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  • The Changin' Times of Ike White

    Directed by Daniel Vernon • Documentary • 2019 • UK • English
    Featuring Ike White, Lana Gutman, Greg Errico

    Serving a life sentence for murder, music prodigy Ike White had plenty of time to perfect his musical talent. Ike's skills were so exceptional that his story captured the media's attention...

  • Liar's Dice

    Directed by Geethu Mohandas • Drama • 2013 • India • Hindi with English subtitles
    Starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Geetanjali Thapa, Manya Gupta

    An official selection of the Sundance Film Festival, "Liar's Dice" is a deeply affecting road movie set in picturesque mountains on the Tibetan border to ...

  • News from Planet Mars

    Directed by Dominik Moll • Comedy • 2016 • France, Belgium • French with English subtitles
    Starring Francois Damiens, Vincent Mascaigne, Veerle Baetens

    Philippe Mars is a reasonable man in an unreasonable world, but the planets have not been exactly aligned in his favor lately. With his son turn...

  • Denise Ho - Becoming the Song

    Directed by Sue Williams • Documentary • 2020 • US • English and Cantonese with English subtitles
    Featuring Denise Ho

    "Denise Ho – Becoming the Song" profiles the openly gay Hong Kong singer and human rights activist Denise Ho. Drawing on unprecedented access, the film explores her remarkable jo...

  • Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity

    Directed by Catherine Gund • Documentary • 2014 • US • English
    Featuring Elizabeth Streb, Sarah Callan, Fabio Tavares

    "Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity" traces the evolution of Elizabeth Streb's movement philosophy as she pushes herself and her performers from the ground to the sky.

  • Ever Deadly

    Directed by Tanya Tagaq, Chelsea McMullan • Documentary • 2022 • Canada • English, Inuktitut with English subtitles
    Featuring Tanya Tagaq, Laakkuluk Williamson, Bathory Mary Gillis

    "Ever Deadly" weaves together intimate concert footage of Tanya Tagaq alongside moving personal reflections, stunni...

  • The Reason I Jump

    Directed by Jerry Rothwell • Documentary • 2021 • US,UK • English
    Featuring Jordan O'Donegan, Jeremy Dear, David Mitchell

    Based on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida and winner of the Audience Award at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, "The Reason I Jump" is an immersive cinematic explorati...

  • Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World

    Directed by Catherine Bainbridge, Alfonso Maiorana • Documentary • 2017 • Canada • English
    Featuring Robbie Robertson, Martin Scorsese, Jackson Browne

    Filmmakers Stevie Salas, Catherine Bainbridge, and Alfonso Maiorana examine the musical contributions of indigenous artists and their influence o...

  • Tey

    Directed by Alain Gomis • Drama • 2012 • France, Senegal • French, Wolof with English subtitles
    Starring Saul Williams, Djolof Mbengu, Anisia Uzeyman

    In a village outside Dakar, the gods - or the stars, or destiny, have spoken: Satché must die by the end of the day. Directed by Alain Gomis and s...

  • The Man Who Drove with Mandela

    Directed by Greta Schiller • Documentary • 1998 • UK, US, South Africa • English
    Featuring Corin Redgrave, Joseph Bale, Adriaan Bassier

    In 1962, at the height of oppression in apartheid South Africa, a gay white theater director was arrested with Nelson Mandela. His name was Cecil Williams. This...

  • Keep Quiet

    Directed by Sam Blair, Joseph Martin • Documentary • 2016 • UK, Hungary • Hungarian with English subtitles
    Featuring Casanad Szegedi

    As vice-president of Hungary’s far-right extremist party, Csanad Szegedi espoused anti-Semitic rhetoric and Holocaust denials. But his life was upended when his gr...

  • Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters

    Directed by Rosalynde LeBlanc, Tom Hurwitz • Documentary • 2020 • US • English
    Featuring Bill T. Jones, Arnie Zane

    Reaching beyond the world of dance and the remarkable legacy of renowned choreographer-dancer-director Bill T. Jones, this Peabody Award winning documentary touches the essence of c...

  • Rabin, the Last Day

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    Directed by Amos Gitai • Docudrama • 2015 • Israel, France • Hebrew with English subtitles
    Starring Ischac Hiskiya, Yitzhak Hizkiya, Pini Mittelman

    In his brave and provocative film, Amos Gitai sets out to prove that Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination was not just ...

  • Computer Chess

    Directed by Andrew Bujalski • Comedy • 2013 • US • English
    Starring Patrick Riester, Wiley Wiggins, Myles Paige

    Set over the course of a weekend tournament for software programmers in the 1980s, this Sundance winner transports viewers to a nostalgic moment when the contest between technology and...

  • Amar Akbar & Tony

    Directed by Atul Malhotra • Comedy • 2015 • U.K. • English
    Starring Rez Kempton, Sam Vincenti, Martin Delaney

    A Sikh, a Muslim and an Irish Catholic take stock of their lives in contemporary London in Atul Malhotra’s coming of age romantic comedy drama.

  • Luther

    Directed by Guy Green • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
    Starring Stacy Keach, Peter Cellier, Judi Dench

    John Osborne's play is a fascinating and powerful psychological study of the Augustinian monk Martin Luther, examining his central role in the birth of Protestantism and revolt against the Roman...

  • Lost in the Stars

    Directed by Daniel Mann • Theatre • 1974 • US • English
    Starring Brock Peters, Melba Moore, Raymond St. Jacques

    Daniel Mann ("The Rose Tattoo") transforms Alan Paton's novel of racial oppression “Cry the Beloved Country” into a tragic and beautiful film musical. Gilded by Maxwell Anderson's luci...

  • What Is Democracy?

    Directed by Astra Taylor • Documentary • 2018 • Canada • English
    Featuring Astra Taylor Angela Davis, Cornel West

    Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis and featuring a diverse cast—including celebrated theorists, trauma surgeons, activists, factory workers, asylum seekers, a...

  • Mantra: Sounds Into Silence

    Directed by Georgia Wyss • Documentary • 2018 • Spain, France, Greece, India, Russia, U.S., U.K. • English
    Featuring Krishna Das, Snatam Kaur, Deva Premal

    A feature-length documentary exploring the growing musical and social phenomenon of chanting, "Mantra: Sounds into Silence" shares the storie...

  • The Goddesses of Food

    Directed by Verane Frediani • Documentary • 2017 • France • French with English subtitles
    Featuring Dominique Crenn, Barbara Lync, Alice Waters

    In the male dominated food universe, discover the women changing the game on all levels. "Goddessess of Food" presents the best female chefs, including...

  • Guest of Honour

    Directed by Atom Egoyan • Drama • 2020 • Canada • English
    Starring David Thewlis, Laysla de Oliveira, Luke Wilson

    Jim (David Thewlis) and his daughter Veronica, a high school music teacher, attempt to unravel their complicated histories and intertwined secrets in this film from Academy Award nom...

  • The Sweet Requiem

    Directed by Ritu Sarin, Tenzing Sonam • Drama • 2018 • US, India • Tibetan with English subtitles
    Starring Tenzin Dolker, Jampa Kalsang Tamang, Tashi Choedon

    When a young, exiled Tibetan woman unexpectedly sees a man from her past, long-suppressed memories of her traumatic escape across the Hima...

  • The War Tapes

    Directed by Deborah Scranton • Documentary • 2006 • US • English
    Featuring Zack Bazzi, Duncan Domey, Ben Flanders

    Immediate, raw, and direct, “The War Tapes” is the first film shot by the soldiers themselves, bypassing the embedded reporter filter and providing an intimate front-row look at how ...