Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore
In 1987, 21-year-old Marlee Matlin made history as the first Deaf actor to win an Academy Award® for her groundbreaking performance in Children of a Lesser God. Catapulted into the spotlight, she became a trailblazer, not just as a performer, but also as an author and activist. Matlin’s journey continued with notable roles in The […]
Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk
This intimate documentary offers a first-hand perspective on life in Gaza, built around director Sepideh Farsi’s video calls with 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist and poet Fatma Hassona from either side of the Egyptian border. The film combines raw immediacy with deep humanity, portraying daily life through the eyes of Hassona, a talented photographer and unwaveringly optimistic […]
Riefenstahl
Filmmaker and Nazi propagandist Leni Riefenstahl is considered one of the most controversial women of the 20th century. Her films “Triumph of the Will” and “Olympia” are defined by their fascist aesthetics, perfectly-staged body worship, and the celebration of all that is “superior” and victorious, simultaneously projecting contempt for the imperfect and weak. But Riefenstahl […]
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
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 […]