Oscar Viewing Party

Sunday, March 2nd, 7:00pm

Oscar Night Viewing Party

100% Free

Come watch the 86th Academy Awards with us in our main screening room as well as our downstairs lounge. Stop by or stick it out until the very end. Big bonus: you get to tell us when to flip the channels on the red carpet pre-show. Also, as always, we’ll provide unlimited refills of organic popcorn. The Square or 20 Feet From Stardom? 12 Years a Slave or American Hustle? DiCaprio or McConaughey? None of the above? Who will reign supreme?

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtDAs5JDZYw

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Film Voyagers

Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00pm

Film Voyagers

A weekly program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world --most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation.

L'equip Petit

Roger Gomez, Dani Resines, 2012, 9min, Spain

A great documentary short about a little team in Catalunya with golden values. In Catalan, there’s a saying “amb un Parell de pebrots” or “with a couple of peppers”, which means to be brave and to face situations without fear. These little Catalan children play without any awareness of fear.  Joy and positivity dominate. For every moment that these children continue to play is a moment filled with possibility. To pass. To shoot. To score. To win.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJjVCD_ygE

Juanito Jones

2002, 24 min, Spain

Juanito uses his imagination to travel on fantastic adventures and confronts all sorts of dangerous situations and always remembers never to use violence. Instead, he uses wit, skill, intelligence and help from his friend Sombra, a loveable teddy bear.

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Blacks in Experimental Film (Part 2)

Friday, February 28th, 7:00pm

Blacks in Experimental Film (Part 2)

(Lost & Forgotten Images of Blacks on Film)

Curated by 8mm Anonymous

An evening of short films featuring Reg. 8mm & Super8 (Sound) only. Will feature Lois Towles, acclaimed concert pianist and sister of pioneering model Dorothea Towles.  A graduate of Wiley College (of “The Great Debaters” fame), Towles sang with Fisk University’s choir and later became a member of the school’s music faculty. The evening will also be dedicated to the memory of Richard Caesar, Tuskeegee Airman/dentist & husband of Lois Towles, who died over 2 years ago. Will also include an art show (“Centennial of Lois Towles”) commemorating what would have been her 100th birthday. Films shown will most likely include the following:

Jack Johnson v. Frank Noran (Reg. 8mm, silent, b&w, c. 12 mins., 1914, re-shot/transferred from 35mm (originally) onto 8mm)

Live Rome Movie footage of Minstrel Show of The 1939-1940 San Francisco/Treasure Island World’s Fair (Reg. 8mm, silent, b&w/sepia. 1939-1940.c. 12 mins.)

The Harlem Globetrotters (Castle Films, Reg. 8mm, silent, b&w, c. 12 mins., 1950’s)

Black & Tan Fantasy w/ Duke Ellington (Super8Sound, b&w, c. 3 mins., 1928.)

Black Home Movie/Travel Footage of Europe (Italy) from the 50’s (Anonymous Reg. 8mm, silent color, c. 12 mins., 1950’s.)

An Excerpt from ‘Aunt Lois’ w/ Dorothea Towles, her sister (Super8Sound, color, c. 3 mins., 1997.)

Black Home Movie footage from The 50’s (Anonymous, Reg. 8mm, silent, color, c. 12 mins., 1950’s.)

Black Super 8 Sound Home Movie Footage of Jim Jones’ People’s Temple (Super8Sound, color, c. 3 mins., 1970’s.)

Footage Shot Out The Window of a Plane Heading from San Francisco to New York Set to Nina Simone’s ‘Feeling Good’ (Sequel to ‘Footage Shot of The Window of a Plane Heading from New York to San Francisco. ) (Super8Sound, color, 3 mins., 1994.)

Tuskeegee Airman Home Movie Footage of Russia (Anonymous, Reg. 8mm, color, c. 20 mins., 1959.)

“… An evening of short films, featuring reportedly incendiary images of African Americans.” – Time Out New York.

“I hate to be a representative of a race, tacked on for that reason alone.  If I can do something beyond that, then it’s all right.” &, “I could never have done what I was able to do without the help of others. I can’t return that help to the people who helped me, but perhaps I can return it to the others who are in need.” – Lois Towles

“You can’t ask me to explain my lyrics. I simply won’t do it.”- Lou Reed.

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The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Tuesday, February 25th, 7:30pm

Wednesday, February 26th, 7:30pm

Thursday, February 27th, 7:30pm

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

(A Black History Month Special)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Bill Siegel, 2013, 92 min.

