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    Friday, Jun 30 - 7:30pm

    Kostrov’s Seasons: Summer

    Presented in partnership with Spectacle Theater

    A month of films from Vadim Kostrov. Seven stunning seasonal Summer films chronicling the Russian underground, astutely observing the poets, punks, misfits, and squatters of all stripes.

    Saturday, Jun 17 - 11:30am

    Artistic Differences:
    VIOLENTLY HONEST

    Presented in partnership with FICG & FICUNAM

    Cinema that is both disquieting for its straightforwardness and surprising for the way it takes cinema to its most radical potential.

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    Break Out 2022

    A symposium of sorts exploring the research of the UNDO fellows

    Artistic Differences

    A new Break ꩜ut that asks how we can generate a public space for a better conversation around documentary film.

    Carceral Screens and the Abolitionist Imagination

    The UnionDocs Collaborative examines, contextualizes and dismantles scripts of the carceral state from the archives of popular culture.

    Feral Domesticity

    an exploration by the 2021 Collaborative Studio

    Break Out 2021

    a symposium (of sorts)

    COLAB 2020: Unmute Please

    Six Short films made by the 2020 Collaborative Studio.

    COLAB 2019: Take The L

    Short Docs Lost on NYC Transit

    Sanctuary City

    8 SHORT FILMS MADE BY THE 2018 COLLABORATIVE STUDIO

    Say Something Bunny!

    An immersive performance based on an unforgettable amateur audio recording made over 60 years ago.

    COLAB 2016: Just To Get By

    Short films made by the 2016 Collaborative Studio.

    Living Los Sures

    An expansive documentary project about the Southside of Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

    Documenting Mythologies

    A simple escape from the city becomes the frame for a series of collaborative video essays.

    Inductive Thread

    An investigation of myth in contemporary society

    The Commons Berlin

    The Commons describes the space where private spheres intersect - where the relationship of the one to the many, the individual to the collective, is negotiated.

    The Commons Radio

    A monthly series broadcast on WKCR 89.9 fm in 2005.

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    Artistic Differences

    Violently Honest

    Presented in partnership with FICG & FICUNAM

    Cinema that is both disquieting for its straightforwardness and surprising for the way it takes cinema to its most radical potential.

    Artistic Differences

    Haunting Archive

    Presented in partnership with Looiersgracht 60

    How can we haunt the archive? Exploring methods of archival intervention to release affective, political, ethical interpretations to our future.

    2 workshop sessions

    First as Tragedy, then as Farce: The Act of Reenactment

    with Zoe Beloff & Tara Mateik

    How can reenactments help us rupture time and write history anew, opening up a space for what has been forgotten, suppressed, or left out?

    2 workshop sessions

    Playing Fields: Documentary as a Form of Sport

    with Nellie Kluz & Simon Liu

    How can we think of documentary as a form of sport?

    Practice Thing

    Featuring Nellie Kluz, Avery Trufelman & more.

    A generative ritual to encourage playing around, applying your skills, & getting unstuck.

    Tour 352 Onderdonk

    with Christopher Allen

    A tour through the new building at 352 Onderdonk Avenue.

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    News
    • Applications for ITVS's Diversity Development Fund are open till June 16!
    • Stories and Snacks: A Festival of Home Cooking History at Queens Memory Project on May 21!
    • Fundraiser for UNDO Summer Doc Alum Roseanne Malfucci's project Sum of our Parts happening at DCTV on May 20!
    • The New York State Council on the Arts has approved UnionDocs for a FY2023 Capital Projects Fund grant of $750,000!
    • Applications for Marble House Project's Artist Residency are open till May 30!
    • Applications for the BRIClab Residency Program are open till May 8!
    • Applications for Rising: Climate in Crisis Residencies are open till April 10!
    • Applications for the Fire Island Artist Residency are open till April 13!
    • Applications for the The Anonymous Was A Woman Environmental Art Grants are open till April 18!
    • From March 24 - 28, Abigail Child's INTRUSIONS OF DESIRE, a retrospective at Anthology Film Archive!
    • REJEITO, a film produced by UNDO CoLAB alum Bronte Stahl, is premiering at Cinéma du Réel on March 29!
    • Applications are open for two incredible fellowship opportunities from Points North, join their Info Session on April 14!
    • Applications for the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival's Emerging Producer program are open till March 31!
    • Submissions for the 2023 IDFA Film Festival are open till July 3!

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