Film Library

Every day 76 year old Fred Nelson carries a weathered board into Prospect Park, places it underneath a tunnel, laces up his tap shoes and begins to dance. This is Fred’s daily prayer. Fred dances to forge a divine connection and in watching him dance, we join him in his daily journey to find the secret joy and beauty of life in an old piece of wood.

The topic of child sexual abuse has seldom been documented with such a sense of empowering joy as we witness in this film. Three women from disparate backgrounds bear witness to the horrible impact this crime has on society. They are a stunning example of the power of support and healing.

After 65 years of silence, Paul and Sally Taylor decide to undergo cochlear implant surgery and explore the world of sound. The filmmaker documents her deaf parents’ complex decision to undergo a risky and controversial medical procedure. (Captioned)

A documentary Roosevelt Roughriders, a girls’ high-school basketball team in Seattle, and one player’s fight to regain her eligibility to play.

Growing up in Hawaii, Rell Sunn was famed as a surfboarder. She was a single mother, first female lifeguard, founder of the Women’s Professional Surfing Association, and a radio DJ. She fought an 18 year battle with breast cancer. This film joyfully celebrates a life lived to the fullest.

Mindy Alper is a tortured and brilliant 56 year old artist who is represented by one of Los Angeles’ top galleries. Acute anxiety, mental disorder and devastating depression have caused her to be committed to mental institutions undergo electro shock therapy and survive a 10 year period without the ability to speak. Her hyper self awareness has allowed her to produce a lifelong body of work that expresses her emotional state with powerful psychological precision. Through interviews, reenactments, the building of an eight and a half foot papier-mache’ bust of her beloved psychiatrist, and examining drawings made from the time she was a child, we learn how she has emerged from darkness and isolation to a life that includes love, trust and support.

Mary is a hospice nurse on the brink of burnout. When a desperate man with an unusual dilemma begs Mary for help, she’s forced to reckon with the thing she’s been avoiding: feeling all of it.

“hillbilly” examines the `hillbilly’ stereotype in media and culture, seeking to expand social understanding of Appalachia and rural America.

Holding History tells the story of Charles L. Blockson’s lifelong journey to unearth and preserve the history, culture, and contributions of people of African descent.

A bittersweet drama that unfolds almost without dialogue, this prizewinning short film conveys the isolation of immigrant women’s experiences. Miriam lives with her children in a cramped amd dreary house near the airport. The places overhead remind her…