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Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, The Immigrant Experience

Princessy

Film Princessy Directed by Franciszek Korolczuk Diana, a 22-year-old mother, is awaiting her partner’s return so they can move to England together. However, their…
International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

profession: activist

Film profession: activist Directed by Saber Tatarcheh A director wants to make films about human rights, animals, and the environment, but he is prevented from…

Rawstock

Special Event Rawstock Washington University Libraries’ Film & Media Archive will project an assortment of decades-old educational films from its collection....
Human Rights Spotlight, International Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Reading the World

Film Reading the World Directed by Catherine Murphy, Iris de Oliveira In 1963, global icon Paulo Freire led an experimental project teaching hundreds of rural farmers to read, write…
American Indie Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Reentry

Film Reentry Directed by Keenan OReilly Two friends make a pact to get out and stay out when released from prison.

Remedy And The Rhythm / Stories Are Living Things

Special Event Remedy And The Rhythm / Stories Are Living Things Following the screening of director Jon Boogz’s  Remedy and the Rhythm, audiences will be invited into SALT: Stories...
American Indie Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Remedy in the Rhythm

Film Remedy in the Rhythm Directed by Jon Boogz Haunted and guilt-ridden after his childhood best friend's suicide, Jon spirals into isolation until his friends push him…
1992

Reservoir Dogs

Film Reservoir Dogs Directed by Quentin Tarantino Every dog has his day.
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Right on Time

Film Right on Time Directed by Tom Bent When Ben is late to an important family event in his Cornish hometown, memories of his tumultuous relationship…
Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Right On Time

Film Right On Time When Ben is late to an important family event in his Cornish hometown, memories of his tumultuous relationship...
American Indie Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Rise of the Dead

Film Rise of the Dead Directed by Emma Jacqueline A sapphic apocalypse survivor must go on a journey to find a cure for her undead and unrequited…
American Indie Spotlight, Cinema For Students Program, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Race In America: The Black Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage

Film Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage Directed by Deborah Riley Draper RB_SM_WIKI.1716__Pablo Picasso meeting with Rosanjin
Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, QFest LGBTQ Spotlight, Show-Me Cinema

Ronita Rambo

Film Ronita Rambo Directed by Michael Doshier At a small-town diner in rural Missouri, a tough-talking waitress finds the courage to ask a pair of…
Asian Focus, Cinema For Students Program, Fine Arts Spotlight, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

Sandiwara

Film Sandiwara Directed by Sean Baker Michelle Yeoh delivers a transformative performance, amid Penang’s vibrant cityscape. In collaboration with Academy Award-winning Director Sean Baker,…
Human Rights Spotlight, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford

Film Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford Directed by Gaylen Ross Sapiro v. Ford tells the riveting true story of Aaron Sapiro, a young Jewish lawyer who took on…

Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford / Shoulder

Program Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford / Shoulder Sapiro v. Ford: The Jew Who Sued Henry Ford Sapiro v. Ford tells the riveting true story of...
American Indie Spotlight, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience

Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon

Film Sawyer Avenue, Sunday Afternoon Directed by Bill Morrison When masked US Customs and Border Protection agents abduct a man from a residential street in Chicago without…
Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Scary Lullaby

Film Scary Lullaby Directed by Daria Lebedeva Yura has an unusual diagnosis: the number of heartbeats he has left is limited. To survive, he avoids…
Animation Spotlight, Asian Focus, Cinema For Students Program, Human Ties, International Spotlight, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition

See you tomorrow.

Film See you tomorrow. Directed by Keiya Ando A five-year-old boy wakes to find his beloved dog has died in the early morning. As he drifts…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow

Film See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow Directed by Desdemona Chiang An aspiring queer stand-up comedian delays her career aspirations to do the greater work of caring for her…
Leon & Mary Strauss Documentary Spotlight, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, Women In Film Spotlight

Seized

Film Seized Directed by Sharon Liese Balancing the absurdity of small-town politics with the gravity of a constitutional crisis, the small town of Marion,…
American Indie Spotlight, Human Ties, New Filmmakers Forum

Sender

Film Sender Directed by Russell Goldman After receiving a series of unnervingly personal packages she never ordered, a woman, newly sober and starting over,…
Robert French and French-Language Focus

Séraphine

Film Séraphine Directed by Martin Provost The tragic story of French naïve painter Séraphine Louis aka Séraphine de Senlis (1864-1942), a humble servant who...
Cinema For Students Program, Human Rights Spotlight, Human Ties, Oscar-Qualifying Shorts Competition, Race In America: The Black Experience, Spotlight on Inspiration Documentary Competition, The Immigrant Experience, Women In Film Spotlight

She Dared to Dream: Ayanna Pressley

Film She Dared to Dream: Ayanna Pressley Directed by Abby Ginzberg She Dared to Dream documents the journey of Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley from her early years in Chicago to…