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...