A Good Mind Grows in Thorny Places

Karōshi

Karōshi (過労死) is a vast examination into the issue of overworking in contemporary society, the struggles that perpetuate the working class. All that is left is a lingering touch of urban loneliness. The film follows through with scenes of the everyday, the mundane, and the often overlooked aspects of daily life: drawing distinctions between an imagined utopia, and the true dystopian reality.

The Hall of Lost Steps

In a series of juxtaposed images and sounds, Jaromil Jireš comments on the tragic premature death of thousands as well as their posterity due to the atomic bomb.

Chaotic Wrestling: Behind the Birthplace of Stars

Peek behind the curtain of Chaotic Wrestling, the biggest independent wrestling company New England has to offer.

Taurophilia

Through rhythmic re-composition of fragmented images, semi-surreal situations are explored in a documentary style of observation of a man's obsession with a powerful animal, the black horned bull, and the Spanish process of taxidermy through which he attempts to embody its beauty and strength, turning into a Minotaur. The subdued basement space in which the man meticulously studies the motionless flesh of the animal is preceded by a sunlit, empty arena in Spain, the stage in which the bull is presented in its full glory before facing man.

Wise Guys 2

After the release of his debut film, documentarian Richard Chase journeys down a rabbit hole to uncover the lost second episode of his initial film's subject: Wise Guys.

Dear Black Umich,

A community documentary highlighting the intersectionalities of the Black experience at the University of Michigan, divided into 6 sections: Black Beauty, Black Love, Black Arts, Black Academia, Black Struggle & Perseverance, and Black Joy.

Polio

Polio is a viral infectious disease that can cause paralysis. The disease is almost eradicated today, but there are still people among us who suffer lifelong consequences after a polio epidemic.

Bleeding Gums

The short documentary explores a Scottish independent wrestling company, Bleeding Gums Wrestling (est. 2023) and the community that surrounds it.

Pripyat Piano

26 April 1986: Chernobyl’s reactor number 4 explodes and provokes the biggest nuclear disaster in history. Pripyat, where the plant is located, becomes a ghost city. Guided by former inhabitants, Eliška Cílková takes us in her quest of the town’s memory. Gracefully shot, the film reminds us the power of music where less expected.

Womanspace

A unique non-profit in Rockford, Illinois that is devoted to empowering residents with creativity.

Pomegranate

A mother comes to terms with her Post-Natal Depression..

A Dança dos Mosquitos

Litter Pickin' Punks

Feeling disgruntled, a group of punks start a litter picking group to counter the amount of litter their community faces.

The Moșilor Fair

The Moșilor Fair is an exercise by a student director who used his film before he had managed to finalize the originally planned movie. The result is a fascinating experimental montage, without music or sound of any kind, showing details of a legendary fair in the capital.

World Between Our Ears

Columbus indie musician and writer Miles Curtiss mounts a return to his decades-long journey through the arts while finding and fostering community.