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Friday, Mar 5 - 7:30pm The Final Inch & The Plow That Broke the Plains With Tom Grant The Final Inch explores how the final days of any endeavor are always the most challenging and is a profound testament to those working on the front lines of public health in the backwaters of our world. With The Plow That Broke the Plains, his first film and the first US Government-sponsored documentary, Pare Lorentz won praise and wide recognition for using sensitive photography, dramatic editing and a beautiful score by composer Virgil Thomson to illuminate a local problem of national importance

The Final Inch & The Plow That Broke the Plains

With Tom Grant The Final Inch explores how the final days of any endeavor are always the most challenging and is a profound testament to those working on the front lines of public health in the backwaters of our world. With The Plow That Broke the Plains, his first film and the first US Government-sponsored documentary, Pare Lorentz won praise and wide recognition for using sensitive photography, dramatic editing and a beautiful score by composer Virgil Thomson to illuminate a local problem of national importance
Sunday, Feb 28 - 7:30pm In Verse: an experiment in documentary poetry, photography and radio With Susan B.A. Somers-Willett and Lu Olkowski In Verse is a multi-media reporting project that combines poetry, photography and audio footage to create "documentary poems" for radio, the web, print and the iPhone.

In Verse: an experiment in documentary poetry, photography and radio

With Susan B.A. Somers-Willett and Lu Olkowski In Verse is a multi-media reporting project that combines poetry, photography and audio footage to create "documentary poems" for radio, the web, print and the iPhone.
Saturday, Feb 27 - 7:30pm An Evening with Coleen Fitzgibbon and Robin Winters With Coleen Fitzgibbon, Robin Winters, Walter Robinson These three film/videos are part of a series of media performance installations that Robin Winters and Coleen Fitzgibbon collaborated on in the mid-seventies in the U.S. and Holland.

An Evening with Coleen Fitzgibbon and Robin Winters

With Coleen Fitzgibbon, Robin Winters, Walter Robinson These three film/videos are part of a series of media performance installations that Robin Winters and Coleen Fitzgibbon collaborated on in the mid-seventies in the U.S. and Holland.
Friday, Feb 19 - 7:30pm Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation With Ingrid Kopp, Dara Kell A captivating view of the indomitable spirit if one of the world’s most fascinating figures, this documentary follows Nelson Mandela from his early days and tribal education to his election as South Africa’s first black president.

Mandela: Son of Africa, Father of a Nation

With Ingrid Kopp, Dara Kell A captivating view of the indomitable spirit if one of the world’s most fascinating figures, this documentary follows Nelson Mandela from his early days and tribal education to his election as South Africa’s first black president.
Friday, Feb 5 - 7:30pm America’s Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie With Daryl Smith, Deborah E. Popper America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history.

America’s Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie

With Daryl Smith, Deborah E. Popper America's Lost Landscape: The Tallgrass Prairie tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history.
Thursday, Feb 4 - 4:00pm Panel Discussion: Documentary Distribution and Access With Todd Sklar, Steve Holmgren, Dennis Lim, Richard Abramowitz, Jim Browne, Caitlin Boyle, Nicholas Jayanty, Ashley Sabin, Andrew Mer Discussion: As our expanding digital landscape continues to transform our relationship to media, how will documentary evolve in the new decade?

Panel Discussion: Documentary Distribution and Access

With Todd Sklar, Steve Holmgren, Dennis Lim, Richard Abramowitz, Jim Browne, Caitlin Boyle, Nicholas Jayanty, Ashley Sabin, Andrew Mer Discussion: As our expanding digital landscape continues to transform our relationship to media, how will documentary evolve in the new decade?
Sunday, Jan 24 - 7:30pm Orphan Film Symposium: Dr. Robbins Barstow Tribute & Orphan Documentaries With Dan Streible, Cullen Gallagher and Jennifer Blaylock The Orphan Film Symposium marks its seventh biennial gathering of archivists, scholars, preservationists, curators, collectors, and media artists devoted to saving, studying, and screening neglected moving images.

Orphan Film Symposium: Dr. Robbins Barstow Tribute & Orphan Documentaries

With Dan Streible, Cullen Gallagher and Jennifer Blaylock The Orphan Film Symposium marks its seventh biennial gathering of archivists, scholars, preservationists, curators, collectors, and media artists devoted to saving, studying, and screening neglected moving images.
Friday, Jan 15 - 7:30pm Con Artist With Michael Sládek Screening of Con Artist, a character-driven dark comedy that examines themes of art, celebrity, fortune, fakery and the dark side of American culture through the controversial and contradictory persona of “business artist” Mark Kostabi.

Con Artist

With Michael Sládek Screening of Con Artist, a character-driven dark comedy that examines themes of art, celebrity, fortune, fakery and the dark side of American culture through the controversial and contradictory persona of “business artist” Mark Kostabi.
Saturday, Jan 9 - 7:30pm Film Sprout: The Greening of Southie & The End of the Line With Caitlin Boyle, Curt Ellis, Sean Dimin Two screenings highlighting Film Sprout, a company specializing in grassroots and community distribution for independent documentaries.

Film Sprout: The Greening of Southie & The End of the Line

With Caitlin Boyle, Curt Ellis, Sean Dimin Two screenings highlighting Film Sprout, a company specializing in grassroots and community distribution for independent documentaries.
Sunday, Jan 3 - 7:30pm Brian McCarthy: The Lure of Space, Part 1 With Brian McCarthy The first in a two-part series prepared for UnionDocs juxtaposing select contemporary video pieces (Seoungho Cho, Dillon Dewaters) with structurally-oriented 16mm and 8mm.

Brian McCarthy: The Lure of Space, Part 1

With Brian McCarthy The first in a two-part series prepared for UnionDocs juxtaposing select contemporary video pieces (Seoungho Cho, Dillon Dewaters) with structurally-oriented 16mm and 8mm.

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