Five Howard students sat down on the gilded horses of whites-only carousel the summer of 1960. When the white community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the Black students en masse and set up picket lines, an unprecedented collaboration was born. The pickets attracted Nazis, congressman, and a press avalanche. Picketing together led to partying together and union organizers mentored student activists, ultimately producing ten 1961 Freedom Riders, including Stokely Carmichael, and a Supreme Court case. With never-before seen footage, and immersive storytelling by Emmy-award winning director Ilana Trachtman, four living protesters rescue this untold story, revealing the price, and the power, of heeding the impulse to activism. Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round includes voiceover by noted actors Jeffrey Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Bob Balaban, Lee Grant, Peter Gallagher, Dominique Thorne, Alysia Reiner and Tracie Thoms.

NOMINATED FOR 3x GOLDEN GLOBES INCLUDING BEST PICTURE - MUSICAL OR COMEDY, BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE (LEE BYUNG-HUN) & BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE! Critically acclaimed and award-winning director Park Chan-wook (OLDBOY, DECISION TO LEAVE) returns with NO OTHER CHOICE, a razor-sharp, darkly comic thriller that satirizes ambition, corporate cruelty, and the murderous lengths we'll go to stay on top.

In PARIAH, a teenager in Brooklyn struggles to balance clashing identities, putting her friendships, family ties, and emotional well-being at risk as she searches for a way to understand her sexuality. For February's Queer As Cult, O Cinema proudly presents Dee Rees' powerful coming-of-age film during Black History Month to celebrate both the gay and black communities. ?

With his senses-ravishing third feature, visionary director Bi Gan takes his deepest plunge yet into the realm of pure cinematic dreamscape.

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Tour is a dynamic showcase of seven standout short films from this year’s Festival, including two Festival Award–winning titles. A 100-minute program curated for theatrical audiences, the tour is a special opportunity to discover a collection of fiction, nonfiction, and animated shorts, and offers an eclectic mix of storytelling that highlights bold voices and fresh perspectives.

NOMINATED FOR 3x GOLDEN GLOBES INCLUDING BEST PICTURE - DRAMA, BEST ACTOR (WAGNER MOURA) & BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE MOTION PICTURE! Brazil, 1977. Marcelo, a technology expert in his early 40s, is on the run. Hoping to reunite with his son, he travels to Recife during Carnival but soon realizes that the city is not the safe haven he was expecting.

Three New York City drag queens. One beat-up Cadillac convertible. And a small town that has no idea what’s about to hit it.