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Forum
IN FOCUS: WOMEN FILMMAKERS AT AFI DOCS 2019
HUB District Architectural Ctr, 6/20/2019 9:30 am
Other Screenings:
Forum
BUDGETING CAN BE FUN: A PERSONAL TOUR LED BY MICHAEL EHRENZWEIG OF ITVS
HUB District Architectural Ctr, 6/20/2019 11:00 am
Other Screenings:
Forum
DOCUMENTARY FILM AND REPRESENTATION
HUB District Architectural Ctr, 6/20/2019 1:30 p.m.
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
WHO KILLED GARRETT PHILLIPS?
Liz Garbus
Landmark E Street 1, 6/20/2019 6:00 p.m.
On October 24, 2011, police officers found the lifeless body of 12-year-old Garrett Phillips alone in his apartment. Featuring jailhouse interrogations, this gripping true crime two-part documentary from Academy Award®-nominated director Liz Garbus (WHAT HAPPENED, MISS SIMONE?) seeks to get to the bottom of the murder. read more
Other Screenings:
Anthem
MILES DAVIS: BIRTH OF THE COOL
Stanley Nelson
Landmark E Street 4, 6/20/2019 3:00 p.m.
With his dark shades, stylish clothes and enigmatic personality, jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis was the personification of cool. But who was he really? Drawing from a wide range of amazing source material, master filmmaker Stanley Nelson unpacks this complicated artistic genius and reveals the man behind the cool. read more
Other Screenings:
Portrait
17 BLOCKS
Davy Rothbart
Landmark E Street 4, 6/20/2019 6:30 p.m.
In 1999, Emmanuel Durant and his family started filming their daily lives. For two decades, the camera recorded ordinary moments, and a cycle of trauma all too familiar with neglected communities in America. Davy Rothbart’s film deftly pieces together a loving and complex profile of the Sanford-Durants, who live just 17 blocks from the U.S. Capitol. read more
Other Screenings:
Anthem
LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE
Rob Epstein | Jeffrey Friedman
Landmark E Street 4, 6/20/2019 9:15 p.m.
With her dynamic voice, Linda Ronstadt became a superstar pop artist during the male-dominated music industry of the 1970s. Esteemed filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman chronicle Ronstadt’s trailblazing success in multiple music genres through rocking archival footage and affectionate interviews with Dolly Parton, Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris. read more
Other Screenings:
Portrait
FOR SAMA
Waad al-Kateab | Edward Watts
Landmark E Street 7, 6/20/2019 3:30 p.m.
With her home city of Aleppo under constant bombardment, filmmaker Waad al-Kateab, an active resistant against the Assad regime, does the nearly unthinkable: she marries the love of her life and has a baby. This unique video diary documents five years of the Syrian War and tells an unforgettable personal story. read more
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
AFTER PARKLAND
Jake Lefferman | Emily Taguchi
Landmark E Street 7, 6/20/2019 6:15 p.m.
AFTER PARKLAND is a heartfelt portrait of a community using grief and anger as fuel to move forward, heal, and, for some, fight to change the world. The film shares an intimate view of survivors as they navigate their new realities in the blaring limelight and the soft light of home. read more
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
BORDER SOUTH
Raúl O. Paz Pastrana
Landmark E Street 7, 6/20/2019 9:00 p.m.
Filmmaker Raúl O. Paz Pastrana spent four years following the migrant routes from southern Mexico to the U.S.-Mexico border. The result is a close-up, nuanced, and highly original view of the migrant experience, one fraught with risk and danger but also comradery, ingenuity and humor. read more
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
A WOMAN'S WORK: THE NFL'S CHEERLEADER PROBLEM
Yu Gu
AFI Silver Theater 2, 6/20/2019 6:30 p.m.
In 2017, the National Football League earned over $14 billion in revenue. NFL cheerleaders, however, earn less than minimum wage–some paid as low as $1.50 an hour. Three courageous cheerleaders risk their careers by leading a historic class-action lawsuit against the NFL, alleging gendered wage theft and egregious labor practices. read more
Other Screenings:
Cinema's Legacy
LAW AND ORDER
Frederick Wiseman
AFI Silver Theater 2, 6/20/2019 9:00 p.m.
In LAW AND ORDER, Frederick Wiseman turns his lens on the Kansas City police department, their training, management and day-to-day activities, revealing problems inherent in their community interactions. Incidents disturbing and routine suggest police brutality is motivated by the fear of imminent violence, and a socioeconomic and racial divide that remains dismally unbridged 50 years later. read more
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
WE ARE THE RADICAL MONARCHS
Linda Goldstein Knowlton
AFI Silver Theater 3, 6/20/2019 3:45 p.m.
In Oakland, California, tween girls of color meet as a new alternative Scout group called the Radical Monarchs. The Monarchs earn badges not for sewing or selling cookies, but for units on Black Lives Matter, disability justice and Radical Beauty. Set around the 2016 election, the founders, two queer women of color, struggle to grow the organization while empowering the girls to be social justice leaders in their community. read more
Other Screenings:
Truth and Justice
ALWAYS IN SEASON
Jacqueline Olive
AFI Silver Theater 3, 6/20/2019 6:45 p.m.
Jacqueline Olive’s stunning debut documentary depicts the haunting death of 17-year-old Lennon Lacy in the rural community of Bladenboro, North Carolina in 2014. With Lacy’s body found hanging from a swing set, his death is ruled a suicide, but his mother, convinced that he was lynched, remains undaunted in her pursuit of justice. read more
Other Screenings:
Special Screenings
TONI MORRISON: THE PIECES I AM
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders
Navy Memorial, 6/20/2019 7:30 p.m.
Timothy Greenfield-Sanders’ highly engaging portrait of the brilliant and beloved writer Toni Morrison features interviews with cultural icons and critics, including Oprah Winfrey, Angela Davis, Walter Mosley, Fran Lebowitz, Russell Banks, Hilton Als — and, most important, with Morrison herself, sharing a lifetime’s worth of riveting stories and compelling insights. read more