In-Person Event: SHOWROOM

2021 | United States | 31 min | Documentary

Director: Colin Havey

Over 350 people and families in Cheshire County have experienced homelessness in the past year. More Than A Roof looks at the challenges of homelessness through the eyes of several local people and a family, as well as commentary from experts in the field. Through interviews with several people who have unique insight into the issues, including Jennifer Alexander, the former homeless coordinator for the Keene School District, the film depicts the many causes of homelessness and its impact on children who experience homelessness on a daily basis.

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Hideout

The Drive to Sing

PescAmare

In-Person Event: SHOWROOM

2021 | United States| 91 min | Documentary

Director: Daniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo

Producer: Daniel A. Nelson, Natalie Pattillo

AND SO I STAYED is an award-winning documentary by Natalie Pattillo and Daniel A. Nelson about survivors of abuse fighting for their lives and spending years behind bars. These women paid a steep price with long prison sentences, lost time with loved ones, and painful memories. Formerly incarcerated survivor-advocate Kim Dadou Brown, who met her wife while incarcerated, is a driving force in the passage of New York’s Domestic Violence Survivors Justice Act (DVSJA), a new law meant to prevent survivors from receiving harsh prison sentences for their acts of survival. Nikki Addimando, a mother of two young children, suffered the consequences when a judge didn’t follow the law’s guidelines. Tanisha Davis, a single mother who was ripped away from her son in 2013, is hopeful the new law is her way out of a harsh prison sentence.

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Water Born

The Game

Fannie Lou Hamer’s America

Virtual Showing 

2020 | South Asia, India | 6 min

Director: Fatimah Tobing Rony

In 1893, French artist Paul Gaugin painted the controversial portrait of Annah la Javanaise. To some, it represents a foundational example of post-impressionist art, and to others, it offers an undeniable portrait of Western colonialism. In this short, animated film, scholar and artist Fatimah Tobing Rony (dir. ON CANNIBALISM) reimagines the life of this 13-year-old Javanese girl who was sold by her family to the famous French painter.

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Georgia’s Line

1992

Sleepless in Bandra

In-Person Event: SHOWROOM

2022 | United States | 13 min | Documentary

Director: Nicole Emiliana Mendez

Bad Child is a short documentary about childhood sexual abuse. The film focuses on the outcomes of one survivor while expert interviews place emphasis on the importance of parental support. Multiple layers of images, sounds, and animation overstimulate the viewer, effectively conveying the complexity of living with trauma.

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Song of Salt

Rent A Neighbor

A Taste of Hunger

Virtual Showing 

2021 | United States | 93 min | Documentary

Director: Emily Branham

Producer: Marc Smolowitz, Jonathan Goodman Levitt

English Subtitles Available

Marshall Ngwa (a.k.a. renowned drag performer BeBe Zahara Benet) came to the United States from homophobic Cameroon with dreams of a better life and became the first winner of the now-iconic reality show RuPaul’s Drag Race in 2009. Being BeBe follows Marshall’s remarkable immigrant journey from the earliest days of his amateur drag performance career in Minneapolis, circa 2006, to his emergence as one of the leading artists in the movement to celebrate and advance Queer Black Excellence during the 2020s. With 15 years of intimate access to Marshall’s story, the film presents his unique love affair with performance alongside his unstoppable sense of persistence and purpose, offering an unprecedented portrait of an artist who chooses to live a creative life against all odds.

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Hello, Bookstore

Disconnected

The Hunt For Planet B