Schedule

Times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST)


Enough with Catcalling // Chega de Fiu Fiu
Apr
30

Enough with Catcalling // Chega de Fiu Fiu

1) RSVP through the form on the page to watch the film (Running time approx 1 hour 15 mins)

2) Join for a live Q&A in English or Portuguese

Were the cities made for women? The film Enough with Catcalling tells the story of Raquel, Rosa and Teresa, who live in three different Brazilian cities and through activism, art and poetry, resist and propose new ways of living in the public space.

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White Riot
Apr
30

White Riot

1) Stream the film on Curzon Home Cinema (Running time 80 mins)

2) Join for a live Q&A with Curzon Living Room Q&As at 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)

Rock Against Racism (RAR) was formed in 1976, prompted by ‘music’s biggest colonialist’ Eric Clapton and his support of racist MP Enoch Powell. White Riot blends fresh interviews with queasy archive footage to recreate a hostile environment of anti-immigrant hysteria and National Front marches.

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The Edge of Democracy
Apr
29

The Edge of Democracy

1) Watch the film on Netflix (Running time 2 hr 1 min)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 7 PM (EST) / 1 AM (UK 30th April)

A cautionary tale for these times of democracy in crisis, the personal and political fuse to explore one of the most dramatic periods in Brazilian history. Combining unprecedented access to leaders past and present, including Presidents Dilma Rousseff and Lula da Silva, with accounts of her own family's complex past, filmmaker Petra Costa (ELENA) witnesses their rise and fall and the tragically polarised nation that remains.

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Cine São Paulo
Apr
28

Cine São Paulo

1) RSVP through the form on the page to watch the film (Running time approx 1hr 18 mins)

2) Join for the live Q&A in English or Portuguese: 3:30 PM (EST) / 8:30 PM (UK)

It is difficult, during its 78 minutes, not to manage two feelings: enchantment by Mr. Chico's passion for the theatre, which has a strong affective memory; and the air of resistance that arises, along the edges, from the protagonist's act of overlapping the media that seems to swallow the art of going to the cinema.

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Your Turn
Apr
27

Your Turn

1) RSVP through the form on the page to watch the film (Running time approx 1 hour 40 mins)

2) Join for a live Q&A in English or Portuguese

When Brazil’s crisis deepened, students protested and occupied hundreds of schools, demanding better public education. The film depicts the Brazilian student movement from the protests of 2013 until the election of the new president, Jair Bolsonaro, in 2018.

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Activized
Apr
26

Activized

1) RSVP through the online form to watch the film (Running time approx 36 mins)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 2:45 PM (EST) / 7:45 PM (UK)

A powerful new documentary following 6 1st-time activists working on gun violence prevention, voting rights & immigrants' rights. 'In the short ten months that @AMarch4OurLives has existed over 60 gun laws have been passed by young people. We have a lot to say, we are powerful and we are enacting change' - Vikiana Petit-Homme

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The Mindfulness Movement
Apr
25

The Mindfulness Movement

1) Buy or Rent the film on The Mindfulness Movement website (Running time approx 1 hr 40 mins)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 3:40 PM (EST) / 8:40 PM (UK)

From Executive Producers Deepak Chopra and Jewel, comes THE MINDFULNESS MOVEMENT, a feature documentary (100 minutes) that examines the growing number of people throughout society who believe mindfulness - a peaceful quality of attention anyone can develop by simply focusing on the present moment in a non-judgmental way – is the key to creating a healthier, happier world.

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The Letter - SOLD OUT
Apr
21

The Letter - SOLD OUT

1) RSVP through the form on this page to watch the film

2) Join for the live Q&A: 12:15 AM (EST) / 5:15 PM (UK)

A 94 year-old Grandmother with a fearless spirit must overcome dangerous accusations of witchcraft that are coming from within her own family. Her grandson Karisa, travels home from the city to investigate, and it gradually emerges who sent the threatening letter and why.

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COOKED: Survival By Zip Code
Apr
20

COOKED: Survival By Zip Code

1) Rent / Buy the film on Amazon (Running time 1 hour 21 mins)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 8 PM (EST) / 1 AM (UK 21st April)

The feature documentary COOKED: Survival by Zip Code, a searing exploration into the politics of “disaster,” blends investigative reporting about the deadly 1995 Chicago heat wave with a potent argument that the best preparation for a disaster may start with investing in racial and economic justice.

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The Rescue List
Apr
18

The Rescue List

1) Watch the Film on PBS (Running time 80 mins)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 8:25 PM (EST 18th April) / 1:25 AM (UK 19th April)

In a hidden safehouse in the Ghanaian forest, social workers help two children recover from a childhood enslaved to fishermen on Lake Volta - the largest man-made lake on Earth.

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Evelyn
Apr
17

Evelyn

1) Watch the Film via Netflix (Running time 1hr 36 min)

2) Join for the live Q&A: 3:30 PM (EST) / 8.30 PM (UK)

Thirteen years after the suicide of their son and brother, Evelyn, the family decide to walk the length of the UK and try to talk about him - something they had failed to do in over a decade. This poetic feature documentary explores the fabric of grief and the longevity of love.

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UNLADYLIKE2020
Apr
16

UNLADYLIKE2020

1) Watch the 5 Short Films on YouTube (Running time Approx 55 mins)

2) Join for the Live Q&A at 7:30 PM (EST) / 12:30 AM (UK 17th April)

Through 26 animated biographical shorts and a public television broadcast hour, we will give the brave, tenacious women who paved the way in male-dominated fields some well-deserved attention and provide a nuanced, inclusive understanding of America’s past.

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The Perfect Candidate
Apr
15

The Perfect Candidate

11.00 AM (EST) / 4.00 PM (UK) : Watch the Film

1.00 PM (EST) 6 PM (UK): RSVP for the Q&A featuring Haifaa Al Mansour (Film Director), In Conversation with Uzma Hasan, with the participation of Mia Bays (Birds’ Eye View - Reclaim the Frame)

A determined young doctor who decides to run for municipal council sweeps up her family and community as they struggle to accept their town’s first female candidate and watch her fight for social change on a local level.

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The Nightcrawlers
Apr
14

The Nightcrawlers

An unflinching, verité-style exposé, “The Nightcrawlers” follows a determined group of photojournalists on their mission to chronicle the deadly battle being waged against the Philippines’ drug epidemic — and the tragic cost of this brutal crusade.

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