Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

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United Nations, 1960: the Global South ignites a political earthquake, jazz musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crash the Security Council, Nikita Khrushchev bangs his shoe, and the U.S. State Department swings into action, sending jazz ambassador Louis Armstrong to the Congo to deflect attention from the CIA-backed coup. Director Johan Grimonprez explores a moment […]

Look Into My Eyes

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Look Into My Eyes is a cinematic exploration of a group of New York City psychics that captures human beings trying their best to connect with, witness, and heal one another. Beginning with a plunge directly into the most private and raw of psychic sessions, a diverse group of clients ask questions they can’t ask […]

Intercepted

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Ukrainian intelligence services have intercepted thousands of phone calls Russian soldiers made from the battlefield in Ukraine to their families and friends in Russia, painting a stark picture of the cruelty of war in a dizzying emotional tension. Juxtaposed with images of the destruction caused by the invasion and the day-to-day life of the Ukrainian […]

Frida

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An intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time – drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews – and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.

Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

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Oscar-nominated filmmaker Raoul Peck’s Ernest Cole: Lost and Found is a new documentary chronicling the life and work of Ernest Cole, one of the first Black freelance photographers in South Africa, whose early pictures, shocking at the time of their first publication, revealed to the world Black life under apartheid. Cole fled South Africa in […]

Eno

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Visionary musician and artist Brian Eno — known for producing David Bowie, U2, Talking Heads, among many others; pioneering the genre of ambient music; and releasing more than 40 solo and collaboration albums — reveals his creative processes in the groundbreaking generative documentary Eno: a film that’s different every time it’s shown. Instead of a […]

Three Minutes: A Lengthening

CEH 2023 Nominee: Three Minutes A Lengthening

Three Minutes: A Lengthening presents a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938 in a Jewish town in Poland and tries to postpone its ending. The film is a haunting essay about history and memory. As long as we are watching, history is not over yet. The three minutes of footage, mostly in color, […]

Riotsville, USA

CEH 2023 Nominee: Riotsville USA

Welcome to Riotsville, USA, a point in American history when the nation’s rulers — politicians, bureaucrats, police — were faced with the mounting militancy of the late 1960s and did everything possible to win the war in the streets. Using training footage of Army-built model towns called “Riotsvilles” where military and police were trained to […]

Moonage Daydream

CEH 2023 Nominee: Moonage Daydream

Moonage Daydream illuminates the life and genius of David Bowie, one of the most prolific and influential artists of our time. Told through sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage, performances and music, Brett Morgen’s feature-length experiential cinematic odyssey explores Bowie’s creative, musical and spiritual journey. The film is guided by Bowie’s own narration and is the first […]

Fire of Love

CEH 2023 Nominee: Fire of Love

Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and documenting their discoveries. Ultimately, they lost their lives in a 1991 volcanic explosion, leaving a legacy that forever enriched our knowledge of the natural world. Director Sara Dosa and […]