Upcoming 'documentary' Events

04/30/2021 - All Day
Echoes from Lock One
“Echoes from Lock One” is an evocative call for environmental and water justice from the...

05/05/2021 - All Day
Witness to the Future: 25th Anniversary Screening
Branda Miller's "Witness to the Future" is an experimental documentary video project about individuals who have been transformed from so called “ordinary” citizens into activists who struggle for environmental and social change. Witness to the Future looks at three different groups fighting environmental battles: the downwinders in Hanford, Washington, fighting pollution from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation; farmworkers in California's San Joaquin Valley; and rural African-American residents in Louisiana's Cancer Alley.
Past 'documentary' Events

09/25/2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Let the People Decide Town Hall
The struggle over voting rights is headline news but, as this film shows, the fight goes back generations.

06/25/2020 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Online Screening "The Condor and the Eagle" and Be The Media! workshop "Indigenous Voices: Media for Organizing"
Four Indigenous leaders embark on an extraordinary trans-continental adventure to unite peoples of the Americas and deepen the meaning of "Climate Justice." Co-sponsored by iEAR Presents!

05/15/2020 - 05/28/2020 - All Day
Screening and workshop with Patricio Guzman: The Cordillera of Dreams
Join us for an on-demand screening of "The Cordillera of Dreams" and a workshop featuring...

12/04/2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
"The Infiltrators" with filmmaker Alex Rivera + Resource Exchange
Join director Alex Rivera for a screening of "The Infiltrators," along with community organizers from...

12/04/2019 - 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Be the Media! Workshop: The Art of "Mockumentary" Production with Alex Rivera
Register for the event here! Explore strategies which blur the lines between documentary and fiction,...

11/16/2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
"Hail Satan?" with filmmaker Penny Lane
Join director Penny Lane for a screening of her new documentary Hail Satan?, a film...

11/16/2019 - 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Be the Media! Workshop: Strategies of Appropriation with Penny Lane
Register for the event here! Held before the film screening at 7pm for Hail Satan?,...

04/24/2019 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
"What is Democracy?" with Filmmaker Astra Taylor
The director's idiosyncratic, philosophical take on the evolution of democracy through the ages, from it's...

04/24/2019 - 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Be the Media! Media and Activism with Astra Taylor
In an informal conversation about creative process, Taylor will share personal strategies as a filmmaker,...

11/14/2018 - 7:00 pm - 9:30 pm
Crime and Punishment with Filmmaker Stephen Maing, Manuel Gomez (Private Investigator) plus George Weddington (Justice for Dahmeek)
Join us for a screening and discussion of the riveting documentary Crime + Punishment, a film chronicling the struggles of a group of black and Latino whistleblower cops and the young minorities they are pressured to arrest and summons in New York City.

10/18/2018 - 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Resilience: The Biology of Stress and the Science of Hope
A film screening and panel discussion examining the emerging science around toxic stress and how it negatively alters the brains and bodies of children if left untreated.

04/27/2018 - 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
'Healing Voices' with Mental Health Panel Discussion
A film screening and panel to challenge the cultural understanding of "mental illness" with a...

04/23/2018 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
'Sembène!' Film Experience
Meet Sembène, the African freedom fighter who used stories as his weapon and blazed the...

12/09/2017 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
"QUEST" with Filmmaker Presentation & Community Potluck
Documentary filmmaker Jonathan Olshefski presents his first feature-length film: QUEST. The documentary is...

12/09/2017 - 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Be the Media! "Cinéma Vérité and Human Rights" with QUEST Filmmakers
Come take part in our last Be the Media! workshop of the season. "Quest" director,...

11/18/2017 - 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm
"A Sinner in Mecca" with author & director Parvez Sharma
Come watch "A Sinner in Mecca" with filmmaker and writer Parvez Sharma. Sharma's documentaries and written...
05/10/2014 - 05/11/2014 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
"The Throwaways" with Bhawin Suchak and Ira McKinley
Join filmmakers Bhawin Suchak and Ira McKinley for a screening and discussion of their documentary...
04/12/2014 - 04/13/2014 - 11:00 pm - 2:00 am
"Household" with Craig Saddlemire
Join filmmaker Craig Saddlemire for a screening of his critically acciaimed and thought-provoking documentary film,...
03/29/2014 - 03/30/2014 - 11:00 pm - 1:00 am
Albert Maysles, Screenings of "Direct Cinema" Pioneer
Join us for a presentation on the life and work of Albert Maysles, a pioneer...
12/15/2012 - 3:00 pm - 7:00 pm
"Be the Media" Field Production Daze: Session #3
Join the Youth Media Sanctuary production team as they head intothe field to shoot footage...