Film Programs

Oriental Theatre

Admissions Granted

In a landmark Supreme Court case pitting Asian American plaintiffs against Harvard University, activ...

Director: Hao Wu, Miao Wang United States | 2024 |

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An Invitation to Wonder: Waubesa Wetlands

Guided by the wisdom of his grandfather, a young filmmaker journeys through the mysterious wetland i...

Director: Ben Albert United States | 2024 |

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BEYOND THE BRIDGE: A Solution to Homelessness

BEYOND THE BRIDGE begins by asking seemingly simple questions about solutions to homelessness. Start...

Director: Don Sawyer United States | 2024 |

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Black Table

The class of 1994, the largest group of Black students at Yale in the 1990s, faced an unprepared ins...

Director: John Antonio James, Bill Mack United States | 2024 |

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Dust to Dust

The future of fashion is here and it’s being ushered in by Yuima Nakazato. While designing sculptura...

Director: Kosai Sekine Japan | 2024 |

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Emergent City

EMERGENT CITY is an observational civic epic that explores the profound intersections of gentrificat...

Director: Kelly Anderson, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg United States | 2024 |

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Eternal You

With the help of artificial intelligence, a dream comes true that is as old as mankind itself: etern...

Director: Hans Block, Moritz Riesewieck Germany, United States | 2023 |

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The Eternal Memory

Augusto and Paulina have been in love for 25 years. Eight years ago, their lives were forever change...

Director: Maite Alberdi Chile | 2022 |

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Family Tree

This cinema vérité style documentary showcases the moving story of two Black family forest owners in...

Director: Jennifer MacArthur United States | 2024 |

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Food and Country

Worried about the survival of small farmers, ranchers, and chefs hobbled by America’s policy of prod...

Director: Laura Gabbert United States | 2023 |

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Free Money

When universal basic income (UBI) comes to the Kenyan village of Kogutu, lives are forever changed. ...

Director: Sam Soko, Lauren DeFilippo Kenya, United States | 2022 |

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Missing From Fire Trail Road

Mary Ellen Johnson Davis has been missing from the Tulalip Reservation since 2020, just one of thous...

Director: Sabrina Van Tassel United States, France | 2024 |

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My Sister Liv

The bond between the sisters Tess and Liv seems to be unbreakable until Liv, who battles with depres...

Director: Alan Hicks Australia, United States | 2022 |

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New Wave

Mile-high hair. Synthesized sounds. Teenage rebellion. Elizabeth Ai was on a mission to excavate an ...

Director: Elizabeth Ai United States | 2024 |

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One Person, One Vote?

ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE gives an in-depth look at the Electoral College, its slavery origins, and its i...

Director: Maximina Juson United States | 2024 |

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Preconceived

Where does someone turn when facing an unplanned pregnancy? PRECONCEIVED follows Maleeha and Maria, ...

Director: Sabrine Keane, Kate Dumke United States | 2023 |

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Public Defender

Heather Shaner, a feisty, blue-haired defense attorney in Washington, DC, has spent over 45 years re...

Director: Andrea Kalin United States | 2024 |

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Quad Gods

From debut filmmaker Jess Jacklin, this high-stakes and heart-warming documentary follows three New ...

Director: Jess Jacklin United States | 2024 |

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Razing Liberty Square

As rising seas threaten Miami’s luxurious beachfront, wealthy property owners are pushing inland to ...

Director: Katja Esson United States | 2023 |

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Sabbath Queen

The choices are clear: accept a 38 generation-deep ancestral tradition or become a rebellious drag q...

Director: Sandi DuBowski United States | 2024 |

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The Book of Mary - A Memorable Man

Milwaukee filmmaker Dan Ollman chronicles forty years of the the life of Leslie Lemke, a prodigious ...

Director: Daniel Ollman United States | 2023 |

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The Click Trap

Automated ad tech dominates the web, with just a few big tech giants using sophisticated algorithms ...

Director: Peter Porta Spain, France | 2024 |

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The Strike

Pelican Bay—one of the most infamous prisons in the US—houses mostly men of color, many alone in tin...

Director: JoeBill Muñoz, Lucas Guilkey United States | 2024 |

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The Thinking Game

THE THINKING GAME takes you on a fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world’s ...

Director: Greg Kohs United States | 2024 |

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Union

In 2022, a group of ordinary workers made history when they successfully won their election to becom...

Director: Stephen Maing, Brett Story United States | 2024 |

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unseen

An aspiring social worker, Pedro faces restrictions as a blind, undocumented immigrant to get his co...

Director: Set Hernandez United States | 2023 |

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War Game

WAR GAME sweeps audiences into an elaborate future-set simulation inhabited by a group of bipartisan...

Director: Jesse Moss, Tony Gerber United States | 2023 |

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We Can Be Heroes

In a remote corner of upstate New York, a live-action role-playing (LARP) camp becomes a haven where...

Director: Carina Mia Wong, Alex Simmons United States | 2024 |

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Shorts: Carceral Justice

From bail freedom funds, to expungement, to programs creating communcations access for Deaf incarcer...

Director: Various Various | Various |

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Shorts: Resilient Paths

In this program of shorts, we bear witness to the great resilience of women in the face of trauma an...

Director: Various Various | Various |

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Shorts: Making a Splash

This set of splashy shorts follows trailblazers from across the US who are fighting to protect our m...

Director: Various Various | Various |

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Shorts: The Fight for Healthcare for All

This duo of longer short docs explore healthcare access—from both a geographic and a policy standpoi...

Director: Various Various | Various |

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Shorts: Womb-anhood

Four shorts that explore reproductive justice and medical impoverishment for people who have uteruse...

Director: Various Various | Various |