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2) Wüm
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Bennett, a nonbinary new parent, joins a Mommy Group called "Wüm." What is supposed to be a space of support turns into a vortex of micro-aggressions from Instagram-ready hipster Moms.
6) Eid Mubarak
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A six-year-old Pakistani girl embarks on a mission to save her beloved pet goat from being eaten on the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Azha.
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A nun in Uganda is consumed by fear and doubt about her decision to take the solemn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. Her anguish intensifies night after night as she lies on a hard bed in her small room at the convent and listens to the rhythmic, beckoning drums of her village. Adapted from a short story by Alice Walker, the film was a deliberate first move by director Julie Dash toward narrative filmmaking, The work precedes and anticipates...
8) Dog City
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In the tough streets of DOG CITY, Ace inherits a saloon from his late Uncle Harry and is unwilling to pay the protection money. A puppet parody of classic gangster films directed by Jim Henson.
9) Nest
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A story of siblings building a tree house together over the course of a year. We experience the beauty and brutality of the seasons, as we follow them through their struggles and moments of joy.
10) Letter to a Pig
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A traumatic memory of a Holocaust survivor sends a young schoolgirl on an inner journey, searching for her own path as the boundary between animal and human nature blurs.
11) Pachyderme
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Every summer, Louise is entrusted to her grandparents for a few days of vacation in the country. The green grass of the garden, the swimming in the lake, the fishing with Grandpa, everything seems as sweet as Grandma’s strawberry pies. Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
12) Four Women
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In this experimental short by Julie Dash -- which is one of the first experimental films by a Black woman filmmaker -- dancer Linda Martina Young interprets the same-titled ballad by Nina Simone and embodies the spirits of four women: Aunt Sarah, Saffronia, Sweet Thing and Peaches. These women represent common stereotypes of Black women attempting to survive in America.
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When an asteroid hits the Earth, underwater volcanic eruptions risk submerging a riverside town and the inhabitants start to flee inland. The day before leaving, Nian says goodbye to a childhood friend but on her way she crosses paths with some of the town’s residents. Gradually, her memories of the town start to become clearer and clearer in her mind.
14) Marina's Ocean
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A group of students from the countryside are preparing for a special trip to the beach. Marina, a 15-year-old girl with Downs Syndrome, longs to visit the sea for the first time. Not allowed to travel with the other kids, Marina begins her own journey.
15) Deliver Me
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Jora’s perfect relationship with himself becomes the worst “little prison” imaginable.
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Offers an essential collection of 21 short art film experiments in HD to 5K scans made from 35mm and 16mm picture elements.Highlights include brand new digital restorations of classic experimental films, Manhatta (1921), The Enchanted City (1922), Return to Reason (1923), Ballet Mechanique (1924, 1931), The Twenty-Four Dollar Island (1925), Eisenstein Mexican Footage (1930), Escape (1938), The Eclipse (1936-1949), Look Park (1973), and Tenga fe (2022)....
17) Baghdad Messi
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Iraq, 2009. Little Hamoudi (10) is totally obsessed with football. Just as the rest of the world, he and his friends are eagerly looking forward to the Champions League finale FC Barcelona-Manchester United. The long awaited clash between Messi and Ronaldo. But then Hamoudi’s television breaks down …
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The inventive, self-reflexive films of independent trailblazer Cheryl Dunye (THE WATERMELON WOMAN) offer multilayered, sharply funny commentaries on the intersections of black and queer identity. Over the course of six provocative, sardonic shorts, Dunye honed a unique, quasi-documentary style she dubbed “Dunyementary.”
19) Monster Maker
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A boy dreams of working for his mentor, a creature-maker, and comes face to face with a giant creature.
20) La Ruta
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A Guatemalan woman undertakes the journey to the U.S. border to seek asylum with her daughter, but first they must try and survive Mexico's infamous Route of Death.
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