Directed by Jason DaSilva • 2013 • United States
Starring Alice Cook, Jason DaSilva
Facing a life-altering multiple-sclerosis diagnosis at age twenty-five, filmmaker Jason DaSilva picked up a camera, turned it on his declining body, and set out on a worldwide journey in search of healing, self-discovery, and love. An emotional documentary filled with unexpected moments of humor and joy, WHEN I WALK is a life-affirming film driven by a young man’s determination to survive—and to make sense of a devastating disease through the art of cinema.
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Twinsters
Directed by Samantha Futerman and Ryan Miyamoto • 2015 • United Kingdom
Starring Anaïs Bordier, Samantha Futerman, Kanoa GooIn February 2013, Anaïs Bordier, a French fashion student living in London, stumbled upon a YouTube video featuring Samantha Futerman, an actress in Los Angeles, and was s...
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95 and 6 to Go
Directed by Kimi Takesue • 2016 • United States
Filmmaker Kimi Takesue finds an unlikely collaborator while visiting her grandfather Tom in Hawai’i. A recent widower in his nineties, Tom seems content to go about his daily routines until he shows surprising interest in his granddaughter’s stalle...
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No Data Plan
Directed by Miko Revereza • 2019 • United States
Having lived as an undocumented person in the United States for over twenty years, Filipino American filmmaker Miko Revereza sets out on a three day journey by train from Los Angeles to New York—an anxious odyssey through a succession of transit z...
