Genre: Documentary

Presented in partnership with Columbus City Council, all tickets to this screening are free and include a complimentary popcorn and soda. | From the director of Blackfish (2013), a revealing new documentary out of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world’s most powerful countries. | Country: United States | Language: English, Russian, Ukrainian

World Premiere, 2023 Woodstock Film Festival. With unprecedented access to Taiwan’s sitting head of state, director Vanessa Hope investigates the election and tenure of Tsai Ing-wen, the first female president of Taiwan. | Country: United States, Taiwan | Language: English, Chinese

From the director of Blackfish (2013), a revealing new documentary out of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. An investigative journalist uncovers the money, influence, and alarming rationale behind covert land grabs by some of the world’s most powerful countries. | Country: United States | Language: English, Russian, Ukrainian

The road to eliminating poverty begins with her. Join us for the Columbus Premiere with filmmakers Maureen and Jim Tusty. Revealing the explosive implications of women’s economic participation, the film follows radically different women from Sri Lanka, Peru and Senegal who are fighting to build businesses that create job opportunities for women, while also contributing to the reduction of poverty in their communities.

Ohio Premiere with legendary tattoo artist Jonathan Shaw! Scab Vendor (2024) is a documentary about the life and times of the celebrity tattoo artist who changed the world of tattooing in the 1980s in New York and, at the height of his career, gave up everything to redeem himself through writing, eventually becoming the next Bukowski. | Country: United States, Brazil | Language: English, Portuguese