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Video: Man on the Chair

An animated figure’s world grows enigmatic when he begins to doubt reality.

February 26, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: Vegan Poem

At the current turning point in our relationship with the earth, Federico García Lorca’s vision of the injustice in our mistreatment of animals is even more poignant.

February 25, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video: Amelia

This film explores the colorful life of the photographer Amelia Le Brun and offers a window into how her past demons and nostalgic childhood memories have shaped who Amelia is today.

February 18, 2023 · Leave a comment

Christine Fair: Triptych

If she had a girl, she wanted her to be pretty-popular-slender-cheerleader.
She got me.
She named me Carol.

February 18, 2023 · 7 Comments

Song of Songs, Canticles 1-8

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys[….]
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

February 12, 2023 · 14 Comments

Joan E. Bauer: Great Art is for Everyone

Papp was a communist, raven-haired, charismatic,
His mission: free Shakespeare for the people.
He borrwed lights & props, scrounged for costumes.
Even his wife didn’t know Yussef Papirovsky
began as a tough street kid in Brooklyn.

February 8, 2023 · 7 Comments

Video/Audio: ‘Imbolc/Vision’ a film poem by Grace Wells

Imbolc marks the beginning of spring, and for Christians it is the feast day of Saint Brigid, Ireland’s matron saint.

February 1, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: Unheard

Amidst the depths of despair, a grieving mother finds her voice to challenge the forces of injustice and inspire hope.

January 28, 2023 · Leave a comment

Alexis Rhone Fancher: In Pursuit

A missing person has the right to be missing, she told me right before she disappeared. What does that even mean? I asked the detective. And how long am I supposed to mourn before … Continue reading

January 22, 2023 · 5 Comments

Video: Wooden Wheel | A Filmmaker’s Tender Tribute to Her Seafaring Father

Grounded by a sailing injury, Arthur still finds solace in the Irish Sea.

January 17, 2023 · 3 Comments

Video: A Sense of Scale

The director says, “…I captured very tiny areas of paint flowing on a piece of paper while zooming in… with a custom lens setup…. It took me around 1 year to finish this piece.”

January 15, 2023 · 3 Comments

Video: Good Grief

On the day of her dad’s ash-scattering, Nora rejects the notion that her grief comes in five tidy, predictable stages.

January 8, 2023 · Leave a comment

Video: Safe

On a winter night in Atlantic City, the manager of a defunct casino must reckon with his parental failures when his unruly son needs help out of an illicit bind.

January 1, 2023 · 2 Comments

Tony Magistrale: Thinking about Brueghel on a Sunday Afternoon

Despite the ice-bound world outside my own winter window,
how much colder it appears there
in the teal-tinted landscapes they inhabit.

January 1, 2023 · 4 Comments

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