Presented as part of Cinefest Latino with the Boston Women’s Film Festival, the Boston Underground Film Festival and Globedocs and Independent Film Festival Boston. Directed by Cecilia Aldarondo and Sarah Enid Hagey, documentary, English and Spanish with English subtitles, United States, 97 minutes, 2023. In this high school reunion movie turned inside out, filmmaker Cecilia...

Co-presented with the Roxbury International Film Festival, the Emerson College Office of Sustainability and the Engagement Lab. The world around us is changing, the climate of our planet, our immediate environment, and our future as the inhabitants of Earth.  In this curated collection, each film serves as a powerful catalyst for change. From stunning cinematography...

Co-presented with Wicked Queer: the Boston LGBT Film Festival, the Boston Women’s Film Festival, Globedocs and Boston Jewish Film. Directed by Julie Cohen, documentary, English and Spanish with English subtitles, United States, 92 minutes, 2023. Focuses on three individuals who overcame shame, secrecy, and unauthorized surgery throughout their childhoods to enjoy successful adulthoods. Choosing to...

Co-presented as part of the Boston Asian American Film Festival with the Independent Film Festival Boston. Directed by Celine Song, drama, English and Korean with English subtitles, United States and Korea, 105 minutes. Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected childhood friends, are wrest apart after Nora's family emigrates from South Korea. Two decades later,...

Co-presented with Emerson Access: the Student Disability Union. Directed by Alison O’Daniel, documentary/ drama, American Sign Language,English and Spanish with English subtitles, United States, 92 minutes, 2023. Drawing upon her experiences with hearing loss, specifically navigating between hearing and silence, Alison O’Daniel expands definitions of sonic experience beyond ear-reliance as our sole auditory skill. In...

Co-presented with the Boston Underground Film Festival, the Boston Asian American Film Festival and the Independent Film Festival Boston. Directed by David Redmon and Ashley Sabin, documentary, English, Korean and Italian with English subtitles, United States,  85 minutes, 2023. For two decades, New York City cinephiles had access to a treasure trove of rare and...

This screening has been postponed to Thursday, February 1st 2024. Please see the official announcement from Emerson College HERE. Co-presented with If Not Now Boston, Boston Workers Circle: Center for Jewish Culture & Social Justice, Jewish Voice for Peace Boston and the Boston Palestine Film Festival Directed by Erin Axelman and Sam Eilertsen, documentary, English, United...

Co-presented with Wicked Queer: the Boston LGBT Film Festival and the Boston Underground Film Festival Directed by Sav Rodgers, documentary, English, United States, 95 minutes, 2023. In 'Chasing Chasing Amy', filmmaker Sav Rodgers goes on a journey of self-discovery while making a documentary on the development and creation of Kevin Smith's controversial LGBTQ+ film, Chasing...

Co-presented with the Independent Film Festival Boston, the Roxbury International Film Festival and Globedocs.  Directed by Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, documentary, English, United States, 118 minutes, 2023. Lakota Nation vs. the United States chronicles the Lakota Indians' century-long quest to reclaim the Black Hills, sacred land that was stolen in violation of treaty...

Co-presented with Wicked Queer: the Boston LGBT Film Festival, Globedocs and the Boston Underground Film Festival. Directed by Georden West, drama/fantasy/documentary, English, United States, 72 minutes, 2023. “With an eclectic ensemble of queer performers, including drag icon Lady Bunny and Pose’s Danielle Cooper, Playland is transdisciplinary in every sense of the word: music, dance, archival...

Co-presented with the Boston Asian American Film Festival, the Independent Film Festival Boston and Wicked Queer: the Boston LGBT Film Festival. Directed by Randall Park, comedy/drama/romance, English, United States, 92 minutes, 2023. Ben, a struggling filmmaker, lives in Berkeley, California, with his girlfriend, Miko, who works for a local Asian American film festival. When he's...

Co-presented with the Boston Women’s Film Festival and the Boston Underground Film Festival Directed by Emerald Fennell, drama/thriller, English, United States and United Kingdom, 131 minutes, 2023 Struggling to find his place at Oxford University, student Oliver Quick finds himself drawn into the world of the charming and aristocratic Felix Catton, who invites him to...