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17 Blocks
In 1999, nine-year-old Emmanuel Durant and his family began filming their daily lives in America’s most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol. They've been filming ever since. Spanning two decades, 17 Blocks illuminates a nation's ongoing crisis through one family's raw, stirring, and deeply personal saga. -JM
Fri, May 31, 2019 7:01 PM
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36 Hours
An unusual combination of disorientation and euphoria occurs in the hours leading up to the birth of expectant mother Angelle's first child. 36 Hours is an immersive and tender document of quiet love, celebrating the natural processes of life and the labor involved in existence. -CM
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 2:30 PM Mon, Jun 3, 2019 7:00 PM
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Anbessa
A coming-of-age story that creates a new perspective on the myth of progress. A curious ten-year-old and his mother have been displaced from their farmland on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, by the construction of a condominium. As they watch the buildings take shape, this lyrical film exposes the hope and tension engulfing the country. -CM
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The Artist & The Pervert
An unlikely couple—a famous Austrian composer who's the son of Nazi parents, and a renowned African American sex educator—live a kinky lifestyle: she's his slave and muse, he's her master. While their relationship brings into question gender dynamics, race, and politics, Georg and Mollena are a heartwarming example of an unconventional and well-negotiated kinky partnership. -MR
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 9:16 PM Wed, Jun 12, 2019 9:15 PM
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Bad Art Gallery S07E02
Brand new collection of Bad Art! Brand new collection of hillarious art commentary! FREE SHOW (21up)
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Barstow, CA
Alongside legendary Route 66 lies a place stuck in time. Not many people want to live in Barstow and those who stay look like they lost their chance to get away. Structured like a skeletal Blues song, poet/inmate Spoon Jackson shares his story and of this town built on broken dreams. -CM
Wed, Jun 5, 2019 9:15 PM Fri, Jun 7, 2019 9:15 PM
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Bellingcat – Truth in a Post-truth World
In an era of fake news and alternative facts, the controversial open source investigative collective known as Bellingcat utilizes digital technology and social media to expose truth. Above all else, this collective is on a mission to return a sense of journalistic integrity to the media landscape.
Fri, May 31, 2019 4:45 PM Sat, Jun 1, 2019 4:46 PM
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Bending Lines: The Sculpture of Robert Wiggs
An eccentric sculptor works in the space between art and science. Nearing the end of his life, he looks back on a lifelong obsession with patterns. Never formally trained in mathematics, he studied mud cracks, bee hives and tree bark to create a geometric system that resulted in his art.
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Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts
Bill Traylor was born into slavery in 1854 and only later did he start creating art. Traylor’s art is the sole surviving body of work made by a black artist of his era. He made well over a thousand drawings and paintings on discarded cardboard between 1939 and 1942. -JM
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The Book of the Sea
The breathtaking story of traditional hunters from the indigenous community of the Bering Strait in the Far East of Russia who are hunting to provide for their families and their village. In the midst of the white expanse of ice they stalk seals, circle the whales in the sea in their boats waiting for when the right moment for the harpoon has come. Their story of everyday survival is enriched with vividly animated local myths that at times prevail reality. These elements combine to produce a hybrid animated documentary that provides a haunting testimony of life in the Arctic. -CM
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Breaking Their Silence: Women on the Frontline of the Poaching War
Wildlife trafficking and illegal poaching are threatening the world’s population of wild animals. Leading conservation efforts and the fight against criminal poachers are bold, courageous women committed to preventing the extinction of Africa’s most vulnerable animals. -MR
Fri, Jun 7, 2019 4:45 PM7:00 PM
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Building the American Dream
In Texas, construction workers face the deadliest conditions in the country. Building the American Dream is a feature documentary that follows three immigrant families who are rising up to seek justice and equality. A story of courage, resilience and community, the film reveals shocking truths in an industry rife with exploitation. -JM
Sat, Jun 1, 2019 12:15 PM
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Candice
Candice Vadala aka Candida Royalle began her career as an adult performer and in her thirties began to direct her own films focusing on women’s sexual pleasure, becoming the “godmother of feminist porn.” In her sixties when confronted with an ovarian cancer diagnosis, she is eager to tell her story in her words. -JM
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 7:01 PM Thu, Jun 6, 2019 7:00 PM
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Cassandro the Exotico!
