Ten years after her aunt was murdered in their London home, a woman returns from Italy in the 1880s to resume residence with her new husband. His obsessive interest in the house rises from a secret that may require driving his wife insane. Starring Ingrid Bergman, Charles Boyer and Joseph Cotten, directed by George Cukor.
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JIMMY IN SAIGON begins as a personal exploration into the mysterious death and radical life of Jimmy McDowell, an American 24-year-old Vietnam veteran who died as a civilian in Saigon in 1972, when filmmaker Peter McDowell was only five. While investigating Jimmy’s drug use and sexuality, Peter takes us from the US Midwest to Vietnam, France and back home again. In his quest to get to know his brother, he uncovers a hidden romance, new family ties and a remarkable global love story.
Letters from Baghdad tells the extraordinary and dramatic story of Gertrude Bell, (Tilda Swinton), the most powerful woman in the British Empire in her day. An explorer and political powerhouse, Bell shaped the destiny of Iraq after World War I in ways that still reverberate today. More influential than her friend and colleague T.E. Lawrence, Bell was an outspoken critic of the policies of the British colonial office.
Tamar Manasseh, the charismatic rabbi and community activist from the south side of Chicago,wants African Americans and Jews to become closer allies. With one foot firmly in each of these two communities, Black Jews like Tamar are the natural bridge to help overcome decades of fear, misunderstanding, and lack of communication. Rabbi on the Block is a feature-length documentary film that shows how Manasseh brings together Jews of all colors and is building bridges that will serve as the foundation for a revitalized alliance of African Americans and Jews while creating a new style of activist Judaism that takes the religion out of the synagogue and into the streets.
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One fall day, Ellen Jovin set up a folding table on a Manhattan sidewalk with a homemade sign that said "Grammar Table." It was such a hit that Ellen and her filmmaker husband, Brandt Johnson, took the table on the road, visiting all 50 states as Brandt shot the grammar action. Yes, this is a grammar road trip movie, but the story transcends grammar. It's the story of an epic quest in a divided time to bring us closer together.
The Front: In 1953, a cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand. My Knees Were Jumping: (from 1996) My Knees Were Jumping; Remembering the Kindertransports is the first film to capture the Kindertransport story, chronicling the rescue of nearly 10,000 children from Nazi-occupied Europe and the devastating separations that followed. A powerful account of an astonishing slice of Holocaust history, told with poignant intimacy by the daughter of a survivor. On the eve of WWII, Jewish children boarded trains taking them to refuge in London, many never to see their parents againIn recording her Viennese-born mother's story, filmmaker Melissa Hacker reveals the isolation of the rescued children, and the way memories and fears were transmitted to the next generation. One of the children rescued by a Kindertransport was Melissa Hacker’s mother, who fled Vienna and became an Academy Award nominated costume designer, working on Taxi Driver, Annie Hall, The Hustler, The Miracle Worker, Tootsie, and many more classic American movies.
After a surfing accident triggers inexplicable symptoms that leave Nicole unable to work or parent her children, she embarks on a quest of self-discovery. Guided by dreams, nature, and wisdom from others, she weaves an immersive diary of destruction, trauma, love, and renewal. Her journey transforms grief into a new story as she begins to see beauty and regeneration in the world around her. A NY Climate Film Festival Event in partnership with Climate Imaginarium and Women Make Movies