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Holding Liat and Below The Clouds
Below The Clouds (Sotto Le Nuvole) (Country: Italy; Year: 2025; Director: Gianfranco Rosi; Writer: Gianfranco Rosi)
Documenting Vesuvius, featuring traces of history, the excavation of time, the remains of everyday life.
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Holding Liat (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Brandon Kramer; Writer: Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, Carol Dysinger, Gordon Quinn; Stars: Aviv Atzili, Aya Atzili, Liat Beinin Atzili, Netta Atzili, Ofri Atzili, Chaya Beinin, Joel Beinin, Tal Beinin, Yehuda Beinin)
On October 7th, during a raid by Hamas on her kibbutz, Israeli-American Liat Atzili was kidnapped, prompting an urgent and heart-wrenching fight for her release by her family. Through a deeply intimate lens, parents Yehuda and Chaya cope with fear and uncertainty as they are thrust into a global conflict unfolding in real time.
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The Librarians (Country: US; Year: 2025; Director: Kim A Snyder)
As an unprecedented wave of book banning is sparked in Texas, Florida, and beyond, librarians under siege join forces as unlikely defenders fighting for intellectual freedom on the front lines of democracy.
Life After (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Reid Davenport)
In 1983, a disabled Californian woman named Elizabeth Bouvia sought the right to die, igniting a national debate about autonomy, dignity, and the value of disabled lives. After years of courtroom trials, Bouvia disappeared from public view. Disabled director Reid Davenport narrates this investigation of what happened to Bouvia.
Secret Mall Apartment (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Jeremy Workman)
In 2003, eight young Rhode Islanders created a secret apartment hidden inside the Providence Place Mall and lived in it for four years, filming everything along the way. The secret apartment became a deeply meaningful place for all its inhabitants.
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Seeds and Life After
Seeds (Country: US; Year: 2024; Director: Brittany Shyne)
An exploration of Black generational farmers in the American South reveals the fragility of legacy and the significance of owning land.
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