2020, Documentary. Rated PG. Directed by Dawn Porter. 96 min.

Using interviews and rare archival footage, John Lewis: Good Trouble chronicles Lewis’ 60-plus years of social activism and legislative action on civil rights, voting rights, gun control, health-care reform and immigration. Using present-day interviews with Lewis, now 79 years old, Porter explores his childhood experiences, his inspiring family and his fateful meeting with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1957. In addition to her interviews with Lewis and his family, Porter’s primarily cinéma verité film also includes interviews with political leaders, Congressional colleagues, and other people who figure prominently in his life.

The more you watch Lewis, the more fascinating he gets. -

*All our proceeds from this title will be donated directly to our local NAACP.

2016. Documentary. Not Rated . 52 min.

Producer and journalist Silvia Bizio introduces an evening with writer Charles Bukowski by recounting her time with the author and the discovery of an extraordinary time capsule that lead to the documentary’s creation. This short documentary is based on a video interview conducted by Bizio in January of 1981 with Bukowski at his home in San Pedro, California. It was a long night of smoking cigarettes and drinking wine with Bukowski and his soon to be wife, Linda Lee Beighle, talking about all kinds of subjects, from writers to sex, love and humanity. The interview was shot on Umatic tapes which have been digitized and edited along with new shots in Super8 of scenes of Los Angeles today and poems read by the same Bukowski.

AUG.12th - Join journalist and producer Silvia Bizio and director Matteo Borgardt for an in-depth discussion of Silvia's evening interviewing Bukowski in 1981 and the making of this extraordinary time capsule of a film. Moderated by Slamdance Film Festival co-founder Peter Baxter. Click here to set a reminder.

2019. Not Rated . Documentary. 75 min.

Capturing the messy upheaval of the '70s just as rock was re-inventing itself, the film explores CREEM Magazine's humble beginnings in post-riot Detroit, follows its upward trajectory from underground paper to national powerhouse, then bears witness to its imminent demise following the tragic and untimely deaths of its visionary publisher, Barry Kramer, and its most famous alum and genius clown prince, Lester Bangs, a year later. Fifty years after publishing its first issue, "America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine" remains a seditious spirit in music and culture.

2020. Not Rated . Six Short Films. 80 min.

Widely considered the premier American showcase for short films and the launchpad for many now-prominent independent filmmakers for more than 30 years, the Short Film Tour includes fiction, documentary and animation from around the world, giving new audiences a taste of what the Festival offers.

 From documentary to animation, narrative to experimental, the abbreviated form is made for risk-taking. The Festival has always treated short films with the highest regard and created a home for both established and new filmmakers with shorts for audiences to discover and celebrate.

2020. Not Rated . Written. Directed by, and Starring Romany Malco. 96 min.

Released from prison and placed on probation, Tijuana Jackson (Romany Malco, WEEDS) sets out to fulfill his dream of becoming a world renowned motivational speaker but fails to comply with strict orders from his no-nonsense probation officer. Determined to be more than a statistic with a pipe dream, TJ stops at nothing to earn the respect of his family, and crush (Regina Hall, GIRLS TRIP), who is currently his probation officer, by becoming the success story they claimed he'd never be.

Romany Malco financed this film without any major studio or industry backing by raising $206,046 from fans and supporters through his PrisonLogic indie go-go campaign!!!

2019, Japanese w/ English Subtitles. Not Rated . Directed by Makoto Nagahisa. 120 min.

The hyper-kinetic blast of feel-good, post-nihilist, free-form filmmaking magic, you didn't know you needed!! Four freshly orphaned youths, for whom 'life is like a shit game,' band together and form an 8-bit Emo group while squatting at the dump, becoming overnight sensations. Not recommended for young kids, nothing raunchy here, but plays with dark humor- Fans of SCOTT PILMGRIM take note!!!

 "Nagahisa delivers a visual tour-de-force, careening wildly through an unimaginable array of arresting shots." -

2020, Comedy. Rated R. Directed by Karen Maine. 76. min.

Growing up in the Midwest in the early 00s, sixteen-year-old Alice (Natalia Dyer, STRANGER THINGS) has always been a good Catholic. But when an innocent AOL chat turns racy, she discovers masturbation and is overwhelmed with guilt. Seeking redemption, she attends a mysterious religious retreat to try and suppress her urges, but Alice realizes she can decide for herself what to believe and finally gets the release she needs.

"Maine’s film captures something indelible about adolescent female desire, without condescending or objectifying, because she understands, subjectively, what that looks and feels like." -

2020, Animated. Not Rated. Directed by Anca Damian. 92. min.

Marona is a half-breed Labrador whose life leaves deep traces among the humans she encounters. After an accident, she reflects on all the homes and different experiences she's had. As Marona's memory journeys into the past, her unfailing empathy and love brings lightness and innocence into each of her owners' lives.

"Marona’s Fantastic Tale gently and poetically deals with heavy themes like mortality, solitude, and loss, but manages to be suitable viewing for the entire family. It’s also a phantasmagoric feast for the eyes. Seek it out". -

2016, Documentary. PG-13. Directed by Raoul Peck. 93 min.

ATTN: THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL COMMUNITY DIALOGUE ORGANIZED AROUND THIS FILM BY THE EUREKA NAACP, SAT. JULY 25th. MORE DETAILS HERE.

Director Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished - a radical narration about race in America, using the writer’s original words. He draws upon James Baldwin’s notes on the lives and assassinations of Medgar Evers, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King Jr to explore and bring a fresh and radical perspective to the current racial narrative in America.

A brilliant piece of filmic writing, one that bursts with fierce urgency, not just for the long-unresolved history it seeks to confront, but also in its attempt to understand what is happening here, right now. -

*All our proceeds from this title will be donated directly to our local NAACP.

2017, Documentary. Not Rated. Directed by  Damon Davis and Sabaah Folayan. 90 min.

2019, Documentary. Not Rated. Directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders. 120 min.

From her childhood in the steel town of Lorain, Ohio to ‘70s-era book tours with Muhammad Ali, from the front lines with Angela Davis to her own riverfront writing room, Toni Morrison leads an assembly of her peers, critics and colleagues on an exploration of race, America, history and the human condition as seen through the prism of her own work. Inspired to write because no one took a “little black girl” seriously, Morrison reflects on her lifelong deconstruction of the master narrative. Woven together with a rich collection of art, history, literature and personality, the film includes discussions about her many critically acclaimed novels, including “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” and “Song of Solomon,” her role as an editor of iconic African-American literature and her time teaching at Princeton University. 

To have the towering Morrison (1931-2019), then 88, willing to face your cameras — head on, in fact — and tell her story as candidly, heartily and humanely as she does here, is a singular gift that keeps on giving throughout the film’s two captivating hours. -

*All our proceeds from this title will be donated directly to our local NAACP.