Film Schedule

There is no actual line at the border, as most of us realize. But in Pamela Yates's new documentary we see there is no border because ICE is everywhere: the border lives within each individual who is subject to its control. Yates follows two journeys to this border: that of Guatemalan human rights worker Kaxh, who escapes local assassins only to become incarcerated ... more

In the months leading up to the 2020 election, well before January 6, 2021, filmmaker Michael Premo had the foresight and courage to embed with the Proud Boys for this intimate exploration of the far-right pro-Trump movement through three of its acolytes. Premo lets his subjects speak for themselves, and he does not judge. We meet a thoughtful Hispanic vet ... more

The Last Republican begins and ends with a progressive filmmaker and his conservative subject ribbing each other; obviously, no political differences were harmed during the making of this film. Adam Kinzinger was a dyed-in-the-wool Republican; as a child, he had a pretend campaign headquarters in his bedroom. Then came the January 6, 2021, insurrection against ... more

Beginning in 1980, the brutal 12-year, U.S.-backed war in El Salvador brought tens of thousands of refugees to Washington, D.C. This mass migration leant vibrancy to the city's culture and made the corner of 15th and Irving Streets in NW D.C. the epicenter of an artistic movement that continues to inspire succeeding generations of "Wachintonian" artists. Famed ... more

The larger Black community around Minneapolis's East 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, the intersection where George Floyd was murdered in May 2020, were no strangers to violence at the hands of the police. Rather, monumentalizing the historic corner was a way of saying, "This is our reality." This film follows three women activists who mine that moment of cultural ... more