A Palestinian man, Mustafa (Ali Suliman, “Paradise Now,” “Jack Ryan”), and his wife live 200 meters apart…
Human Rights
Brothers Manuel and Valente Valenzuela both volunteered and fought in Vietnam. Now, 50 years later, they…
“And So I Stayed” offers a moving profile of three domestic-violence survivors who served steep prison…
At the outset of “Any Day Now,” 13-year-old Ramin Mehdipour and his Iranian family are living in a refugee…
“Beijing Spring” tells a story about underground filmmaking, radical art, and censorship that’s…
Some 50 years before BLM and March for Our Lives — before computers, cell phones, and Facebook — priests…
“Citizen Ashe” is the story of sports legend and social activist Arthur Ashe. Known to most by his stellar…
How does a father find purpose in pain? In 2014, Michael Brown Sr.’s son was killed by White police…
“A Fire Within” documents a U.S. court case brought by a trio of Ethiopian women against the man who…
“Flee” — winner of Sundance’s Grand Jury Prize in the World Cinema Documentary section — tells the story…
In “A Hero” — the latest from Ashgar Farhadi, acclaimed writer/director of “The Past,” “The Salesman,” “…
In the searing drama “Hive,” Fahrije lives with fading hope and burgeoning grief since her husband went…
Growing up gay in the South is hard enough, but to be an openly gay woman in country music is nearly…
A moving biopic of Pedro Zamora, “Keep the Cameras Rolling” — co-directed by Mizzou professors William T…
Kinloch is a town on life support, with fewer than 200 citizens still residing in the area, a budget…
“Medicine Man” recounts the incredible life story of Stan Brock, a British-born Amazonian cowboy turned U.…
“Missing in Brooks County” provides a clear-eyed, heartbreaking look at the deadly cost of the U.S.’s…
Journalist David Dufresne’s first documentary is a devastatingly timely investigation of the place of…
Smart, funny, and thoughtful about issues of race in America, “The Neutral Ground” follows comedian and “…
Although set in McAllen, at Texas’ southern tip in the Rio Grande Valley, the film doesn’t deal with…
A hybrid of animation and live action, “A Once and Future Peace” provides an engrossing exploration of…
In “Procession,” six men from Kansas City, Mo. — all survivors of childhood sexual assault at the hands of…
Former New Filmmakers Forum winner Van Maximilian Carlson (2019’s “Princess of the Row”) returns to SLIFF…
“Solutions” offers important insight into the visions and concrete ideas that will pave the way for…
When driving home from southern Tunisia, Fares and Meriem's car is hit by a stray bullet during an ambush…
“Target: St. Louis Vol. 1” serves as a valuable history lesson with sadly continuing relevance. The film…
Based on true events, “Unsilenced” follows Wang, a Chinese…
In 1981, chalk slogans written in uppercase letters started appearing in public spaces in the Romanian…
Directed by Sarah and Emily Kunstler — who previously helmed the well-received “William Kunstler:…
An intelligent combination of civics lessons and environmentalism, Christi Cooper’s “Youth v. Gov” tells…