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.
Visit the International Documentary Association (IDA) here for all things documentary and why they matter!
The Only Doctor
- Wed, Nov 29
Director: Matthew Hashiguchi Run Time: 85 min. Release Year: 2023
A contemporary story of rural healthcare in the United States
The March & The Bus
- Mon, Dec 4
Run Time: 96 min.
Of the many defining moments that symbolize the seismic activism of the civil rights movement, the March on...
Freedom Hill
- Wed, Jan 17
Director: Resita Cox Run Time: 29 min. Release Year: 2022
A documentary that explores the environmental racism that is washing away the town of 2,000.
Umberto Eco: A Library of the World
- Mon, Jan 22
Director: Davide Ferrario Run Time: 81 min. Release Year: 2023 Language: Italian
Starring: Giuseppe Cederna, Niccolò Ferrero, Paolo Giangrasso, Walter Leonardi, Zoe Tavarelli
A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario’s film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco’s...
Breaking the News
- Tue, Feb 13
Director: Chelsea Hernandez, Heather Courtney, Princess A. Hairston Run Time: 99 min. Release Year: 2023
A scrappy group of fearless women and LGBTQ+ journalists band together to buck the status quo and launch The 19th*, a digital news start-up.
After Sherman
- Wed, Mar 27
Director: Jon Sesrie Goff Run Time: 88 min. Release Year: 2022
Beautifully layered and expressionistic, After Sherman is a story about inheritance and the tension that defines our collective...
ᏓᏗᏬᏂᏏ (We Will Speak)
- Wed, Apr 3
Director: Michael McDermit, ᎤᎶᎩᎳ / Schon Duncan Run Time: 94 min. Release Year: 2023
Exploring the nuanced ways the Cherokee language is vital to maintaining a unique cultural identity and relationship with the world.