Famed for his flamboyant drag, sky-high pompadour, and show-stopping flips, Cassandro’s trailblazing ascent as one of the first openly gay lucha libre wrestlers has resonated for a quarter century. This tender documentary captures a prize-winning fighter who reinvented a staunchly macho sport, KOing opponents and coping with a body pushed to its limits. Cassandro's story—the underdog and a queer icon, simultaneously fragile and mighty—unfolds on both sides of the border. -CM
Wed, May 29, 2019 8:00 PM
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Circles
Eric Butler, a Hurricane Katrina survivor and pioneer of the restorative justice movement, relocates and finds work at an Oakland high school, where he enforces his no-nonsense approach to counseling vulnerable Black and Latino teenagers. Shot over two years, the film follows Butler's impassioned efforts to create juvenile justice reform. -JM
Sat, Jun 1, 2019 2:31 PM Mon, Jun 3, 2019 9:00 PM
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Dons of Disco
You probably remember the infamy of Milli Vanilli, but they don’t compare to the 1980s Den Harrow lip-syncing scandal that escalated into a bitter war between an American singer and an Italian male model. Who is the 'true' artist behind Den Harrow: the face, or the voice? -JM
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Dosed
After years of prescription medications failed her a suicidal young woman, Adrianne, turns to underground healers to try and overcome her depression, anxiety, and opioid addiction with illegal psychedelic medicine like magic mushrooms and iboga. -JR
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 7:01 PM Mon, Jun 10, 2019 9:01 PM
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Dusty Groove: The Sound of Transition
Vinyl buyer Rick Wojcik walks us into the homes of strangers, digging through their jazz, soul, and hip hop records, purchasing their once-prized possessions. Each seller shares a common reason: they face a major life transition. Akin to an album of songs, the film tells a collection of intimate narratives about love, loss and our connection to music. -CM
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 4:46 PM Mon, Jun 10, 2019 9:00 PM
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The F Word: A Foster to Adopt Story (Season 2)
The story of queer couple Nicole and Kristan’s journey into parenthood as they seek to adopt a child from foster care in Oakland. They introduce us to many voices in the foster care world including birth families, foster youth, and adoptees, learning from them as they wrestle with the systemic racism and classism they discover along the way. -JM
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Factory of Lies
The Mueller report confirmed Russia launched an information war aimed at disrupting our last election. Hundreds of young Russians are producing fake news and videos in an effort to sow division and distrust in the US and across the EU. Meet the brave Russian journalists who are fighting back. -JM
Fri, Jun 7, 2019 4:46 PM Sat, Jun 8, 2019 12:15 PM
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The Fifth Sun
What does it mean to embrace a lifestyle that fits inside a backpack? On a quest to find out the meaning of wanderlust, two filmmakers follow a Finnish traveller on a road trip from Finland to Australia, facing unexpected circumstances that force them to reconsider their role in this journey. -MR
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 9:15 PM Tue, Jun 11, 2019 9:15 PM
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Framing John Delorean
Don Argott and Sheena Joyce newest film, Framing John Delorean, explores the renegade visionary (or ultimate con man) who revolutionized the automobile industry and whose car nowadays is mainly associated with the film, Back to the Future. In addition to insights via interviews, Alec Baldwin plays John Delorean in re-enactments of key scenes in his life, adding to a deep portrait of a brilliant innovator whose Midas touch ultimately disappeared. -CM
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Funke
After walking away from his successful LA restaurant, master pasta maker Evan Funke braces for his comeback. Evan struggles to balance the artistic integrity of his handmade pasta, bureaucratic challenges of opening a restaurant, and the mistakes of his past to create the most talked about establishment in LA. -MR
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 9:15 PM Thu, Jun 13, 2019 9:00 PM
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A Growing Thing
Women in a South African township are empowering themselves to provide financial support for their families and community through a project selling their embroidered goods. Jabulile is part of a small group learning leadership skills and facing the challenges of eventually running the collective to affect change in their community. -MR
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 2:31 PM Wed, Jun 5, 2019 7:00 PM
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I Am The People: Venezuela Under Populism
Venezuela once had the highest economic growth in the world is now a benchmark of collapse and misery. A wake-up call for all democracies, this film sets out to expose the mechanisms of authoritarian power and populism used to seize institutions, polarize society, and silence the media. -JM
Fri, May 31, 2019 4:46 PM Sun, Jun 2, 2019 9:15 PM
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I Want My MTV
Closing Night Film: A touchstone in the lives of millions of young people, as well as a home for musicians and filmmakers to display their offbeat sense of artistic vision, upstart music network MTV burst onto televisions in 1981. Its scrappy young hosts, fly-by-the-seat-of-its-pants production, and music mini-movies were like nothing Americans had ever seen before. A nostalgic and thrilling ride, I Want My MTV takes us back to the beginning where a seed of an idea quickly flourished into a beloved but often controversial cultural juggernaut. -CM
Thu, Jun 13, 2019 7:01 PM
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In Bright Axiom
