A miners’ strike is brewing in Butte, Montana, in the revolutionary year of 1917. Tens of thousands of men have already lost their lives in the copper mines of the … read more
Detroit’s story has encapsulated the iconic narrative of America over the last century— the Great Migration of African Americans escaping Jim Crow; the rise of manufacturing and the middle class; … read more
One region, two languages: Brault’s film ELOGE DU CHIAC takes place in New Brunswick, in the easternmost part of Canada, where both French and English are spoken. A dedicated young … read more
Jeremy S. Levine, Landon Van Soest USA 2017 | 86 Min. | OmeU
In some parts of St. Louis, Missouri, pregnant mothers hope they will have girls. Half of the boys who grow up here don’t live to celebrate their eighteenth birthday. This … read more
What is this land that promises a better future for so many people, luring them to come and settle, to cultivate it, to live? What is this land whose reality … read more
Raoul Peck Belgium, France, Switzerland, USA 2016 | 93 Min. | OmeU
In 1979, shortly before he died, James Baldwin wrote an unfinished work in which he reflected on his life as a homosexual writer in the context of the black Civil … read more
What characterizes public life? Whatever it is, it could hardly be more lively than in Jackson Heights, where 167 different languages are spoken. There are shops, restaurants, and places of … read more
In LONG STORY SHORT, over 100 people at homeless shelters, food banks, adult literacy programs, and job training centers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area in California discuss their … read more
In the early 1980s, Diego Echeverria took a 16mm camera into the streets of the Southside of Williamsburg, then a primarily Puerto Rican neighborhood and one of the city’s poorest, … read more
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