Movies
Ganja & Hess
An Ottawa Classic Premiere on June 20th, encore screening on June 21st! Flirting with the conventions of blaxploitation and the horror cinema, Bill Gunn’s revolutionary independent film Ganja & Hess is a highly stylized and utterly original treatise on sex, religion, and African American identity. Duane Jones (Night of the
Black Cop
Ottawa Premiere on June 13th, encore screening on June 14th! A black police officer is pushed to the edge, taking out his frustrations on the privileged community he’s sworn to protect. Atlantic Film Fest: Best Atlantic Director, Best Atlantic Feature winner! Edmonton Int Film Fest: Best Canadian Feature winner!
American Animals
Ottawa Premiere on June 29th! Four young men mistake their lives for a movie and attempt one of the most audacious heists in U.S. history. From the British Independent Film Awards, Zurich Film Fest, and BAFTA award winning director of The Imposter! Montclair Film Fest: Junior Jury award winner!
Isle of Dogs
In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that’s a garbage dump. The outcasts must soon embark on an epic journey when a 12-year-old boy arrives on the island to find his beloved pet. For some
Indian Horse
From executive producer Clint Eastwood. Follows the life of Canadian First Nations boy, Saul Indian Horse, as he survives residential school and life amongst the racism of the 1970s. A talented hockey player, Saul must find his own path as he battles sterotypes and alcoholism. Directed by Society of Camera
Blood and Steel: Cedar Crest Country Club
In the middle of nowhere lived an unexpected piece of skateboarding and punk music history. The Crest, a skateboarding mecca of the 1980’s, a veritable metal monolith, tucked away on a country club in the suburbs of Washington. It was a place of pure unadulterated expressionist freedom where cutting edge
Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song
4K Restoration on June 6th and 7th! The Film that THE MAN doesn’t want you to see! Rated X by an all white jury! After saving a Black Panther from some racist cops, a black male prostitute goes on the run from “the man” with the help of the
