On a vibrant Dominican street, dancers and artists chase stardom while battling police oppression. Their raw expression and rebellious spirit create an electrifying clash of culture, authority, and artistic freedom.
(Country: Dominican Republic; Year: 2025; Director: José María Cabral; Writer: José María Cabral, Miguel Yarull; Stars: Maco Boba, Ramón Emilio Candelario, Natasha Dancer, Demetal, Ricardo La Música)
The arrest of midwives in a rural healthcare desert ignites an unexpected rebellion: Amish and Mennonite women who break from tradition, and emerge as fierce political activists fighting for reproductive justice and birthing rights.
Visionary artist Rashaad Newsome merges art, AI, and performance to transform a former military facility into a Black queer utopia. Through immersive storytelling and visuals, the film explores how creativity can heal, unite, and spark liberation.
(Year: 2025; Director: Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons; Writer: Rashaad Newsome, Johnny Symons)
Baby Doe
At 22, Gail gave birth alone and left her newborn in the woods. Decades later, she’s arrested for murder, even though she says the baby was stillborn. This documentary explores the fallout when young women cannot accept the reality of an unplanned pregnancy.
(Year: 2025; Director: Jessica Earnshaw)
The Python Hunt
Every year, the Florida government asks the general public to compete in an invasive python removal contest in the Everglades. For ten nights, an eclectic group of hunters confront the dangerous terrain, nocturnal creatures and their own tiny demons.
Bethmann understands the situation well, but her closeness to the teenager and the personal character that the film takes on as a result is something else.
Ku Stevens, a 17-year-old Native American runner, struggles to navigate his dream of becoming a collegiate athlete as the memory of his great grandfather's escape from an Indian boarding school begins to connect past, present, and future.
(Year: 2025; Director: Paige Bethmann; Stars: Ku Stevens)
19-year-old Kristi discovers a secret her doctor and parents have kept from her all her life. Her search for truth uncovers a radical psychology experiment on a pair of identical twins that led to a global medical scandal.
(Year: 2025; Director: Grace Hughes-Hallett)
Shuffle
Through the lens of his own recovery, a filmmaker offers an intimate look inside the billion dollar addiction treatment industry where young people are bought and sold for their insurance policies and ushered into a system designed to keep them sick.
(Year: 2025; Director: Benjamin Flaherty)
The Spies Among Us
30 years after the Cold War ends, a former political prisoner of the East German secret police searches for the truth after learning his brother spied on him for the regime, and discovers the lasting effects of living in a surveillance state.
(Year: 2025; Director: Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman; Writer: Jamie Coughlin Silverman, Gabriel Silverman)
Review preview for Strange Journey: The Rocky Horror Story
There are some great stories here, and whilst fans will already be familiar with many of them, they include a few surprises.
The story of the cult musical phenomenon, its transfer from stage to screen and its enduring liberatory legacy.
(Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Linus O'Brien; Writer: Avner Shiloah; Stars: Richard O'Brien, Lou Adler, Barry Bostwick, Tim Curry, Patricia Quinn, Susan Sarandon, Jack Black)