The Trials of Muhammad Ali, directed by Bill Siegel (The Weather Underground) delves deeply into a time when an emerging sports superhero chooses faith and conscience over fame and fortune. The fury he faced from an American public enraged by Ali's opposition to the Vietnam War and unwilling to accept his conversion to Islam, has global implications for generations now coming of age amidst contemporary fissures involving freedom, faith and military conflict. Archival scenes highlight the life forces who support and oppose him, including his spiritual mentors, Malcolm X and Elijah Muhammad, and critics of his stance, such as Jackie Robinson and Joe Louis. Interviews shot exclusively for the film feature those who were there: his brother, Rahaman; his bride, Khalilah Camacho-Ali; New York Times writer, Robert Lipsyte; and Nation of Islam leader, Louis Farrakhan. What emerges is the hidden history of Muhammad Ali, an opportunity for audiences worldwide to discover how his journey - toward a full spiritual embrace of Islam and through his humanitarian work around the world - challenges us to overcome today’s fissures of race, faith and identity.

Post screening Q&As TBA.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt_TD2oYS0A

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Film Voyagers

Sunday, February 23rd, 2:00pm

Film Voyagers

A weekly program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world --most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation.

L'equip Petit

Roger Gomez, Dani Resines, 2012, 9min, Spain

A great documentary short about a little team in Catalunya with golden values. In Catalan, there’s a saying “amb un Parell de pebrots” or “with a couple of peppers”, which means to be brave and to face situations without fear. These little Catalan children play without any awareness of fear.  Joy and positivity dominate. For every moment that these children continue to play is a moment filled with possibility. To pass. To shoot. To score. To win.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKJjVCD_ygE

Juanito Jones

2002, 24 min, Spain

Juanito uses his imagination to travel on fantastic adventures and confronts all sorts of dangerous situations and always remembers never to use violence. Instead, he uses wit, skill, intelligence and help from his friend Sombra, a loveable teddy bear.

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/583948

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Docularious Presents: One Night Stand

Saturday, February 22nd, 7:30pm

Docularious! Presents: One Night Stand

Curated by Adam Schartoff and Filmwax

Elisabeth Sperling and Trish Dalton, 2011, 74 min.

One Night Stand is a funny, intimate, behind-the-scenes journey from the blank page to the live

stage, as top Broadway and Hollywood writers, actors, and directors produce four original short musicals, all within 24 hours.  Think A Chorus Line meets Project Runway  –  a window into the creative process with a compressed time frame: the spark, the camaraderie, the sheer panic and the ultimate thrill of expression. Featured actors include Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Tamara Tunie, Cheyenne Jackson, Nellie McKay, Tracie Thoms, and Rachel Dratch, writers include Jonathan Marc Sherman and Gino Gionfriddo, composers include Julia Greenberg, Robin Goldwasser and Gabriel Kahane and directors include Ted Sperling and Tina Fallon.

Q&A with directors Elisabeth Sperling and Trish Dalton and Trip Cullman, director of “Dr. Williams,” (one of the 24 hour plays featured in One Night Stand), moderated by Adam Schartoff. More talent to be announced!

(Docularious! is an ongoing series on comedy presented by Filmwax and Adam Schartoff.)

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z3cYIO0rA

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Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Presents: 20 Feet From Stardom

Thursday, February 20th, 7:30pm

Friday, February 21st, 7:30pm

Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Present: 20 Feet From Stardom

(Oscar winning documentaries, nominees, and shortlisted films.)

20 Feet From Stardom

Morgan Neville, 2013, 91 min

Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. In his compelling new film Twenty Feet From Stardom, award-winning director Morgan Neville (Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can’t Be Satisfied, Johnny Cash’s America) shines a spotlight on the untold true story of the backup singers behind some of the greatest musical legends of the 21st century. Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, the film is both a tribute to the unsung voices who brought shape and style to popular music and a reflection on the conflicts, sacrifices and rewards of a career spent harmonizing with others.  

These gifted artists span a range of styles, genres and eras of popular music, but each has a uniquely fascinating and personal story to share of life spent in the shadows of superstardom. Along with rare archival footage and a peerless soundtrack, Twenty Feet From Stardom boasts intimate interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting to name just a few. However, these world-famous figures take a backseat to the diverse array of backup singers whose lives and stories take center stage in the film. Features the legendary Darlene Love, Merry Clayton, Judith Hill (also of NBC's "The Voice"), Claudia Lennear, Lisa Fischer, Tata Vega and the Walters.

