• “Day Night Day Night” with Filmmaker Julia Loktev

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    Filmmaker Julia Loktev presents her feature film, Day Night Day Night (2006), the story of a 19-year old preparing to become a suicide bomber in TImes Square. She speaks with a […]

  • “The Age Of Stupid” Screening

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    In Fanny Armstrong's (McLible, 2005) The Age of Stupid (2009), Oscar-nominated Pete Postlethwaite stars as a man living alone in the devastated world of 2055, looking at old footage and […]

  • Warrior Woman of Peace: Mama Charlotte Hill O’Neal

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    Four decades after leaving this country for exile in Tanzania, Mama Charlotte Hill O'Neal returns to share the inspirational story of how she and her husband's past as Black Panthers […]

  • Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba

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    From the Palace to the People: A Global Griot Saves a West African Tradition with Rock ‘n’ Roll Revelations and Blues Muses! Bassekou Kouyate is a virtuoso picker and musical […]

  • Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde with DJ Trumastr

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    In celebration of their debut album War Cry, Taína Asili y La Banda Rebelde will play a soulful infusion of Afro-Caribbean, reggae, rock, hip hop and flamenco, with local and […]

  • Matthew Shipp Trio

    The celebrated NYC-based Matthew Shipp Trio (featuring Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums) will perform live at the opening of a new gallery show at The Arts […]

  • “Sleep Dealer” with Filmmaker Alex Rivera

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    Sleep Dealer (2009) by filmmaker Alex Rivera is a dystopian fable of globalization disguised as a sci-fi adventure. Set on the US-Mexico border, Rivera's highly stylized, emotional and surreal narrative […]

  • “A Chat With Glendora” with Filmmaker Victoria Kereszi

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    A Chat with Glendora (2010, 58 minutes, digital video) is Victoria Kereszi's portrait of Glendora Folsom Buell, a physicist, philosopher, and self-made television personality who continues to create weekly public […]

  • Independent Journalist Jeremy Scahill

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    Jeremy Scahill is an investigative journalist and author whose work focuses on global issues, most notably the use of private military companies. He is the author of the best-selling book  Blackwater: […]

  • “Veer” Screening and Bike!Bike! Northeast Party

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Veer explores America’s fast-growing bicycling culture by profiling five people whose lives are inextricably tied to bicycling and the bike-centric social groups they belong to. The film follows these characters […]

  • “My Suicide,” with Director David Lee Miller

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    My Suicide (2009) by director David Lee Miller, is a dark romantic comedy that speaks candidly about the reality of contemporary teenage life and the effects of suicide in every […]

  • “Addicted To Plastic” Screening and Information Session

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    In Ian Connacher’s Addicted To Plastic (2008), no ecosystem or segment of human activity has escaped the shrink-wrapped grasp of plastic.  This film probes what happens to all the plastic […]