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All these screenings offer a post-screening performance or conversation.
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The Gospel According To André and Every Act Of Life
The American Meme
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Bert Marcus; Writer: Bert Marcus; Stars: Hailey Baldwin, Kirill Bichutsky, DJ Khaled, Matthew Felker, Brittany Furlan, Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky, Emily Ratajkowski, Hailey Baldwin, Kirill Bichutsky, DJ Khaled, Matthew Felker, Brittany Furlan, Paris Hilton, Josh Ostrovsky)
Paris Hilton, the Fat Jew, Kirill Bichutsky, and Brittany Furlan have all used social media to achieve massive internet fame. But, is it worth it?
Bathtubs Over Broadway
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Dava Whisenant; Writer: Ozzy Inguanzo, Dava Whisenant; Stars: Martin Short, Florence Henderson, David Letterman, Chita Rivera, Susan Stroman, Jello Biafra, Steve Young, Sheldon Harnick, Willi Burke, Don Bolles, Hank Beebe, Sid Siegel, Peter Shawn, Martin Short, Florence Henderson)
Comedy writer Steve Young’s assignment to scour bargain-bin vinyl for a Late Night segment becomes an unexpected, decades-spanning obsession when he stumbles upon the strange and hilarious world of industrial musicals.
Blue Note Records: Beyond The Notes
(Country: Switzerland, US; Year: 2017; Director: Sophie Huber; Writer: Sophie Huber; Stars: Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Robert Glasper, Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Robert Glasper)
This is the history of Blue Note Records, the label that, since 1939, has recorded jazz giants ranging from Miles Davis to Robert Glasper.
Every Act Of Life (Terrence McNally: Every Act Of Life)
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Jeff Kaufman; Writer: Jeff Kaufman; Stars: Meryl Streep, Bryan Cranston, Christine Baranski, Rita Moreno, Patrick Wilson, Angela Lansbury, John Slattery, F Murray Abraham, Edie Falco, Tyne Daly, Richard Thomas, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Doris Roberts, John Glover)
A portrait of four-time Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally’s ground-breaking, six-decade career in the theatre, fight for LGBTQ rights, and triumph over addiction.
The Gospel According To André
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Kate Novack; Stars: André Leon Talley, Anna Wintour, Tom Ford, Marc Jacobs, Norma Kamali, Isabella Rossellini, Diane von Furstenberg, Whoopi Goldberg, Sean Combs, Valentino Garavani, will.i.am, Manolo Blahnik)
Portrait of André Leon Talley.
Netizens and To Dust
It's A Hard Truth Ain't It
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Madeleine Sackler)
Given unprecedented access to a maximum security prison, filmmaker Madeleine Sackler worked with a group of inmates to tell their own stories, giving rise to this collaborative, intimate documentary project.
Netizens
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Cynthia Lowen; Writer: Cynthia Lowen; Stars: Elisabeth Aultman, Carrie Goldberg, Tina Reine, Anita Sarkeesian, Elisabeth Aultman, Carrie Goldberg, Tina Reine, Anita Sarkeesian)
Three women talk about cyber-stalking and online abuse and the ways in which they have fought back.
Nigerian Prince
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Faraday Okoro; Writer: Faraday Okoro, Andrew Long; Stars: Antonio J Bell, Chinaza Uche, Tina Mba, Bimbo Manuel, Ebbe Bassey, Rita Edward, Craig Stott, Dean Cameron, Omar Maskati, Russell G. Jones, Crystabel Goddy, Eric Nwanso, Danny Boushebel, Gregory Ojefua, Shawn Faqua)
A troubled American teenager, sent away to his mother's native Nigeria, finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of scams and corruption with a con-artist cousin as his guide.
To Dust
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Shawn Snyder; Writer: Shawn Snyder, Jason Begue; Stars: Géza Röhrig, Matthew Broderick, Leo Heller, Sammy Voit, Ben Hammer, Natalie Carter, Joseph Siprut, Janet Sarno, Isabelle Phillips, Larry Owens, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Marceline Hugot, Leanne Michelle Watson)
Trying to come to terms with the death of his wife, a Hasidic cantor seeks answers on how her body will decay.
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See:
Opening weekend post-screening discussion with Géza Röhrig, Shawn Snyder, and Jason Begue on To Dust
, Shawn Snyder in conversation on Matthew Broderick with Géza Röhrig, a shared humanity, production designer Alexandra Kaucher of To Dust, and Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry
, Géza Röhrig in conversation on Shawn Snyder's To Dust
, Shawn Snyder in conversation on Matthew Broderick with Géza Röhrig, a shared humanity, production designer Alexandra Kaucher of To Dust, and Hitchcock's The Trouble With Harry
, Géza Röhrig in conversation on Shawn Snyder's To Dust
Unbanned: The Legend Of AJ1
(Country: US; Year: 2018; Director: Dexton Deboree; Writer: Dexton Deboree; Stars: Air Jordan1, Air Jordan1)
Through interviews with Michael Jordan, Spike Lee, and more, this vibrant documentary tells the origin story of the Air Jordan, and the impact it had on sports, hip-hop, and the birth of sneaker culture.
Woman Walks Ahead and Nigerian Prince
Woman Walks Ahead
(Country: US; Year: 2017; Director: Susanna White; Writer: Steven Knight; Stars: Sam Rockwell, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, Michael Nouri, Bill Camp, Chaske Spencer, David Midthunder, Michael Greyeyes, Sharon Anne Henderson, Luce Rains, Rachel Singer, Rachel de la Torre, Brenda Wehle, Kindall Charters, Rodrigo Tactaquin)
Based on a true story, 19th-century Brooklyn artist Catherine Weldon journeys west on a mission to paint a portrait of the legendary chief Sitting Bull, only to find a very different world — and man — than she was expecting.
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