Country: United States Language: EnglishNew York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation – a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood. World Premiere, New York Film Festival 2022.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishIn 1936 Harlem, the first all-Black cast production of Macbeth struggles to make it to opening night amid political pressure and clashes between leading actress Rose McClendon and its gifted and untested 20-year-old director Orson Welles. A collaboration of 10 directors and 8 writers from the University of Southern California. Winner, Harlem International Film Festival 2021.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishGive yourself to desire! After witnessing a murder in the gritty streets of 1950s Manhattan, newlyweds Suze and Arthur become the dangerous obsession of a greaser gang that awakens a sleeping quandary into the couple’s sexual identity. Winner, L.A. Outfest 2022.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishA young, gay Black man, rejected by his mother and with few options for his future, decides to join the Marines, doing whatever it takes to succeed in a system that would cast him aside. World Premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
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Country: Poland, United Kingdom, Ukraine Language: English, Ukrainian, Russian, WelshPresented with the Ukrainian Culture Association of Ohio (UCAO). Introduction by Marta Mudri, Advisor and former Board Member of the Ukrainian Museum-Archives, Cleveland, Ohio. A short discussion and question/answer period will follow the presentation. Ticket proceeds benefit UCAO.In Agnieszka Holland’s acclaimed biographical thriller, a Welsh journalist travels to the Soviet Union and uncovers the truth of the devastating famine in Ukraine. World Premiere at the 2019 Berlin International Film Festival.
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Country: Italy, United States Language EnglishMaren, a young woman, learns how to survive on the margins of society. Awarded Best Director at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishWinner, 2022 Tribeca Film Festival. When a research scientist makes national news proving she can track people into the afterlife, Rose sees a way out and Teddy sees his chance to finally make it.
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Country: United States Language: EnglishA single afternoon in the life of an elementary school teacher, Emily, who organizes an inaugural club meeting of like-minded women that leads to a volatile chain of events. Official selection of the 2022 SXSW Film Festival.
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An idealistic young Harvard graduate attempts to establish a school in a rural location, but encounters opposition from both the black and white communities. The restoration of Oscar Micheaux’s Birthright (1938) was derived from the only known surviving 35mm print. | Country: United States | Language: English
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Country: United States Language: EnglishPioneers of African American Cinema — Reception begins at 5:30 p.m. followed by opening remarks and feature presentation with select short films at 7:00 p.m. The Gallery at Gateway Film Center is open for viewing throughout the evening.When a young woman escapes from her abusive father, she is rescued by an aspiring composer, but encounters opposition from his class-conscious mother. Frank Peregini’s 1929 feature film has been called “quite possibly the best independent black film of the silent era”.
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