Thursday, April 30, 6 PM

Featuring producer Yoni Golijov in person.

As 340,000 United Parcel Service workers prepare for contract negotiations that could lead to a strike, younger members of the union turn to the lessons of the 1997 general strike that halted shipping in the United States. This poignant and powerful film about work, organizing, and life viscerally illustrates the dynamism of collective action and the contemporary pressures faced by the American working class. Our Opening Night selection.

Thursday, April 30, 9 PM

Featuring director Pete Muller in person.

In this unforgettable film, director Pete Muller combines portraiture and ethnography to capture the lives of a few unique characters: men who define themselves by their work in the remote fishing village of Machiasport, Maine.

Friday, May 1, 5:30 PM

Canadian filmmaker Julien Élie heads to Boca Chica, Texas, the headquarters of SpaceX, to meet the people who dream of humanity’s next frontier in a town transformed by space exploration. Meanwhile, exceptional scientists around the world warn about the existential impacts of the insatiable space race. This beautifully composed, exceptionally poetic, and engaging film was the winner of a Grand Jury Prize at DOC NYC.

Friday, May 1, 8:30 PM

Featuring director Michał Marczak in person.

In what is certain to become one of the most talked about documentaries of the year, a desperate father faces an interminable quest to find out what happened to his teenage son, who seems to have vanished without a trace. A selection of the Sundance Film Festival and winner of Best Documentary at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival.

Saturday, May 2, 1 PM

Fanta is a 14-year-old in Guinea with an incredible talent: she trains as a contortionist with a troupe of renowned acrobats who invite her to try out for an international tour. Torn between family pressures and her dreams, Fanta must light her own path. A joyful, sensitive, and riveting West African coming-of-age story, FANTASTIQUE is a delight for audiences of all ages, including youth who read subtitles well.

Saturday, May 2, 3:30 PM

Salt Lake City, Utah, imminently faces an unimaginable environmental catastrophe: the draining of the Great Salt Lake. THE LAKE embeds itself with scientists, government staffers, and politicians who throw themselves into the center of the crisis where religion, land rights, politics, and science collide. Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.

Saturday, May 2, 6:30 PM

Featuring producer Jacque Clark in person.

For many years, Native American repatriation specialists have worked to return ancestral remains that were stolen by Western museums and collectors. This revelatory film tells the tale of this repatriation work, weaving in and centering Native American history, science, and thought from an imaginative and deeply personal point of view. Winner of an audience award at the Sundance Film Festival.

Sunday, May 3, 3 PM

Featuring director Barlow Jacobs, cinematographer Sean Webley, and film protagonists in person. 

With only pack goats and the gear they can carry, four people head into the Montana wilderness on a guided elk hunt. There, over bonfires and under the open sky, each hunter wrestles with what has driven them into the wild. A feat of 16mm filmmaking, this film explores humanity’s place in nature so profoundly that it feels like a journey into the depths of one’s own mortal soul.

Sunday, May 3, 6 PM

Featuring director J.M. Harper in person.

The Vietnam War’s only all-Black special operations unit reunites to tell their stories for the first time. Entering the war at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, where they endured the double traumas of war and racism, these men hold a piece of that era’s history that is all their own. SOUL PATROL takes a fresh and delicate approach to bringing their memories to life, sharing a critical piece of American history. Winner of the Best Director award at the Sundance Film Festival.