Documentary Voices 2019
January 23–April 24, 2019
Our annual series of nonfiction films showcases inventive approaches to the documentary form.
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Minding the Gap
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Hale County This Morning, This Evening
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Luz obscura
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One Way or Another
Sara Gómez
Cuba, 1974–77Imported 35mm Print
Wednesday, January 23 7 PMView DetailsThis masterpiece of Cuban cinema integrates documentary and fiction to offer an unflinching analysis of the problems of urban life and conflicts of race, class, sex, and religion in Castro’s Cuba.
Out on the Street
Jasmina Metwaly, Philip Rizk
Egypt, 2015Wednesday, January 30 7 PMJasmina Metwaly in PersonView DetailsTen Egyptian workers distill their experiences of injustice and exploitation at the hands of bosses, police, and the court system into a series of vignettes for this documentary that engages “ideas about labor, social justice, and the circulation of images” (MoMA).
Minding the Gap
Bing Liu
United States, 2018BAMPFA Student Committee Pick
Wednesday, February 13 7 PMView DetailsBing Liu documents his skateboarding friends over ten years as they raise themselves on the streets of a rust belt town. “A rich, devastating essay on race, class, and manhood in 21st-century America” (New York Times). Nominated for this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Dusk Chorus
Nika Saravanja, Alessandro D’Emilia
Italy, 2016Wednesday, February 20 7 PMIntroduction by Richard LermanView DetailsThis documentary follows eco-composer David Monacchi’s attempt to create a 3-D aural record of the vanishing sounds of the Amazon rainforests. With Richard Lerman’s short Arctic Transitions: In the Age of Carbon.
The Tiniest Place
Tatiana Huezo
Mexico, 2011Wednesday, March 6 7 PMView DetailsSoulful and beautifully rendered, this documentary on the scars of the Salvadoran civil war is an evocative testament to memory and the power of life to rebound after unspeakable tragedy.
Yours in Sisterhood
Irene Lusztig
United States, 2018Wednesday, March 13 7 PMIrene Lusztig in PersonView DetailsLusztig unearthed letters to Ms. magazine—most of them never published—and asked women around the US to read them aloud, creating an extraordinary dialogue between the past and the future of feminism.
El Mar La Mar
Joshua Bonnetta, J. P. Sniadecki
United States, 2017Wednesday, March 20 7 PMIntroduced by Diana RuízView DetailsWeaving breathtaking footage of the Sonoran Desert with eerie off-camera interviews, this film captures the desperation and haunting beauty that the land between Mexico and the United States has come to represent.
Behemoth
Zhao Liang
China, France, 2015Wednesday, April 3 7 PMView DetailsThis politicized examination of China’s war on its own environment is a visionary combination of observational documentary, experimental essay, and Workingman’s Death–like vision of hell on earth.
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
RaMell Ross
United States, 2018Wednesday, April 10 7 PMView DetailsAward-winning photographer RaMell Ross’s inspired and intimate portrait of an African American community in rural Alabama captures small but precious moments in black lives with rapturous attention. The film was a nominee for this year's Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Luz obscura
Susana de Sousa Dias
Portugal, 2017Wednesday, April 24 7 PMLes Blank Lecture by Susana de Sousa DiasView DetailsSusana de Sousa Dias continues her exploration of Portugal’s tragic past in this moving experimental essay film on political imprisonment, government oppression, and the families left behind in their wake.
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