Oscar Shorts 2023: Documentary
Regular $15/ $11 Matinee
Member $11/ $6 Matinee
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THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS
Director: Kartiki Gonsalves
Producers: Guneet Monga, Achin Jain
India/ 40 Min
THE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS follows an indigenous couple as they fall in love with Raghu, an orphaned elephant given into their care, and tirelessly work to ensure his recovery and survival.
HAULOUT
Directors: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
Producers: Evgenia Arbugaeva, Maxim Arbugaev
UK/ 25 Min
On a remote coast of the Siberian Arctic in a wind-battered hut, a lonely man waits to witness an ancient gathering. But warm- ing seas and rising temperatures bring an unexpected change, and he soon finds himself overwhelmed.
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR?
Director: Jay Rosenblatt
Producer: Jay Rosenblatt
USA/ 29 Min
For 17 years, filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt filmed his daughter Ella on her birthday in the same spot, asking the same questions. What results is a unique chance to watch time, to see a young woman come into focus physically, mentally and emotionally.
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT
Directors: Anne Alvergue, Debra McClutchy
Producers: Beth Levison, Judith Mizrachy
USA/ 40 Min
She was once as famous as Jackie O. And then she tried to take down a President. The Martha Mitchell Effect is an archival documentary portrait of the unlikeliest of whistleblowers: Martha Mitchell, a Republican cabinet wife who was gaslighted by the Nixon Administration to keep her quiet. It offers a female gaze on Watergate through the voice of the woman herself.
STRANGER AT THE GATE
Directors: Joshua Seftel
Producers: Joshua Seftel, Suzanne Hillinger, Conall Jones
Executive Producer: Malala Yousafzai
Cast: Bibi Bahrami, Saber Bahrami, Richard “Mac” McKinney, Emily McKinney, Dana McKinney, Jomo Williams
USA/ 29 Min
After 25 years of service, a US Marine filled with hatred for Muslims plots to bomb an Indiana mosque. When he comes face to face with the immigrants he seeks to kill, the story takes a shocking twist toward compassion, grace, and forgiveness.
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Featured Films in this Series:
coming soon
Pure Nonfiction: It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
July 30
Never-before-seen footage, exclusive voice messages, and accounts from Jeff Buckley’s inner circle paint a captivating portrait of the gifted musician who died tragically in 1997, having only released one album.
coming soon
Pure Nonfiction: Swimming to Cambodia
July 23
Actor, performance artist and playwright Spalding Gray here adapts his successful one-man show for the big screen.
coming soon
Pure Nonfiction: Sunday Best (A Tribute To Sacha Jenkins)
July 16
SUNDAY BEST examines the groundbreaking career of pioneering television host Ed Sullivan, focusing on his platforming of Black musicians during the civil rights era.
coming soon
Pure Nonfiction: Letter to the Editor
July 9
Acclaimed filmmaker and Emmy winner Alan Berliner’s personal journey through 40 years of pictorial history culled from daily printed editions of the New York Times.