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List view record 29821: Standing Bear's Footsteps [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29821: Standing Bear's Footsteps [efilm]
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Standing Bear's Footsteps [efilm]

2019
In 1877, the Ponca people were exiled from their Nebraska homeland to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. To honor his dying son's last wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Bear set off on a grueling, six-hundred-mile journey home. Captured en-route, Standing Bear sued a famous...
List view record 29822: Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29822: Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination [efilm]
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Svetlana Boym: Exile and Imagination [efilm]

2019
This documentary film is about the life and work of Svetlana Boym, literary and cultural critic, media artist, novelist and playwright. In 1980, age 21, Svetlana left the USSR for the US, unable to pursue studies at the Leningrad university because of the Jewish quota. After graduate studies at B...
List view record 29823: Harry Callahan [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29823: Harry Callahan [efilm]
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Harry Callahan [efilm]

2019
This film interprets the life and work of American photographer Harry Callahan, guided by his thoughts about photography and reminiscences of Ansel Adams, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Steichen, and Aaron Siskind. The film includes Callahan at work in 1973 and 1983, segments of his films, archival fil...
List view record 29824: Flora Natapoff [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29824: Flora Natapoff [efilm]
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Flora Natapoff [efilm]

2019
Flora Natapoff, known for her large collages of urban and industrial motifs, due to MS begins to work on a smaller scale that is no less powerful. She speaks of her way of looking, the impact of landscape, and a new sense of narrative and composition. A legendary teacher at Harvard, her compellin...
List view record 29825: Aaron Siskind: Making Pictures [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29825: Aaron Siskind: Making Pictures [efilm]
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Aaron Siskind: Making Pictures [efilm]

2019
Photographer Aaron Siskind (1903-1991) guides us through his documentary work in the 1930s to his last period of abstraction. We see him photographing, printing, and discussing his life and work. Winner of a Gold Plaque Award at the **Chicago International Film Festival**.
List view record 29826: Trouble Is My Business [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29826: Trouble Is My Business [efilm]
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Trouble Is My Business [efilm]

2019
Detective Roland Drake falls for two sisters from the Montemar family. One woman is dead and the other wants to kill him. Passion, murder, and betrayal. Just another day at the office. Winner of the Best Thriller Award at the **Los Angeles Film Awards**. "*Tom Konkle's Trouble is My Business is a...
List view record 29827: Lily [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29827: Lily [efilm]
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Lily [efilm]

2019
Lily - girl with a secret, on the cusp of becoming a young woman, with her best friend the fiercely loyal and flamboyant Simon - navigates the treacherous waters of school life. When a misunderstanding with the beautiful and popular Violet leads to a vicious attack, Lily is faced with the greates...
List view record 29828: It Came from Connemara [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29828: It Came from Connemara [efilm]
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It Came from Connemara [efilm]

2019
In the mid 1990's, Roger Corman, the legendary Hollywood B movie producer, opened a production studio in the west of Ireland. This is the man who launched the directorial careers of Coppola, Scorsese and Jonathan Demme, as well as introducing the world to Jack Nicholson, Dennis Hopper and Robert ...
List view record 29829: The Medicine Game [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29829: The Medicine Game [efilm]
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The Medicine Game [efilm]

2019
Two brothers from the Onondaga Nation pursue their dreams of playing lacrosse for national powerhouse Syracuse University. The obstacles in their way are frequent and daunting, but their love for the game, each other, and their family's unyielding determination, propels these youth towards their ...
List view record 29830: Monumental Crossroads [efilm]List view anchor tag for record 29830: Monumental Crossroads [efilm]
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Monumental Crossroads [efilm]

2019
Throughout the Southern U.S., tempers flare up as confederate monuments are targeted for removal. During a 6000 mile road trip through the former confederacy, MONUMENTAL CROSSROADS explores the legacy of Southern Heritage. A myriad of supporters and opponents is met along the way: White, Black, N...
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