Skype Q&A with director Morgan Neville to follow the screening on Thursday, February 20th.

2014 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature

“Sheer perfection! Just watch Morgan Neville’s exhilarating documentary and try not to stand up and cheer. “ - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWyUJcA8Zfo

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The Loving Story

Friday, February 14th, 7:30pm

The Loving Story

(A Valentine’s Day Special)

Back by Popular Demand!

Nancy Buirski, 2011, 77 min.

This documentary is the definitive account of the landmark 1967 Supreme Court decision that legalized interracial marriage: Loving v. Virginia. Married in Washington, D.C. on June 2, 1958, Richard Loving and Mildred Jeter returned home to Virginia where their marriage was declared illegal—he was white, and she was black and Native American. Hope Ryden's luminous, newly discovered home movie footage of the Lovings and their feisty young lawyers and rare photography by Grey Villet are stitched together in this  film from Nancy Buirski (Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq) that takes viewers behind the scenes of a pair of unlikely civil rights pioneers and their real-life love story.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h62ZBiHNJoM

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The Act of Killing

Tuesday, February 11th, 7:00pm

Thursday, February 13th, 7:30pm

Albert Maysles and Oscar Buzz Present: The Act of Killing

(Oscar winning documentaries, nominees, and shortlisted films.)

The Act of Killing

Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer,Co-Directed by Anonymous & Christine Cynn,

2013, 120 min.

In this chilling and inventive documentary, executive produced by Errol Morris (The Fog Of War) and Werner Herzog (Grizzly Man), the filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, an unsettling journey deep into the imaginations of mass-murderers and the shockingly banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit. Shaking audiences at the 2012 Toronto and Telluride Film Festivals and winning an Audience Award at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival, The Act of Killing is an unprecedented film that, according to The Los Angeles Times, "could well change how you view the documentary form."

Q&A with director Joshua Oppenheimer to follow the 7:00pm screening on Tuesday, February 11th.2014 Academy Award® Nominee – Best Documentary Feature

"A masterpiece…& a major achievement.” – The Village Voice

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD5oMxbMcHM

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Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

Wednesday, February 5th, 7:30pm

Friends of Appalshop NYC Presents

Anne Braden: Southern Patriot

Anne Lewis and Mimi Pickering

Appalshop Films, Whitesburg, KY, 2012, 77 min.

Anne Braden: Southern Patriot explores the extraordinary, some say incendiary, life of this American civil rights leader. When charged with sedition for attempting to desegregate a Louisville, Kentucky neighborhood in 1954, Braden used the attack to embrace a lifetime of racial justice organizing matched by few whites in American history. Braden was hailed as “eloquent and prophetic” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in his 1963 Letter from Birmingham Jail and named as one of only five white southerners he could rely on as an ally. Ostracized as a “red,” Braden fought for an inclusive movement community and demonstrated that civil liberties were essential for civil rights. Anne Braden’s story explores not only the dangers of racism and political repression but the transformative power of a life committed to social justice.
“Let us pay tribute to our dear sister Anne Braden, known not just in Kentucky, not just in America, but around the world as a freedom fighter.” – Cornel West
 

Skype Q&A with director Mimi Pickering.

Appalshop was founded in 1969 as the Community Film Workshop of Appalachia, one of a group of workshops around the country established through a War on Poverty funding initiative.  The workshops were intended to train minorities and the economically disadvantaged in the production and use of film so that they could address the needs of their communities.  
50 years after Johnson announces the War on Poverty, we revisit the work of Appalshop through this series, January-March 2014.

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Jock Docs Presents: Lenny Cooke

Sunday, February 2nd, 4:00pm

Back By Popular Demand!

Jock Docs Presents: Lenny Cooke

(The best in sports documentaries.)

Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie, 2013, 90 min.

In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. In an era when high school stars were forgoing college hoops in favor of the potential multi-million dollar contracts promised in the NBA draft, Lenny was supposed to be the next superstar. He had the world at his fingertips. But over a decade later, while his peers are taking home MVP awards and championship trophies, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. What went wrong?

