March 30, 7pm: Lucas Bessire (Anthropology, University of Oklahoma) presents new, short collaborative films made with indigenous Ayoreo filmmakers from South America
ON THE ICE: 96 min., 2012, Dir: Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
March 23, 6pm: Feature film about two Iñupiaq teens in an isolated Alaskan town bonded by a dark secret. Post-screening discussion with director ANDREW OKPEAHA MACLEAN (Graduate Film, NYU).
REELABILITIES FILM FESTIVAL: That Which is Possible
March 11, 1pm: Michael Gitlin’s moving documentary portrait of a community of artists, musicians, and writers working at The Living Museum, an art-space at a state-run psychiatric facility in Queens. Post-screening discussion with Director Michael Gitlin, Museum artists Issa Ibrahim and Stephen Nelon, and Art Therapist Mary Beth Pope.
GOD AND GUNS: A Conversation about Violence, Community and our Economies of Attention
Friday, March 4th, 6pm: “God and Guns” features a discussion bringing together religious, academic, media, and activist perspectives on violence, community, and awareness.
LIVING LOS SURES
March 3, 6pm: LOS SURES (60 min., 1984, Dir: Diego Echeverria) chronicles Latino lives in pre-gentrified Williamsburg inspiring the current collaborative UnionDocs project, LIVING LOS SURES.