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Sunday, Jan 16 - 9:00pm Why festivals? Doc film fest programmers discuss With Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), Charlotte Selb (RIDM), and Basil Tsiokos (Sundance Film Festival), Christopher Allen & Steve Holmgren How do documentary festival programmers select movies? What is the role of festivals in the ever-changing landscape of film distribution?

Why festivals? Doc film fest programmers discuss

With Sky Sitney (Silverdocs), Ben Fowlie (Camden International Film Festival), Charlotte Selb (RIDM), and Basil Tsiokos (Sundance Film Festival), Christopher Allen & Steve Holmgren How do documentary festival programmers select movies? What is the role of festivals in the ever-changing landscape of film distribution?
Saturday, Jan 15 - 7:30pm Cineaste Magazine: Jim McBride’s Pictures from Life’s Other Side & My Girlfriend’s Wedding With Jed Rapfogel, Dan Sallitt The great, undersung independent filmmaker Jim McBride boasts one of the most peculiar, wide-ranging, and willfully unpredictable bodies of work in American cinema of the past several decades.

Cineaste Magazine: Jim McBride’s Pictures from Life’s Other Side & My Girlfriend’s Wedding

With Jed Rapfogel, Dan Sallitt The great, undersung independent filmmaker Jim McBride boasts one of the most peculiar, wide-ranging, and willfully unpredictable bodies of work in American cinema of the past several decades.

Nan Goldin & Pawel Wojtasik present: Nothing But A Man

With Nan Goldin and Pawel Wojtasik, Michael Roemer will join the discussion after the film via phone conference. A devil-may-care young man is drawn to a grounded young woman, they part, he realizes he prefers stability to freedom, they reconcile.
Sunday, Oct 10 - 7:30pm Vincent Moon 2.0: New Take Away Shows & music shorts With Vincent Moon Vincent Moon will join us again for an evening of music shorts. Moon is one of the most exciting artists working today, reinviting the genre of music videos through his intimate and profound take away shows.

Vincent Moon 2.0: New Take Away Shows & music shorts

With Vincent Moon Vincent Moon will join us again for an evening of music shorts. Moon is one of the most exciting artists working today, reinviting the genre of music videos through his intimate and profound take away shows.
Sunday, Sep 26 - 7:30pm Professor with Daniel Kraus With Daniel Kraus, ST VanAirsdale, Ray Privett Following the internationally acclaimed cinéma vérité of Sheriff and Musician, Professor tackles intellectual labor and in doing so grapples with some of life's greatest and most elemental enigmas.

Professor with Daniel Kraus

With Daniel Kraus, ST VanAirsdale, Ray Privett Following the internationally acclaimed cinéma vérité of Sheriff and Musician, Professor tackles intellectual labor and in doing so grapples with some of life's greatest and most elemental enigmas.
Sunday, Sep 19 - 7:30pm WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE? Arsenal shorts with Stefanie Schulte Strathaus With Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Shelly Silver and Paul Rowley The program collects films that are asking the same questions: What was here before? And how can you show it if it’s not there anymore? When and how did absence turn into presence? Does it always do that?

WHAT WAS HERE BEFORE? Arsenal shorts with Stefanie Schulte Strathaus

With Stefanie Schulte Strathaus, Shelly Silver and Paul Rowley The program collects films that are asking the same questions: What was here before? And how can you show it if it’s not there anymore? When and how did absence turn into presence? Does it always do that?
Saturday, Sep 18 - 1:30pm Star Spangled to Death Day with Ken Jacobs With Ken Jacobs, J. Hoberman Ken Jacobs' Star Spangled to Death, presented in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix: brief intermissions between discs, including a midpoint break for a Star Spangled Supper with special guests and a special Ken-Jacobs-guided-tour of original SSTD East Village locations.

Star Spangled to Death Day with Ken Jacobs

With Ken Jacobs, J. Hoberman Ken Jacobs' Star Spangled to Death, presented in collaboration with Electronic Arts Intermix: brief intermissions between discs, including a midpoint break for a Star Spangled Supper with special guests and a special Ken-Jacobs-guided-tour of original SSTD East Village locations.
Friday, Jul 16 - 7:30pm Punto de Vista’s Anti-Documentary Documentaries With Josetxo Cerdán, María Adell and Manu Yáñez A program of new Spanish experimental non-fiction at the Millennium Film Workshop, in conjunction with the festival Punto de Vista, selected by Doctruck and Uniondocs, and co-presented with Pragda.

