Upcoming Films
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Jimmie Fails is trying to hold onto a sense of home in San Francisco. His parents are MIA, his old house is now lived in by others. He flops with a friend, while searching for home— both literal and existential. A dreamy, elegiac tale of self and safety, being and belonging, and a poignant and…
SATAN & ADAM
This gritty, lovely documentary follows the unlikely musical partnership between Sterling “Mr. Satan” Magee, a black studio and backup musician for stars like Etta James, James Brown, and Marvin Gaye in the ‘60s and ‘70s, and Adam Gussow, a white Princeton graduate who grew up in Rockland County. A chance meeting on the Harlem streets…
THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM
John Chester and his wife Molly left Los Angeles to establish a farm where they could live in anti-corporate harmony with nature. Nature gives but it also takes away, and eventually they learn to embrace biodiversity, stocking their land with all forms of plant and animal life. Their story is an uplifting, educational, and entertaining…
A BIGGER SPLASH
Celebrate LGBTQ History Month A Bigger Splash dispenses with talking-heads to create an innovative film about the English-born, California-based artist David Hockney that honors its subject through creative risk. It is a time capsule of gay life in the 1970s, an honest depiction of male romance, and an invaluable view of art history in action:…
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Filmmaker Sara Driver (R) with artist Brett De Palma (L) and moderator Bill Batson (M) discuss "Boom For Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat
