Bangla Surf Girls
Three teenage girls in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh get a rare sense of agency over their lives when they join a surf club and fight insurmountable odds to achieve their dreams.
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A Reckoning in Boston
At a night class in Boston, Kafi Dixon is transformed by the lessons of history and philosophy. But is her new sense of agency strong to deflect the inequities of wealth and race in a rapidly gentrifying city?
In the Shadow of the Stars
This is the”A Chorus Line” of the opera world. The lives of singers and the plots of grand opera merge in this poignant and funny film about the choristers of the San Francisco Opera. Winner of the 1991 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Raising Renee
Artist Beverly McIver was enjoying a skyrocketing career when a casual—yet life‐changing—promise made to her mother years before came due. Filmed over 6 years by Oscar nominees Jeanne Jordan and Steven Ascher, RAISING RENEE explores deep themes of family, race, class, disability and art through the interplay of painting, cinema and everyday life.
Marina Abramović: The Artist is Present
Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramovic has been redefining what art is for nearly forty years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing herself beyond her physical and mental limits––and at times risking her life in the process––she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us. Through her and with her, boundaries are crossed, consciousness expanded, and art as we know it is reborn. She is, quite simply, one of the most compelling artists of our time.
Maiko: Dancing Child
Life as a professional dancer over 30 is tough. This is the story of the talented Japanese prima ballerina Maiko Nishino who’s fighting to stay on top as a solo dancer in the Norwegian National Ballet, when she decides to start a family.