their stories of abuse and disillusionment and their evolution into empowered, knowledgeable individuals who are aware of their rights and demanding equity. The film highlights these transformations and details the methods the worker organization employs to build strong organizers and leaders. From here, we see grassroots strength enacting change at the personal, local, and state level.
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