Imagine you’re handed an invitation with only an address and an access code. Would you enter? Through dark halls and mazes, you’ll find The Latitude Society, a group of curious, creative minds brought together to create transformative experiences and expand their ability to trust the unknown. -MR
Fri, Jun 7, 2019 7:01 PM Tue, Jun 11, 2019 9:15 PM
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JR 'Bob' Dobbs and the Church of the Subgenius
What started out as an inside joke amongst two self proclaimed weirdos soon becomes much more than they bargained for. Frustrated by the rising consumer-driven culture, out of work pals Douglass St. Clair Smith and Steve Wilcox decide to turn their conservative Southern ideology on its head and invent a new religion all their own. Spurred on by the overreach of religion and zealous televangelists of the day, the pair concoct religious monikers, a newly minted prophet and devise a crusade to expose the conspiracy of normalcy by using humor as the ultimate weapon. -CM
Thu, May 30, 2019 7:01 PM
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The Land of High Mountains
Saint Damien Pediatric Hospital, Haiti’s only pediatric hospital, serves as an anchor for the community, providing not only health care, but farming, food, and educational resources. This is a story of hope and resilience, uniting Haitians and foreign missionaries in the fight to surmount every conceivable obstacle and provide for this vulnerable community. -MR
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 12:15 PM Tue, Jun 11, 2019 7:00 PM
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Motherload
What can we find when we start questioning the systems and structures of our world? Long time cyclist and new mother, director Liz Canning, sought to recapture the freedom and connection to nature she experienced on a bike. She discovers a global community of cargo bike riders redefining ecological transportation infrastructure. -MR
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Murder in the Front Row: The Bay Area Thrash Metal Story
In the early 1980’s, a small group of dedicated Bay Area headbangers shunned Hollywood hairspray metal bands in favor of a more dangerous brand of music that became known as thrash. Director Adam Dubin reveals how the SF Bay Area scene nurtured the music and the music spawned a movement. -JR
Fri, May 31, 2019 9:16 PM Tue, Jun 4, 2019 9:01 PM
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Our Bodies Our Doctors
Across the country, even in liberal, pro-choice states, women’s reproductive rights are under attack. Our Bodies Our Doctors tells the story of the courageous physicians fighting persecution from religious and anti-abortion groups in order to provide reproductive care to women in areas where clinics are few and far between. -MR
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 7:00 PM Mon, Jun 10, 2019 7:00 PM
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Pariah Dog
A poetic documentary focusing on several eccentric street dog caretakers in Kolkata, India. Shot over three years, the film paints a kaleidoscopic picture of the city as seen through the prism of four outsiders and the dogs they love. -CM
Thu, Jun 6, 2019 9:01 PM Sun, Jun 9, 2019 2:30 PM
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Pick it Up! Ska in the 90s
Chronicling the rise and fall of the third wave ska music that hit America in the 1990s. Whether underground acts or the bands that hit it big, the sound hasn't gone away. Featuring members of Reel Big Fish, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, No Doubt, Sublime, Less Than Jake, Fishbone, The Specials and SF bands Lets Go Bowling and Dance Hall Crashers. -JR
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 7:01 PM Wed, Jun 12, 2019 9:00 PM
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The Pollinators
Our complex food system relies on the work of bees to pollinate our fruits, vegetables, and nuts. The introduction of resilient pesticides in large scale farming is decimating the honey bee population, threatening the diversity of our food supply. Meet farmers, beekeepers, and academics advocating for systematic changes to protect the bee population and our food system. -MR
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 4:45 PM Wed, Jun 5, 2019 7:01 PM
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Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project
Before our current era of “fake news,” Marion Stokes started amassing an archive to protect and tell the truth. She recorded an incredible 70,000 VHS tapes capturing wars, triumphs and catastrophes. Recorder delves into the world of a Communist radical and recluse who dedicated her life to a seemingly crazy mission. -CM
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 2:30 PM Mon, Jun 10, 2019 7:01 PM
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The Recruits
The Young Marines teach obedience and loyalty above all else. The Recruits explores the societal influences that lead young people to conform to or reject military doctrine, raising questions about education, militarization, and the perpetuation of violence. -MR
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 4:45 PM Wed, Jun 12, 2019 7:00 PM
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Red Dog
Welcome to the rowdiest strip club in Oklahoma City. In the 1970s it is where country songwriter Luke Dick spent his toddler years. Now 30 years later, he has children of his own and he begins asking his mom questions about his own childhood. She turns out to be more hilariously forthcoming than he ever imagined. -CM
Fri, May 31, 2019 9:15 PM Wed, Jun 5, 2019 9:15 PM
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Red, White and Wasted
Mudding: where monster-wheeled vehicles twist, slide, and whip up bucketfuls of mud for approving, beer-chugging onlookers. This jaw-dropping and unapologetic immersion into Florida’s redneck mudding culture lives up to its title, but it also follows one man’s decision to finally accept change and re-adjust his priorities.
