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- DirectorCheryl DunyeStarsCheryl DunyeGuinevere TurnerValarie WalkerA young black lesbian filmmaker probes into the life of The Watermelon Woman, a 1930s black actress who played 'mammy' archetypes.
- DirectorJeremy EarpStarsDonald TrumpTim WiseDocumentary about the rise of United States President Donald Trump and how his presidency preyed on the fears of white Americans.
- DirectorTim KellyCharlie SoapStarsKimberly GuerreroMo Brings PlentySteve ReevisThe work that led Wilma Mankiller to become the first modern female Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
- DirectorSergio de la TorreVicky FunariJust over the border in Mexico is an area peppered with maquiladoras: massive sweatshops often owned by the world's largest multinational corporations. Carmen and Lourdes work at maquiladoras in Tijuana, and it is there that they try to balance the struggle for survival with their own radicalization in this documentary.
- DirectorJeff AdachiStarsFrank ChinDaniel Dae KimBobby LeeFrom silent film star Sessue Hayakawa to Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle, the Slanted Screen examines the portrayal of East Asian men in film and television, and how new film-makers are now redefining age-old stereotypes. Includes interviews with actors Mako, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Shigeta, Dustin Nguyen, Will Yun Lee, Phillip Rhee, Tzi Ma, comedian Bobby Lee, producer Terence Chang, casting director Heidi Levitt and directors Gene Cajayon and Eric Byler. The film contains over fifty film clips of depictions of East Asian American male characters from Hollywood films spanning almost a century. It asks why and how stereotypical portrayals still persist, and why the roles for East Asian American men are diminishing even as the East Asian American population is increasing.
- DirectorCheikh DjemaiStarsFrantz FanonThis movie discusses Frantz Fanon's life and work, especially his involvement in the Algerian Revolution.
- DirectorChristian ContrerasVictoria De La TorreStarsRylie RodriguezPaco FloresAndres MirandaOn the night her father goes missing, Maria and her little brother Juan embark on a journey across the U.S./Mexico border in hopes of bringing him back home, but not without the guidance of three curious, yet meddling desert creatures.
- DirectorShola AmooStarsTanya FearHussina RajaAki OmoshaybiAn artist returns to her gentrified community where she explores her social position and complicity in the rapid changes.
- DirectorStephen JohnsonStarsJohn Sebastian PilakuiNathan DanielsSean MununggurrAn Indigenous teen and his friends embark on a challenging journey to Darwin from Arnhem Land to meet a tribal leader with the aim of creating a better future after troubles take them away from their dreams.
- DirectorLauren GreenfieldStarsLauren GreenfieldBret Easton EllisParis CroninA documentary that investigates the pathologies that have created the richest society the world has ever seen.
- DirectorStanley NelsonStarsBlair AndersonOmar BarbourJulian BondThis documentary tells the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party, one of the 20th century's most alluring and controversial organizations that captivated the world's attention for nearly 50 years.
- DirectorDavid WeissmanBill WeberStarsEd WolfDaniel GoldsteinGuy ClarkA deep and reflective look at the arrival and impact of AIDS in San Francisco and how individuals rose to the occasion during the first years of this unimaginable crisis.
- DirectorMichael J. SaulStarsHarry HainsMichael Redford CarneyNicholas McDonaldThe struggle of a young man to slowly create his own sense of family.
- DirectorKathleen BrennanStarsFrances MorrisMarcia OliverLouise SauseFriends, classmates and lovers of one of the 20th century's most influential artists reveal for the first time the story of her early years defying the hardships of poverty, mental illness and forbidden loves. Through sheer determination and the timely generosity of others, she develops to create the transcendent art that would make her famous.
- DirectorKim LonginottoA celebration of love in a film made of extracts from movies from the film history.
- DirectorSarah RotellaStarsNatasha NegovanlisElise BaumanJustin GerhardA film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.
- DirectorJean GenetStarsBravoJean GenetJavaTwo prisoners in complete isolation, separated by the thick brick walls, and desperately in need of human contact, devise a most unusual kind of communication.
- DirectorKatherine Fairfax WrightMalika Zouhali-WorrallStarsDavid BahatiLou EngleLong JohnIn Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. David Kato - Uganda's first openly gay man - and his fellow activists work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combating vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers, is prepared for the brutal murder that shakes the movement to its core and sends shock waves around the world.
- DirectorBen CotnerRyan WhiteStarsTed OlsonChristopher D. DusseaultJeffrey J. ZarrilloA behind-the-scenes look inside the case to overturn California's ban on same-sex marriage. Shot over five years, the film follows the unlikely team that took the first federal marriage equality lawsuit to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- DirectorTristan ChytroschekLarissa KlinkerKatharina WolffStarsJudy WadeRobert LaceyMichael CockerellNo other head of state has been in power for as long as Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, no other ruler has had such a lasting impact on our epoch. We investigate the fine balance of power between Queen Elizabeth II and her Prime Ministers in politics and all other affairs. An exciting tale of power and representation - and a nosy glance into the inner sanctum of Buckingham Palace...
- DirectorGilles CayatteGuillaume PerrierStarsPascal ManoukianIn this acclaimed new documentary, Emmy and BAFTA award-winning director, Gilles Cayatte, and expert on Turkish affairs Guillaume Perrier, profiles President Erdogan. Featuring an exclusive new interview with Fethullah Gulen, the man accused of instigating the coup, as well as insights from Erdogan's supporters and opponents, it portrays a leader whose sense of identity seems rooted in his power.
- DirectorPeter D. HutchisonKelly NyksJared P. ScottStarsNoam ChomskyAlan GreenspanMalcolm XRenowned academic and author Noam Chomsky elucidates 10 principles of concentration of wealth and power that have led to unprecedented inequality and the hollowing out of the American middle class.
- DirectorMichael MooreStarsMichael MooreJohnny FancelliChristina FancelliTo learn what the USA can learn from other nations, Michael Moore playfully "invades" them to see what they have to offer.
- DirectorJulie CohenBetsy WestStarsRuth Bader GinsburgAnn KittnerHarryette HelselThe exceptional life and career of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who has developed a breathtaking legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon.
- DirectorLutz DammbeckStarsLutz DammbeckEva MattesTom VogtUltimately stunning in its revelations, Lutz Dammbeck's THE NET explores the incredibly complex backstory of Ted Kaczynski, the infamous Unabomber. This exquisitely crafted inquiry into the rationale of this mythic figure situates him within a late 20th Century web of technology - a system that he grew to oppose. A marvelously subversive approach to the history of the Internet, this insightful documentary combines speculative travelogue and investigative journalism to trace contrasting countercultural responses to the cybernetic revolution.