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Reflections of the human experience from a large array of styles and perspectives that reflect on the past, future, and memory itself.

Content Warnings: Death, Sexual Assault, Covid-19, Addition, Drinking, Rapidly Moving Colors, Police Brutality, Murder, Racism

Safe Haven
Directed by Faith Marsh

Monica Kelsey turns her own past into a passion for saving abandoned babies.

A Near Constant and Escalating State of Panic
Directed by Jason Polevoi

A young father grapples with the pressures of modern parenthood during a 10-day COVID-19 quarantine.

The Year That Passed


Directed by Grace Simmons

The Year That Passed (2019) is an animation about loss, addiction and togetherness. Chronicling three successive, deeply traumatic events, this narrative explores grief as a recurrent process with its own unique setbacks and silver linings.

Memoria(l)


Directed by Ian Kelly

This beautifully animated documentary takes us back to Memorial Day, 1937, when Chicago police killed ten striking steelworkers. How do we remember this history?

Never Again Para Nadie


Directed by Anna Feder, Dan Frank, Justin Reifert

A peaceful demonstration in August, 2019 coordinated by a Jewish-led organization, Never Again Action, attempted to shut down a for-profit prison holding ICE detainees, only to be met with violence by correctional officers. In the smallest and poorest city in Rhode Island, citizens took a stand and learned how difficult it is to challenge the status quo.

Sons of Toledo


Directed by Monty Cole

After receiving the early morning news of his younger brother’s murder, a mourning barber pushes through the muddy waters of grief to find the courage to do the impossible - give his brother one last cut.

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