With incredible access to Lenny’s story as it unfolded over the past decade, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie follow Lenny from his run-down home in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to the New Jersey suburbs where he spent his high school career through to the present day, with the friends and family who shared in his dreams and aspirations. Lenny Cooke is a quintessentially American story about dreaming big, the fickle nature of sports celebrity and the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.

Q&As to follow Saturday’s and Sunday’s screening TBA.  

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne61w4R20QE

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Film Voyagers

Sunday, February 2nd, 2:00pm

Sunday, February 9th, 2:00pm

Sunday, February 16th, 2:00pm

Film Voyagers

A weekly program of films for younger children age 3 to 7 and their caregivers: films from around the world --most animation -- geared toward a young audience. $8 Suggested Donation.

Sunday, February 2nd, 2:00pm

Junior And Karlsson

Boris Stepantsev, 1969, 20 min, Russia

Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a fictional character in a series of children's books created by Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. The cartoon adaptation became popularised in the USSR with its release in the 1970s. To this day, the adaptations are still celebrated as an integral part of the Russian cartoon industry, with Karlsson being recognised as a national icon, together with Cheburashka and other such characters.

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Sunday, February 9th, 2:00pm

Sunday, February 16th, 2:00pm

Bino and Fino

Adamu Waziri, 2011, 30 min.

Bino and Fino features an adorable sister and brother as they go about their daily life in Nigeria. Produced in Abuja, Nigeria, under the direction of its creator, architect turned animator, Adamu Waziri. Thanks to Adamu and his team for their generous permission to show Bino and Fino at Maysles Cinema. Suitable for all ages.

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La Selva Tranquila

Friday, January 31st, 7:30pm

La Selva Tranquila

(New York City Theatrical Premiere)

Christian Chapman, Paul Jason Hoffman and Cody Troyer, 2013, 52 min

La Selva Tranquila presents an original look at conservation in the Peruvian Amazon, interweaving three stories of locals who must cut, capture, and sell anything they can to survive. Governments and activists speak of the importance of conservation, but we rarely hear the voices of people at the ground level. When locals struggle to survive each day at the jungle’s expense, how can they protect the land they love so deeply?

Post-screening reception with the three directors. Ticket includes beverages from Peak Organic Brewing and American Juice Company, Peruvian appetizers and music. Brought to you by Resonator Films.

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/534091

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/64156311

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Jock Docs Presents: Lenny Cooke

Saturday, January 25th, 7:30pm

Sunday, January 26th, 7:30pm

Jock Docs Presents: Lenny Cooke

(The best in sports documentaries.)

Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie, 2013, 90 min.

In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony. In an era when high school stars were forgoing college hoops in favor of the potential multi-million dollar contracts promised in the NBA draft, Lenny was supposed to be the next superstar. He had the world at his fingertips. But over a decade later, while his peers are taking home MVP awards and championship trophies, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. What went wrong?

With incredible access to Lenny’s story as it unfolded over the past decade, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie follow Lenny from his run-down home in Bushwick, Brooklyn, to the New Jersey suburbs where he spent his high school career through to the present day, with the friends and family who shared in his dreams and aspirations. Lenny Cooke is a quintessentially American story about dreaming big, the fickle nature of sports celebrity and the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.
Saturday’s screening will be followed by a Q&A with directors Benny Safdie and Joshua Safdie and producer Adam Shopkorn.
Sunday’s screening will be followed by a Q&A with director Benny Safdie and producer Adam Shopkorn.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne61w4R20QE

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The Great Chicken Wing Hunt

Saturday, January 18th, 8:00pm

The Great Chicken Wing Hunt

Matt Reynolds, 2013, 71 min.

American expatriate, international journalist and upstate New Yorker Matt Reynolds forsakes a successful life in Eastern Europe, compelled by a singular obsession: find the world's best Buffalo wing. Joined by his long-suffering Czech girlfriend, a perplexed Slovak film crew, and a ragtag gang of wing-obsessed misfits, Reynolds embarks on The Great Chicken Wing Hunt. After 2,627 miles and 284 varieties of wings, the quest ends in the very countryside of Reynolds’ childhood, where he discovers that the perfection he has sought so hard to find was right under his nose all along. The film’s theatrical release is timed to take advantage of NFL Playoff wing fever. In addition, 2014 will mark the 50th anniversary of the invention of the Buffalo wing. Wing Hunt contains the only known footage of an eye-witness account of that fateful night. Wing Hunt has played more than 20 U.S. and international festivals, including STARZ Denver, Austin, and Woodstock, winning awards at Memphis, Indie Spirit, Big Apple and Williamsburg. Wing Hunt is the "The Big Lebowski of documentaries" and "One of the bonafide best movies of the year" according to film critics.

