Directed by Emir West • 2024 • United States
Inseparable from its reputation as “the land of lakes and volcanoes” is Nicaragua’s legacy as a “country of poets,” rendering a resistance that is encountered in all physical senses. CONCRETE RESOURCES examines the enmeshment of poetry and violence within Nicaragua’s national identity, considering U.S. intervention and extraction in the larger void of the isthmus.
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Hemel
Directed by Danielle Dean • 2024 • United Kingdom
A portrait of Hemel Hempstead, the English town where director Danielle Dean was raised, unfolds as a personal essay on the town’s history. The work’s central reference is a 1957 sci-fi/horror B movie shot in town about the arrival of a nonhuman ...
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A Radical Duet
Directed by Onyeka Igwe • 2023 • United Kingdom
Starring Renee Bailey, Tomi Ogunjobi, Emmanuel KojoWhat happened in 1940s London when two women of different generations, both fighting against colonialism, came together to put their fervor and imagination into writing a revolutionary play?
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Directed by Daphne Xu • 2024 • United States
A playful audiovisual experiment layers ping pong games at New York City’s Seward Park with advice from an immigration lawyer.
