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The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles

Sep 2021

1996 | Directed by Beth Harrington

Making ethnographic documentaries about her North End neighbors had allowed filmmaker Beth Harrington to keep her own background and beliefs at bay. But when she inadvertently videotapes a “miracle” with her camera, she has to wrestle with her past and what it means to believe and belong.

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The Commitment

Sep 2021

2012 | Directed by Albert M. Chan

Robert and Ethan are an interracial gay couple fulfilling their dream of adopting a newborn baby. After they meet the expectant Asian birthmother, however, they receive a surprise that threatens their own relationship.

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Repetition Compulsion

Sep 2021

1997 | Directed by Ellie Lee

An animated documentary about trauma & the cycles of abuse suffered by homeless women.

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FIBA Allow Hijab

Sep 2021

2017 | Directed by Jon Mercer and Tim O'Donnell

Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir is the all-time leading scorer in Massachusetts history for high school basketball (male or female). In 2010, she became the first NCAA Division I player to wear a hijab on the court. But today she is blocked from pursuing her professional basketball career due to a FIBA rule that bans headscarves in international competitions. Forced to sit out, Abdul-Qaadir is now leading the fight for Muslim women’s right to play.

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Celebration

Sep 2021

2002 | Directed by Daniel Stedman

An unexpected take on emerging from the closet with a deeper meaning about identity.

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My Father’s Story

Sep 2021

1998 | Directed by Mary Kocol

The story of what happened to the non-Jewish Poles during World War II is seldom heard. “My Father’s Story” is just one Polish voice -out of two and a half million people who were taken from their homes and placed into forced labor by the Nazis. This is the story of Romuald Kocol’s struggle, liberation by the Americans, and his emigration to the United States.

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Karen Moss in the Studio

Sep 2020

2019 | Directed by Sara Pagiaro

Boston-based artist Karen Moss explores social, historical and environmental issues through a variety of media including drawings, paintings and collage.

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Salvation

Sep 2020

2020 | Directed by Gabrielle Rosson

Salvation is a 1950s period piece about friendship, betrayal, and revenge. When two long-lost friends reunite under strange circumstances, they’re forced to face the consequences of their past, even if it means losing each other forever.

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Yellow Dress

Sep 2020

Directed by Kristen Johnson

Riss Goodwin is mother, wife, and a reinvented actress who resumes her dreams to get to Hollywood and become a famous actress. She is therefore excited to audition for Medea the Musical in Chinatown, an avant garde iteration with music. However with in-laws coming in five hours with a two hour audition process, counting traffic, she is severely pressed for time.

As she jumps into her work she hears “the wheels on the bus go round and round” and her world alters and she grows younger and younger. In this undesired memory, Riss becomes the child version of herself, Rachel. Rachel and her brother Sang Duk are paid off to be owned by an orphanage. The children scream for their father and the musicality of the screams push Rachel back to reality and Riss’s is surreal. Her eyes land on on the “wheels on the bus.” Riss fiercely turns the program off. She knows she must stay on task.

She looks around the house and grows sick by the mess a toddler can create. But with love for both her husband and son, she does her best to tidy up. Once she enters into Hosu’s (meaning lake in Korean) playroom, she grows envious by the abundance of his toys, books, and play items. She locates a book given to her at her baby shower, titled: BiBimBop – a Korean rice dish and takes a moment to read. She wants to wean away her ghosts.

However as she moves through the pages, she is jerked inside another memory. This time a ghastly series of events leave her naked with black and blue eyes. She is crying and in severe pain. Riss remembers this moment vividly. A friendly outcast brings Rachel clothes and carries her out.

We see Rachel shortly afterwards, staring in a mirror looking at herself in a ripped, tattered and stained yellow dress. She utters yellow dress, growing happier with each utterance. She smiles. Rachel sees herself for the very first time.

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Trio

Sep 2020

2019 | Directed by Kevin Giles

Two siblings struggle to coexist with their vice-riddled single mother.