Q&A with director Matt Reynolds, some of the film’s characters, and the chef behind the winning sauce (via Skype). The winning sauce, as chosen by Wing Hunt’s six judges is also being shipped in for a Buffalo Wings tasting following the Q&A.
Wings provided by Atomic Wings and beer by Harlem’s Own Sugar Hill Ale.

Trailer:  https://vimeo.com/38309749

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Commemorating the Life and Ideas of Patrice Emery Lumumba

Friday, January 17th, 7:30pm

Commemorating the Life and Ideas of Patrice Emery Lumumba

(Sponsored by Friends of the Congo)

Lumumba

Raoul Peck, 2000, 100 min.

The true story of the rise to power and brutal assassination of the legendary leader of independent Congo, Patrice Lumumba. Made in the tradition of such true-life political thrillers as Malcolm X and JFK, Raoul Peck's award-winning Lumumba is a gripping epic that dramatizes for the first time the Lumumba's life. When the Congo declared its independence from Belgium in 1960, the 36-year-old, self-educated Lumumba became the first Prime Minister of the newly independent state. Called "the politico of the bush" by journalists of the day, he became a lightning rod of Cold War politics as his vision of a united Africa gained him powerful enemies in Belgium and the U.S. Lumumba would last just months in office before being brutally assassinated. Strikingly photographed in Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Belgium as civil war once again raged in the Congo, the film vividly re-creates the shocking events behind the birth of the country that became Zaire during the reign of Lumumba's former friend and eventual nemesis, Joseph Mobutu.

Post screening discussion on the current situation in the Congo and the Global Solidarity Movement in Support of the Congo followed by live music, food and entertainment.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRPYtkQon10

BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/540581

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A Dangerous Cure

Thursday, January 16th, 7:30pm

A Dangerous Cure

Kevin Jarvis, 2013, 59 min.

Savia; a fame obsessed tabloid journalist, tries to find the cause and the cure of a life threatening epidemic that is ravaging New York City during the economic recession of 2001 in this magic realist feature debut from Kevin Jarvis. Her journeys take her to various underworlds where she documents people’s opinion of epidemic death, technology, and how the media uses the whole crisis as a platform for glamour.

Q&A with director Kevin Jarvis.

Trailer: https://vimeo.com/70698335

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BPT: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/535187

The National Jazz Museum Presents: Jazz on Film

Tuesday, January 14th, 7:00pm
The National Jazz Museum Presents: Jazz on Film
A Cutting Session: Rhythm in Film with Emily Hubley

At the root of cinema is the art of editing; the assemblage of footage in time, which by definition creates its own rhythm.  As part of our regular collaboration with the Maysles Cinema, we are proud to present filmmaker Emily Hubley, who has been making animated shorts since 1980. Ms. Hubley worked closely with her parents, pioneer animators Faith and John Hubley, and their classic works utilized music created specifically for the films by Quincy Jones, Benny Carter and Dizzy Gillespie. Ms. Hubley’s feature film, The Toe Tactic had its theatrical premiere at the Museum of Modern Art in January 2009 and was released on DVD by Kino International in the fall. Hubley’s films are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art, Department of Film. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her feature, The Toe Tactic was developed at the Sundance Institute’s Screenwriters’ and Filmmakers’ Labs. In 2001, Hubley’s animated segments for Hedwig and The Angry Inch brought her international acclaim. Please join us for an inside look on the intersections of rhythm, jazz and cinema.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4LYmGlfYww

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American Promise

Sunday, January 12th, 7:00pm

American Promise

Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, 2013, 142 min.

American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfA939LmPbU

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American Promise

Saturday, January 11th, 3:00pm

American Promise

Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, 2013, 142 min.

American Promise spans 13 years as Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson, middle-class African-American parents in Brooklyn, N.Y., turn their cameras on their son, Idris, and his best friend, Seun, who make their way through one of the most prestigious private schools in the country. Chronicling the boys' divergent paths from kindergarten through high school graduation at Manhattan's Dalton School, this provocative, intimate documentary presents complicated truths about America's struggle to come of age on issues of race, class and opportunity.

Q&A with directors Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson and their son and American Promise subject Idris.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfA939LmPbU