essential docs
Documentaries are essential. Documentaries reexamine the past, provide further exposé on current events and introduce us intimately to an individual, event or story that we never knew we never knew. Documentaries inspire real world changes and can really have an impact on society.
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Family Tree
- Wed, Oct 9
Director: Jennifer MacArthur Run Time: 97 min. Release Year: 2024
In the American South, Black forest landowners fight to maintain their family legacy and create sustainable forests for generations to come.
Sugarcane
Director: Emily Kassie, Julian Brave NoiseCat Run Time: 107 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2024
Starring: Charlene Belleau, Chief Willie Sellars, Ed Archie Noisecat, Julian Brave NoiseCat, Willie Sellars
An investigation into abuse and missing children at an Indian residential school ignites a reckoning on the nearby...
Bulls and Saints
- Wed, Nov 13
Director: Peter Eversoll, Rodrigo Dorfman Run Time: 53 min. Release Year: 2023
Join us after the film for a Q&A with Director Rodrigo Dorfman! After 20 years of living in...
O Pioneer
- Wed, Feb 5
Director: Clara Lehmann, Jonathan Lacocque Run Time: 73 min. Release Year: 2023
Join us following the film for a Q&A with Co-Writers and Directors Clara Lehmann and Jonathan Lacoque! O...
North Putnam
- Wed, Apr 23
Run Time: 91 min. Release Year: 2024
Crafted with empathy, a hyper-real reporting lens and skillfully lush cinematography, North Putnam depicts a year in the life of a rural Indiana school district and the community it serves. Multiple storylines intersect, culminating in a narrative about the interdependence between public education and community development.