Essential new films for local screenings

Two children standing in shallow river water beside a wooden boat.
Still from Karuara, People of the River

A FIDAI FILM repurposes a collection of footage seized from the Palestine Research Center by Israeli military in 1982. With this reclaimed archive, Palestinian auteur Kamal Aljafari composes a visceral and liberating recontextualization of historic images.

A STATE OF PASSION explores the under-resourced emergency rooms of the Al Shifa and Al Ahli hospitals, composing a rousing portrait of a surgeon’s tireless efforts to save Palestinian lives.

AFTERWARDS is a short, intimate doc from Québécois filmmaker Romane Garant Chartrand depicting a domestic violence shelter where women convene, sharing stories of abuse and resilience.

AVANT-DRAG! Ten Athenian drag queens challenge social conventions, deconstruct gender and combat Greek nationalism in this queer middle-finger to heteronormativity.

Told with sumptuous hand-painted animation sequences, KARUARA, PEOPLE OF THE RIVER captures the Kukama people’s groundbreaking lawsuit for the Marañón River to be recognized as a legal person with rights.

MY FRIEND THE TERRORIST is a charming and rallying legacy of revolutionary Jose Maria Sison, the founder of the Communist Party of the Philippines, and his exile into the Netherlands after being designated a terrorist.

PARADE: QUEER ACTS OF RESISTANCE offers an unflinching journey through Canada’s 2SLGBTQI+ history, capturing the pivotal protests and passionate voices that ignited a movement of love and resistance.

THE STRIKE tells the story of a generation of California men as they endure decades of solitary confinement and, against all odds, launch the largest hunger strike in US history.

THE SENSE OF VIOLENCE is a striking found footage essay on the genealogies of South Korean anti-communist ideology, told through an assembly of national media.

In TO KILL A TIGER, Ranjit, a farmer in Jharkhand, India, takes on the fight of his life when he demands justice for his 13-year-old daughter, the survivor of a violent sexual assault.

URBAN DISOBEDIENCE TOOLKIT is a stirring performance-based doc, capturing a rebellious project where artist-activists reclaim a gentrified Prague through anarchist monkey-wrenching.

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