One essential truth of humanity is our ability to withstand shock, turbulence, and tragedy. Our innate resilience makes us incredible. The stories in this block showcase fortitude, love, and connection – how people show up with hope and action, even...
In a remote corner of Southwestern New Mexico, the last remaining cowboys eke out a fragile survival between industrial and protected lands. Their herds diminished, these aging stewards of the land live in a shrinking world of isolation, vulnerability, and...
To nourish is to provide with the food or other substances necessary for growth, health, and good condition. It is to show love in its most recognizable form – caring for a person and the wellbeing of their body and...
Take an hour on Saturday morning to enjoy light hearted shorts that everyone in the family will enjoy! Beware though – you might be seeing Sasquatch hiding in every wooded shadow after this block! A Beetle’s Day Off (animated) (2:08)...
Are we becoming PLASTIC PEOPLE?Our ground-breaking feature documentary investigates the growing threat of microplastics on human health.Almost every bit of plastic ends up ground down into “microplastics”. These microscopic particles drift in the air, float in the water and sit...
Our human relationships are our greatest source of joy, but also frustration. We rely on our relationships with others to nurture us, but they also cause jealousy, grief, and yearning. Films in this block include powerful and relatable representations of...
In OBSERVER, filmmaker Ian Cheney embarks on an experiment in which he brings a series of keen-eyed observers – scientists, artists, a hunter – to a range of locations around the world, often without telling them where they are going,...
“Enongo” is an award-winning, feature-length, animation-documentary hybrid and the inspiring story of rapper/producer/Ph.D. candidate, Enongo Lumumba-Kasongo, a.k.a., Sammus. With her autobiographical and afrofuturism-inspired music, Enongo tackles various subjects including (but certainly not limited to) mental health, growing up, and relationships....
Siblings reconvene at their childhood home, where they spend a precarious weekend drinking and talking. 105 Ely’s Historic State Theater
At ten, filmmaker Alexandra Shiva lost her mother Susan to cancer – a diagnosis her mother had kept hidden from virtually everyone. 36 years later, as Alexandra is set to outlive her mother, she embarks on a cinematic journey to...
