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    Thursday, May 22 - 7:00pm

    Los Sures

    Free Outdoor Screening at the Grand Street Settlement Community Center in Williamsburg

    Diego Echeverría's iconic documentary offers a heartfelt glimpse into the lives of South Williamsburg's aka Los Sures' residents in the 1980s

    Thursday, May 29 - 7:30pm

    Half Moon

    Free Outdoor Screening at Maria Hernandez Park

    Live music, a legendary road trip, and the sound of the oud under the stars!

    Thursday, Jun 5 - 7:30pm

    The Last Year of Darkness 午夜出走

    Free Outdoor Screening at Maria Hernandez Park

    A love letter to a legendary club that serves as a queer haven in Chengdu

    Thursday, Jun 26 - 7:30pm

    Chinatown Cha Cha 女人世界

    Free Outdoor Screening at Grover Cleveland High School Handball Courts!

    At 93, legendary dancer Coby Yee returns to the stage—sparkling, defiant, unforgettable.

    Saturday, Jun 14 - 7:30pm

    Collaborative Studio: Preview + Party!

    With the 2025 UNDO Collaborative Studio Cohort

    How can we challenge the narratives mapped onto the Brooklyn-Queens borderland of Ridgewood?

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    Artistic Differences

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

    Break Out 2022

    A symposium of sorts exploring the research of the UNDO fellows

    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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    The Soldier’s Lagoon

    A film by Pablo Álvarez-Mesa

    A poetic meditation on landscape, history, and memory.

    Bicentenario

    A film by Pablo Álvarez-Mesa

    A political, environmental and cultural reflection about Colombian independence.

    Happer’s Comet

    A film by Tyler Taormina

    A mid-night mosaic of a suburban town steeped in alienation.

    Artistic Differences invites Tyler Taormina

    Episode 5 of the Artistic Differences Podcast

    Cíntia Gil and Christopher Allen in conversation with Tyler Taormina!

    Natural Womanhood

    Two films by Shuyao Chen & Zhiying Deng

    Two stunning films and a rich conversation on womanhood.

    Los Sures, plus short films.

    Living Los Sures

    40th Anniversary!

    Explore the Southside of Williamsburg in 1984 and today.

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    News
    • Help tackle trash in District 34 — join Council Member Gutiérrez’s new community-led Trash Taskforce to make a cleaner, greener neighborhood!
    • Applications for the The Bloomberg Green Docs competition are open 'til May 23!
    • UNDO Board Member Yael Melamede film ADA has a week long run at Angelika, May 8 — 15!
    • Artist Jessica Sarah Rinland teaching two incredible classes at Harvard Summer School, register by June 17!
    • Trương Minh Quý's film Viet & Nam screening at the IFC Center 'til April 17!
    • Applications for the SFFILM Documentary Film Fund are open 'til July 7!
    • MoMA Doc Fortnight 2025 runs from Feb 20 — Mar 7, featuring UNDO Fellow Courtney Stephens' latest film!
    • Wave Farm's Residency + Radio Art Fellowship is accepting applications 'til February 1, 2025!
    • The Third Coast Competition is now open for entries!
    • Sound Fields Journal Issue 2 is now taking pitches for essays and Q&A's 'til December 15!
    • UnionDocs Alums Presenting Films in This Year’s DOCNYC!
    • Everything You Have Is Yours, produced and edited by UNDO CoLAB alum Colin Nusbaum is having its US Premiere at DOC NYC on November 15 and 16!
    • The JustFilms Fall Open Call for feature documentary film production grants is open till December 6!
    • Short List and Winner’s Circle lineup released for the 2024 DOC NYC Festival, running in-person November 13-21!

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