Film Category: Library
Blood and Steel: Cedar Crest Country Club
BLOOD AND STEEL: CEDAR CREST COUNTRY CLUB is an engaging and heartfelt skateboarding documentary from director Michael Maniglia. BLOOD AND STEEL documents the moment when the punk rock scene and underground skateboarding converged at the Cedar Crest Country Club--a remote country club in Centreville, VA, and a legendary skate ramp ...Read More
Constructing Albert
In 2013, Albert Adrià was considered the world's most underrated chef. Enigma, the crown of his gastronomic empire opens with a clear goal: to become one of the best restaurants in the world. This is Albert's attempt to escape the shadow of legendary elBulli and enter the pantheon of great ...Read More
THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR
THE TRAIN OF SALT AND SUGAR is a poignant portrait of the toll wartime violence and political tension has on humanity. This electric and visually stunning film set in the 1980s during the brutal Mozambique civil war was directed by Licinio Azevedo, and was Mozambique’s 2018 Oscar submission. Azevedo’s approach ...Read More
The Constitution
THE CONSTITUTION is a moving and ultimately hopeful new film about the complexities and contradictions of identity and expression in a world that more often than not offers little in the way of tolerance and compassion. Directed by Rajko Grlić, THE CONSTITUTION navigates complex and sensitive subject matter with clarity ...Read More
THE LAST DALAI LAMA?
THE LAST DALAI LAMA? takes a fresh look at what is important for the 14th Dalai Lama at 82: The historic confrontation between Tibet and China; his influence in political, spiritual, and educational spheres; and his personal feelings on aging, dying and the question: “Will there be a 15th Dalai ...Read More
The Departure
Ittetsu Nemoto, a former punk-turned- Buddhist-priest in Japan, has made a career out of helping suicidal people find reasons to live. But this work has come increasingly at the cost of his own family and health, as he refuses to draw lines between those he counsels and himself. The Departure ...Read More
HUNTER GATHERER
Andre Royo stars as Ashley Douglas, an unreasonably optimistic man recently released from prison. Returning to his stagnant neighborhood to win back his girlfriend, he quickly finds that everyone in his old life has done what they always wanted to do - forget he exists. Finding a fellow loner in ...Read More
RADIO DREAMS
RADIO DREAMS, winner of the 45th Rotterdam International Film Festival’s Tiger Award, is the newest feature film from Iranian-British director Babak Jalali (FRONTIER BLUES). RADIO DREAMS creates the strange yet very real world of PARS-FM - a Farsi-language radio station broadcasting from the heart of San Francisco. The story unfolds ...Read More
GOD KNOWS WHERE I AM
The body of a homeless woman is found in an abandoned New Hampshire farmhouse. Beside the body, lies a diary that documents a journey of starvation and the loss of sanity, but told with poignance, beauty, humor, and spirituality. For nearly four months, Linda Bishop survived on apples and rain ...Read More
MIDSUMMER IN NEWTOWN
Midsummer in Newtown is a testament to the transformative force of artistic expression to pierce through the shadow cast by trauma. In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy, one grieving couple honors their daughter through music, while community children find their voice through a rock-pop version of “A Midsummer ...Read More