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TWO TRAINS RUNNIN'
Mississippi was a dangerous place in the summer of 1964. Hundreds of college students traveled south in support of Freedom Summer to face down the Ku Klux Klan and a violent police force. With those events as a backdrop, two separate groups of young men—neither aware of the other—also headed to Mississippi on an altogether different mission. They wanted to track down two forgotten blues singers and bring them out of retirement. In this searing documentary Sam Pollard explores the explosive events that unfolded in Mississippi that summer and the captivating hunt for the musicians Son House and Skip James, two campaigns that eventually collided in tragic fashion. Narrated by Common, and featuring new music by Buddy Guy, Gary Clark Jr., Lucinda Williams, and others, TWO TRAINS RUNNIN’ is a must-see film about hot-button issues—police brutality, racism, civil rights, and the legacy of black music—that are as urgent today as they were in 1964.
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UNBROKEN GLASS
When he was six-years-old, Dinesh Sabu’s parents died. Raised by his siblings, he had little idea who his parents were or where he came from. Now as an adult, Dinesh sets out on a journey to piece together their story. Uncovering a silenced family history and disturbing truths, Dinesh and his siblings must finally reconcile the past, confronting the trauma of losing their parents and the specter of mental illness.
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Undertow
A visual and emotional journey through one woman's experience with depression.
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VR from NYT
The New York Times has taken aggressive steps telling stories in new ways in the digital news landscape. First by creating a new way to think about video and journalism with Op-Docs, and then moving into the world of Virtual Reality. VR is often used for visceral thrills like a roller coaster, but the Times, in an unprecedented way, places you into the world where news is happening. They took the extraordinary step of sending a VR Cardboard to over 1 million subscribers. Doug Latino who has worked closely with this and other moves into the digital world will tell you why and how the paper made the move into VR filmmaking. He will demo NYT VR films and share what they have learned a year into working in VR.
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Wake Up
A man wakes up to start the day, a new job and a perfect day with his family but all may not be as it seems. Director in Attendance
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Wakinyan
"Wakinyan is a Lakota word meaning thunder, or thunder spirit. The language is one used by native people of the American Great Plains. I chose Wakinyan as the title of this short film because it describes one of the few things that still exists on the Plains unaltered by man. It has always existed, and will – hopefully - remain unchanged. Wakinyan offers a glimpse into a pristine, natural world displayed on a canvas as big as the sky. I photographed the content during the spring of 2016, mostly in Texas, Colorado and the Nebraska Sandhills. It required thousands of miles driving, and being exposed to biting flies, gooey mud, blowing dust, and long nights. The hail, tornadoes and constant barrage of lightning didn’t bother me as it’s something I grew up with. In fact, if I go a month without storms and the reassuring sound of thunder, I get grumpy, gain weight and begin to lose consciousness. Shooting aerials can be challenging in high winds. I compensated by sampling a wind profile prior to filming. Those characteristics change quite a bit depending on topography."
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WHEN YOU AWAKE
"“The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water.” –Sigmund Freud An unscientific study of what happens when two people are hypnotized leading into an exhilarating journey into the unconscious mind (the repository for fears, desires, aggression, dreams) where all the images, sounds and music are from found footage."
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Where's I.W. Abel?
Kartemquin 50 Year Celebration Made by Kartemquin and a rank-and-file steel workers caucus, the film documents the opposition of the rank-and-file to the no-strike agreement between Steelworkers President I.W. Abel and the ten major steel companies, made without a vote by the membership of the union. Director in Attendance
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White Cane
Vanessa, a passionate would-be dancer, is blind. She meets Danielle who struggles to translate her love of dance into movement. As Vanessa learns to trust Danielle, she shares her rare gift of expression. This enriches her own world in ways she never expected, through the bonds of friendship.
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wintry mix ep ii: las posadas de los muertos
The singing always brings him back. The most joyous time of year for most, but for ramiro, the posadas (mexican carols) remind him of a costly mistake.
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Yes Men
Catching Up with The Yes Men, Snowden and Julian Edward Snowden and The Yes Men Sunday Oct. 23rd, 8 p.m. at the Angelika 3 Edward Snowden and The Yes Men surprise crowd at Roskilde Festival The Yes Men makes the goers of the Roskilde festival feel what government surveillance is like, with an assist from 2 Snowdens. Tito Native Comedian Tito Ybarra sings about cultural appropriations, (may offend some people) Wikileaks The Yes Men hang out with Julian.
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YOCHI (work in progress)
Yochi, an 8 year-old selectively mute Mayan boy, guards a nest of yellow-headed parrot chicks on sacred land entrusted to him by his grandfather. When Yochi discovers his beloved older brother Itza is poaching in order to pay his debts, Yochi's loyalties are put to the test. When Itza realizes he has poached Yochi's nest, he is faced with a dangerous sacrifice.
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