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shareThis collection of documentaries explores the ways people confront power, pain, and the places that shape them.
In Arctic Alchemy, a legendary Alaskan scientist leads a dangerous journey through the Brooks Range, searching for answers to a toxic mystery while confronting loss, legacy, and the wild’s grip on the human spirit. Perspectivism captures one student’s fight for visibility at the University of Missouri, turning exclusion into a bold act of protest art. The Halfway Between All This looks inward, asking how we process the unthinkable through images and memory in the wake of the Rwandan genocide. Finally, Hilda O. vs. The State of New York follows an 81-year-old woman as she takes the stand against the state that failed to protect her, refusing to let her story fade.
These films are raw, thoughtful, and deeply human—each one a search for truth in the face of silence.
In this program
Arctic Alchemy
Directed by Colin Arisman, Zeppelin Zeerip
“Arctic Alchemy” follows renowned Alaskan adventurer and climate scientist Roman Dial and his team on a 112-mile research expedition above the Arctic Circle. Traveling by packraft and foot through Alaska’s mighty Brooks Range, their goal is to find the source of a mysterious phenomenon poisoning watersheds in the Arctic. Along the journey, Roman reckons with fatherhood, personal tragedy, and the power of wilderness to both break us and bring us fully alive.
Perspectivism
Directed by Kyle Maki
After Mizzou s for Justice in Palestine (MSJP) was denied participation in the 2024 Homecoming parade, Isleen, the President of MSJP, navigates discrimination, College Republican accusations of terrorism and her own growing isolation on campus. To respond, a satirical street performance is created to expose the University of Missouri.
The Halfway Between All This
Directed by Alison Cornyn, Heather Greer
“The Halfway Between All This” is a conversation and a meditation on the role of images and trauma and the impossibility to truly process an event as horrific as the Rwandan genocide and its aftermath.
Hilda O. vs. The State of New York
Directed by Alison Cornyn, Heather Greer
“Hilda O. vs. The State of New York” follows 81-year-old Hilda Onley between deposition and court judgment as she seeks justice for the sexual abuse she endured while at the New York State Training School for Girls in 1958.
