2019: A Future Imagined (2008)

DIR.:: Joaquin Montalvan
TRT:: 8 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
DISTRIBUTOR:: Framework & Sledgehammer Films

Visual Futurist Syd Mead (“Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” “Tron”) reflects upon the nature of creativity and how it drives the future.

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Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son & A Tom Tom Chaser (2008)

DIR.:: Ken Jacobs
TRT:: 125 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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TOM, TOM, THE PIPER’S SON: Ghosts! The classic cine-investigation of the vivacious doings of persons long dead. Preservation of their memory ceases at the edges of the frame. A TOM TOM CHASER is a recent electronic riff on the famous piggy pursuit.

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Daughters of Everest (2004)

DIR.:: Sapana Sakya
Ramyata Limbu
TRT:: 56 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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In 2000, the first-ever expedition of Sherpa women to climb Everest was organized. This captivating documentary gives a close-up account of the expedition.

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N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman (1980)

DIR.:: John Marshall
TRT:: 59 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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This film provides a broad overview of Ju/'hoan life, both past and present, and an intimate portrait of N!ai, a Ju/'hoan woman who in 1978 was in her mid-thirties.

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Thriller (1979)

DIR.:: Sally Potter
TRT:: 34 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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Now available in a digitally-remastered form for the first time since its cult success on the festival circuit in 1980, Sally Potter's rewriting of Puccini's opera, La Bohème, turns on its head the conventional role of women as romantic victims.

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Charcoal Traffic (2008)

DIR.:: Nathan Collett
TRT:: 7 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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A dramatic story of two brothers trapped in a murderous cycle of environmental and cultural devastation in Somalia. First fictional film shot in Somalia in over 15 years. All local cast, no previous acting experience.

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The Heart Broken in Half (1990)

DIR.:: Taggart Siegel
Dwight Conquergood
TRT:: 58 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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Gangs are society's ultimate devil figure. They symbolize transgression and embody the deepest fears of middle-class citizens. Few filmmakers have dared or been able to get behind the headlines to confront the human reality and complexity of street gangs in urban America. Challenging stereotypes, this documentary gives voice to the street youths and reveals their underground culture. Here is an intricate web of symbols and passions, territory and brotherhood, honor and all to often, death.

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Documentary Filmmaking: Tips from the Trenches (2008)

DIR.:: Brooke Barnett
TRT:: 83 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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Hear directly from Academy Award winners and nominees, first time filmmakers and 50-year veterans as they offer tips from the trenches of filmmaking in brief interview sequences perfect for the classroom or living room.

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Play (1970)

DIR.:: Sally Potter
TRT:: 6 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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Play played in experimental venues as part of the revolutionary Expanded Cinema movement – and is made widely available here for the first time. The film hopscotches across two screens, making time and space child’s play.

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Whole Notes: Joseph 'Papa' Haydn - The Composers' Composer (2004)

DIR.:: Brian Rougeau
TRT:: 24 min
MPAA Rating:: NR
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The world of classical music is full of incredible stories. This contemporary and engaging series explores the stories behind the most famous and loved classical works and their composers, appealing both to the novice as well as the aficionado.

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Jazz Notes (7 films)

Curator: Teri Tynes

International Sweethearts Of Rhythm (part of a jazz film trilogy)
dir. Greta Schiller, Andrea Weiss
Round Midnight
dir. Bertrand Tavernier
Dancing to New Orleans
dir. Michael Murphy
Angel Heart
dir. Alan Parker
Jimmy Scott: If You Only Knew
dir. Matthew Buzzell

A range of films that highlight the upbeats and the downbeats, the blue notes, as well as the experimentation, syncopation and the multiple complex rhythms that make jazz. more

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2019: A Future Imagined (2008)

Tom, Tom, The Piper's Son & A Tom Tom Chaser (2008)

Daughters of Everest (2004)

N!ai, The Story of a !Kung Woman (1980)

Thriller (1979)

Charcoal Traffic (2008)

The Heart Broken in Half (1990)

Documentary Filmmaking: Tips from the Trenches (2008)

Play (1970)

Whole Notes: Joseph 'Papa' Haydn - The Composers' Composer (2004)

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Élan Vital

demark

Shoe Leather

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Curated list:

Jazz Notes (7 films)

Curator: Teri Tynes

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