Punto de Vista’s Anti-Documentary Documentaries

With Josetxo Cerdán, María Adell and Manu Yáñez A program of new Spanish experimental non-fiction at the Millennium Film Workshop, in conjunction with the festival Punto de Vista, selected by Doctruck and Uniondocs, and co-presented with Pragda.
Sunday, Jun 27 - 6:00pm Gen MEX: Eugenio Polgovsky & Pedro González-Rubio With Eugenio Polgovsky, Pedro González-Rubio, and Carlos Gutiérrez An evening with two of Mexico’s most talented up-and-coming filmmakers: Eugenio Polgovksy and Pedro González Rubio, as they present their acclaimed debut documentary films.

Gen MEX: Eugenio Polgovsky & Pedro González-Rubio

With Eugenio Polgovsky, Pedro González-Rubio, and Carlos Gutiérrez An evening with two of Mexico’s most talented up-and-coming filmmakers: Eugenio Polgovksy and Pedro González Rubio, as they present their acclaimed debut documentary films.
Sunday, Jun 20 - 7:30pm Cinereach presents: Short Docs from The Reach Film Fellowship With Anthony Morrison, Annie Waldman, and Jamie-James Medina, Marilyn Agrelo, Yance Ford and Reva Goldberg A screening of short documentaries by past Reach Film Fellows with a special discussion to follow.

Cinereach presents: Short Docs from The Reach Film Fellowship

With Anthony Morrison, Annie Waldman, and Jamie-James Medina, Marilyn Agrelo, Yance Ford and Reva Goldberg A screening of short documentaries by past Reach Film Fellows with a special discussion to follow.
Friday, Jun 11 - 7:30pm Brian Doyle presents: Glassing the Landscape With Brian Doyle, Skip Blumberg, Jeanne Liotta and Pawel Wojtasik Following the theme of Brian Doyle’s artwork – phenomena and ephemera found in the collision between the natural and cultural – “Glassing the Landscape” highlights the quasi-fictionalized documentary.

Brian Doyle presents: Glassing the Landscape

With Brian Doyle, Skip Blumberg, Jeanne Liotta and Pawel Wojtasik Following the theme of Brian Doyle’s artwork – phenomena and ephemera found in the collision between the natural and cultural – “Glassing the Landscape” highlights the quasi-fictionalized documentary.

Documenting Mythologies – A Boston Preview

With Christopher Allen, Kara Oehler, Jesse Shapins and the 2009-2010 UnionDocs Collaborative Participants Documenting Mythologies follows eleven non-fiction media artists on a trip from Brooklyn, NY through New England to rural Maine, a kind of ritual escape from the city on a holiday weekend.
Sunday, Jun 6 - 7:30pm Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival: Spacey Space With Alisson Bittiker, Andres Arocha, Michael Connor and Rachael Rakes FLEX-- The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival-- presents Spacey Space, a selection of some of their favorite entries from past festivals.

Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival: Spacey Space

With Alisson Bittiker, Andres Arocha, Michael Connor and Rachael Rakes FLEX-- The Florida Experimental Film/Video Festival-- presents Spacey Space, a selection of some of their favorite entries from past festivals.
Saturday, Jun 5 - 7:30pm Died Young, Stayed Pretty with Eileen Yaghoobian With Eileen Yaghoobian, Robert Newman, Joe Newton and Kayrock Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists.

Died Young, Stayed Pretty with Eileen Yaghoobian

With Eileen Yaghoobian, Robert Newman, Joe Newton and Kayrock Died Young, Stayed Pretty is a candid look at the underground poster culture in North America. This unique documentary examines the creative spirit that drives these indie graphic artists.
Sunday, May 30 - 7:30pm Last Summer at Coney Island: Benefit Preview Screening with JL Aronson With JL Aronson In recognition of Coney Island's newest amusement park opening Memorial Weekend, we're hosting a benefit preview screening of JL Aronson's upcoming documentary, Last Summer at Coney Island.

Last Summer at Coney Island: Benefit Preview Screening with JL Aronson

With JL Aronson In recognition of Coney Island's newest amusement park opening Memorial Weekend, we're hosting a benefit preview screening of JL Aronson's upcoming documentary, Last Summer at Coney Island.
Saturday, May 29 - 7:00pm Blood Into Wine ???? Blood Into Wine takes viewers into the struggles and triumphs of Maynard James Keenan, internationally known as the front man for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, with a unique blend of comedy and master storytelling.

Blood Into Wine

???? Blood Into Wine takes viewers into the struggles and triumphs of Maynard James Keenan, internationally known as the front man for Tool, A Perfect Circle and Puscifer, with a unique blend of comedy and master storytelling.

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