American Studies
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I'M LEAVING NOW (YA ME VOY)2019 American Studies Chicano Studies Latino Studies New York City Urban Studies Cinema Studies Immigration Felipe, an undocumented Mexican immigrant in Brooklyn, struggles with whether to return home to Mexico, to the wife and children he no longer really knows. |
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JEWEL'S CATCH ONE2018 African-American Studies AIDS American History Directed by Women Human Sexuality LGBTQ Women's Studies American Studies 2019
The story of famed Los Angeles nightclub Catch One and its owner Jewel Thais-Williams, who defied all odds and provided a safe space for both black and LGBT communities.
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KEEP TALKING2018 Native American Studies American Studies Kartemquin Films Cultural Studies Indigenous Studies
Keep Talking follows four Alaska Native women fighting to save Kodiak Alutiiq, an endangered language now spoken by less than 40 remaining fluent Native Elders.
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THE ISSUE OF MR. O'DELL2018 African-American Studies American History American Studies
The Issue of Mr. O’Dell examines the lifelong work of a pioneering civil rights organizer Jack O’Dell, who was a close colleague and advisor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but was ousted from King's organization after President Kennedy named him the number five Communist in America.
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MILFORD GRAVES FULL MANTIS2018 Music African-American Studies American Studies Media Studies
Milford Graves Full Mantis is a feature-length portrait of renowned percussionist Milford Graves, oscillating from present to past and weaving intimate glimpses of the artist’s complex cosmology with blistering performances from around the globe, exploring his kaleidoscopic creativity and relentless curiosity.
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HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING2018 African-American Studies American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Academy Award Winners & Nominees 2019
2019 ACADEMY AWARD® Nominee for Best Documentary Feature. Composed of intimate and unencumbered moments of people in a community, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING allows the viewer an emotive impression of the Historic South - trumpeting the beauty of life and consequences of the social construction of race, while simultaneously a testament to dreaming - despite the odds.
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EN EL SEPTIMO DIA (On The Seventh Day)2018 Immigration New York City Latino Studies Cinema Studies American Studies Chicano Studies Labor Studies Narrative Films
A fiction feature about a group of undocumented immigrants from Puebla, Mexico who live in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. En el Séptimo Día (On the Seventh Day) is both timely for our current immigration debate and an exciting enjoyable film to watch.
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SPIRITS OF REBELLION: Black Independent Cinema from Los AngelesAfrican-American Studies Directed by Women American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Cultural Studies American History 2018
Spirits of Rebellion: Black Cinema from UCLA documents the lives and work of a small critically acclaimed group of black filmmakers and media artists known as the Los Angeles Rebellion, the first collective of minority filmmakers that aimed to reimagine the production process to represent, reflect on, and enrich the day to day lives of people in their own communities.
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BEYOND WISEGUYS: italian americans & the movies2017 American Studies Cinema Studies Media Studies Pacific Street Films
Executive-produced by award-winning actor/filmmaker John Turturro, BEYOND WISEGUYS is a feature-length documentary that uses extraordinary interviews with prominent Italian American film artists such as John Turturro, Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Martin Scorsese, Ben Gazzara, Marisa Tomei, and many others to explore the personal experiences that brought them all to the movies.
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NEVER FAR FROM HOME2017 American Studies Anthropology Children & Young Adult Loud Roar Productions Short Films
This simple vérité film takes viewers on a journey to the backwoods of Southern Georgia. The kids are never far from home and live, like their grandfathers before them, out in the sticks with traditions routed in nature the forefront of their existences.
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BRILLO BOX (3¢ OFF)Family Relations Art History American Studies Media Studies New York City Directed by Women Economics 2017
Brillo Box (3¢ off) follows a beloved Andy Warhol Brillo Box sculpture as it makes its way from a family's living room to a record-breaking Christie's auction, blending a humourous family narrative with Pop Art history, and exploring how we navigate the ephemeral nature of art and value.
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LINEFORKAnthropology American Studies 2017 Music Sensory Ethnography Lab Cinema Studies Aging / Gerontology
Meet Lee and Opal, an elderly couple living in the Appalachian Mountains. Recorded over three years, Linefork is an observational film about marriage, community, resilience, and the raw yet delicate music of an unheralded banjo legend, linked to the past yet immediately present.
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