Film Library

Filmmakers and food lovers Jen and Grant dive into the issue of food waste from farm and retail, right to the back of their own fridge. In a deliciously entertaining challenge, they pledge to quit grocery shopping and survive only on discarded food.

Based in Canandaigua, NY and open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, the Veterans Crisis Line receives more than 22,000 calls each month from veterans of all conflicts who are struggling or contemplating suicide due to the psychological wounds of war and the challenges of returning to civilian life.

Ten-year-old Giovanni has a dream: he wants to be the first boy to compete in the Dutch Synchronized Swimming Championships. (Subtitled)

With her own wedding just around the corner, filmmaker Sharon Shattuck returns home to examine the mystery at the heart of her upbringing: How her transgender father Trisha and her straight-identified mother Marcia stayed together against all odds. From This Day Forward is a moving portrayal of an American family coping with the most intimate of transformations.

The First Holy Communion is fast approaching but as an atheist, eight-year-old Rúbaí refuses to be a part of it. Rúbaí faces emotional blackmail, religious and philosophical debate and out and out intolerance in today’s supposedly diverse and modern Ireland.

3 1⁄2 MINUTES, TEN BULLETS dissects the shooting death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis by Michael Dunn in Jacksonville, Florida on Black Friday, 2012. The film examines the aftermath of this systemic tragedy, the contradictions within the American criminal justice system – particularly the implications of the “Stand Your Ground” self-defense law, and the racial prejudices that ensued.

VERY SEMI-SERIOUS takes an unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the 90-year old New Yorker and introduces the cartooning legends and hopefuls who create the iconic cartoons that have inspired, baffled—and occasionally pissed off—all of us for decades.

Annick, 34, is a funny, strong and beautiful film director. Since her love life is a non conventional one, her closest friends start to worry… She looks carefree and invincible untill her past hurts and secrets eventually resurface. But Annick is a resilient…She will astonish everybody including herself. (Subtitled)

Althea Gibson, a truant from the rough streets of Harlem, emerged as a most unlikely queen of the highly segregated tennis world of the 1950’s.

“Kathrine’s Secret” tells the story of Kathrine Switzer’s historical journey to the finish line of the 1967 Boston Marathon. She reveals why she did it, why she’s fearless, and why she kept her plan a secret all along.

While playing on stilts, young Percival Pilts vows “Never again shall my feet touch the ground!” Compelled ever higher, he builds his stilts so tall that he no longer fits into normal society. A whimsical story about the challenges and charms of living an impractical life.

HOW I GOT OVER follows 15 formerly homeless women as they create an original play based on their harrowing true-life stories for a one-night-only performance at The Kennedy Center. These women have never performed on stage. Yet, finding the courage within, they take a leap of faith and tell their stories.