11.04.08

Two weeks before the election of Barack Obama, I asked friends of mine around the world to record their experiences of 11/4/08, a day that had become “historic” before it had even taken place. In this feature documentary, we witness a global canvas begin to unfold: in St. Louis and Austin, idealistic volunteers think they can turn their states blue; in Chicago, voter lines are made even longer when Obama shows up to cast his own vote; in Alaska, children seem to be as invested in the election results as their parents; in Paris, an organization discusses whether there could ever be a black President of France; in Dubai, Berlin, Geneva and New Delhi, expatriates express their emotion from a distance; and in Harlem, a felon casts doubt on whether any of this will actually affect his life. As we approach the final announcement of Obama’s victory at 11pm EST, what emerges is a portrait of how people choose to live through “history”: the celebration of a new future remaining entangled with the universally visible tensions of the past.

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52 Men Coming Together

52 Men Coming Together is a documentary exploring the search by gay men for a sense of community, belonging and spiritual awareness through the practice of hot nude yoga.

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A Little Death

Set against the stark winter beauty of Nantucket, Massachusetts, A Little Death is a narrative film in which a young woman takes care of an island summer home while its occupants are gone for the season. It’s the story of a woman struggling to redefine the moral boundaries that dominate her life, while confronting the complexity of loneliness.  The film assumes a deliberate and patient pace, not only to complement the young woman’s gradual introspective journey, but also to afford the audience time to reflect upon and consider their own relationship with nature.

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A Time to Stir

Documentary film about the Spring 1968 Columbia University student strikes. A Time to Stir features new interviews with leading players of a wide variety of persuasions including SDS students who occupied four buildings on campus, African-American students who were gathered on their own in Hamilton Hall, older politically active graduate students who took issue with SDS leadership, Columbia students who opposed the takeover of campus by protesters, faculty both for and against the activists, and the Tactical Patrol Force who cleared the buildings on the orders of the university administration.

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Aint I A Woman

One in two thousand infants are born with a Disorder of Sex Development (DSD), defined as a “congenital condition in which development of chromosomal, gonadal, or anatomic sex is atypical.” At age 16, Director Robin Honan was diagnosed with a DSD called Swyer’s Syndrome, which means she is a woman with XY chromosomes. With unprecedented access and sensitivity, Honan sheds light on this misunderstood intersection of sex, gender and sexuality and asks a divisive question: “Should infants with ambiguous genitalia undergo cosmetic surgeries to normalize their genital appearance?”

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ANPO

ANPO will reveal the untold story of the 1960 political crisis over the establishment of permanent U.S. military bases in Japan through the electrifying cultural legacy of artists who captured this defining moment in the country’s history.

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