Fri, May 31, 2019 7:00 PM Mon, Jun 3, 2019 9:01 PM
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Salvage
In Yellowknife, the remote capitol of the Northwest Territories of Canada, the town dump is the city’s most popular and notorious manmade attraction, mined by a colorful community of thrifty locals. But the new city administration is determined to see it tamed, and the battle for Yellowknife’s identity is on. -JM
Sat, Jun 1, 2019 7:00 PM Thu, Jun 6, 2019 9:00 PM
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Shorts 1: Ask Me About My Job
From fun to weird to heartbreaking: It takes a special kind of person to film Super 8, be Nic Cage's stand-in, plan LEGO mega-installations, run a cult-like beauty school, examine the dead, or perform in a circus.
Sat, Jun 1, 2019 12:16 PM Mon, Jun 3, 2019 7:01 PM
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Shorts 2: Art is the Alternative
A collection of outlier artists. Featuring punishingly beautiful bones, Queer fat photography, an infamous street installation, a Butoh music video, a mysterious artifact investigation, and a tuba success story.
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 12:15 PM Tue, Jun 4, 2019 7:00 PM
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Shorts 3: We Have This in Common
Some communities we choose, like LARPing, Buddhist retreats, zines, or bikes; and some choose us, like a loneliness epidemic or a street encampment
Sat, Jun 8, 2019 12:16 PM Tue, Jun 11, 2019 7:01 PM
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Shorts 4: The Old Ways and the New
This collection captures the remnants of old customs in a changing world. Using beautiful video, storytelling, and animation, these films take us to Korea, Peru, Kyrgyzstan, Nigeria, Italy, and France.
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 12:16 PM Wed, Jun 12, 2019 7:01 PM
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Soar, Torian, Soar - with community discussion
Audrey Candy Corn is a West Oakland native, and organizer for justice. When her son Torian is murdered, she uses her phone to document her own darkest moments. Through struggles with grief, poverty, and raising her remaining two children, the film reveals an optimistic and enduring spirit. Onstage interview and community Q+A with the filmmakers by Otis Taylor Jr. (SF Chronicle). -FD
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Spears From All Sides
Ecuador’s Waorani tribes have defended their Amazon rainforest with spears; now they must fight to remove the oil companies from their lands and preserve one of the most biologically diverse regions of the world. The film is a dramatic story of deception, brutality, betrayal, and in the end hope. -JM
Sun, Jun 2, 2019 12:16 PM Tue, Jun 4, 2019 7:01 PM
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Spider Mites of Jesus: The Dirtwoman Documentary
Having suffered from “Spider Mites of Jesus” (spinal meningitis) as a child, Donnie Corker suffered learning disabilities that left him illiterate and making money as a prostitute and drag performer. With his John Waters-esque ability to shock and delight, he inherited the moniker Dirtwoman, the self-proclaimed Queen of Richmond. -MR
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Uberland
A rare look behind the scenes of scandal-ridden Uber and the Silicon Valley labor practices of the larger gig economy that's changed the face of our city. Uberland follows SF Uber drivers Eric, Robin, Antonio, and Xavier as they try to survive on meager earnings and few labor protections. -JM
Sat, Jun 1, 2019 9:16 PM Tue, Jun 4, 2019 9:15 PM
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Unfinished Sentences
A filmmaker daughter and her writer father navigate the conflicting issues of their relationship: race and art, adoration and disappointment, success and failure. Until he dies and in her grief, she discovers that his poetry and prose transcend death, allowing her to hear his voice again and find a way back to herself. -CM
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Waiting for the Punchline
Waiting for the Punchline captures the gritty stand-up comedy club scene of San Francisco through the rise of Nick Scarpino, highly successful podcaster by day, who by night endures harsh rejection in dive bars as he attempts to earn credibility as a stand-up comedian. Live stand-up following the screening! -CM
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We Are Not Princesses
This refreshing film offers a peek into the private lives of women who have survived unspeakable sorrow, yet blossom through the healing power of art. During a theater workshop in a Lebanese refugee camp, four Syrian women discover they have a lot in common with the ancient Greek heroine Antigone, and experience freedoms forbidden in their homeland. -CM
Sun, Jun 9, 2019 4:46 PM Thu, Jun 13, 2019 7:00 PM
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When the Storm Fades
A genre defying docudramedy about climate change, starring a real Filipino family of typhoon survivors re-enacting their daily struggle to recover from the strongest storm in recorded history. Their slow recovery is shaken up by two awkward Canadian volunteers whose attempts to play the "white savior" backfire. -JM
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