As part of Fringe, RIT presents FREE performances and events at The Little, created by faculty, staff, and students. | Ticketing not run by The Little. Little discounts and member benefits do not apply to this event.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, September 19 & Sunday, September 20 | A searching portrait of America at a moment of profound uncertainty, and a hopeful exploration of what we owe one another as our country faces unprecedented challenges. Inspired by Robert Reich’s curiosity and humanity, it is a testament to the power of listening, civic engagement, and the belief that our shared future is still ours to shape.
LIMITED RUN: September 20 & 27 | Convinced she can lead her mother to paradise, an Aymara girl with magical powers embarks on a journey across the Bolivian Andes, leaving small miracles in her wake.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Sunday, September 20 at 7:30pm | The story of the controversy surrounding the making of the thriller film Cruising (1980), the fierce protests around its production, and the real life murders that inspired the film. Mineshaft combines true crime and cinema history for a documentary that captures decades of gay life through the lens of a single film.
BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, September 21 at 7:00pm | There’s a hidden disease plaguing healthcare in the United States: systemic racism. Through the lens of fearless nurses, this documentary exposes the biases that dictate disparate healthcare outcomes based on skin color and the negative impact it has on both patients and the nurses who provide care.
SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, September 26 at 3:15pm and 7:30pm | The classic workplace satire, starring Dolly Parton Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin. Three secretaries turn the tables on their obnoxious boss.
SPECIAL EVENT | Monday, September 28 at 7:30pm | A showcase of four short films by filmmakers Jess X. Snow (Canada) and Janet Chen Ma (USA), followed by a live, virtual Q&A with the filmmakers.
SILENT MOVIE DAY | Tuesday, September 29 at 7:00pm | When a war hero returns to his former job as a railroad company detective, he must capture a gang of railroad thieves and recover $25,000 of company cash. A 1926 black-and-white silent drama with an all-Black cast.
SPECIAL EVENT | Wednesday, September 30 | A selection of the best short films from the 2026 Finger Lakes Film Festival. This unique collection of films crosses genre lines, from horror to comedy, experimental animation to documentary, and examines what it means to be human through stories about hobbies, gender, disability, and more. A Q&A with filmmakers will follow the screening.
SPECIAL SCREENING | Thursday, October 1 at 7:30pm | In a future dystopia, a man with Down syndrome joins a rebellion against America’s cruel dictator who has put all people with disabilities back into institutions. It’s up to Billy and his rebels to save America and end Kruger’s reign of terror! Includes a Q&A with local filmmaker Adrian Esposito.
FOAM, FELT & FROGS x SPOOKY SEASON | 35MM FILM | Friday, October 2 at 7:30pm | Anjelica Huston stars in this fantasy based on a Roald Dahl book about a little boy and his kindly grandmother fighting a coven of witches who want to rid Britain of children by turning them into mice. Executive Produced by Jim Henson, with creature effects by Jim Henson’s Creature Shop.
SPOOKY SEASON x LIMITED RUN | Saturday, October 3 and Sunday, October 4 | Part cultural reckoning, part horror remix, Black Zombie exposes how the zombie figure born from enslavement, spiritual belief, and resistance was transformed into one of pop culture’s most profitable monsters.
SPOOKY SEASON | Sunday, October 4 at 6:00pm | Screening on an original VHS tape, “Troll 2” follows vacationing family discovers that the entire town they’re visiting is inhabited by goblins, disguised as humans, who plan to eat them. FOLLOWED BY the documentary “Best Worst Movie” exploring the surprising cultural legacy and cult following of the infamous “Troll 2.” ONE TICKET FOR BOTH!
SPOOKY SEASON | Monday, Oct. 5 at 7:30pm | Residents of a worn-down Iranian city encounter a skateboarding vampire (Sheila Vand) who preys on men who disrespect women.
SPOOKY SEASON | Wednesday, October 7 at 7:30pm | A woman brings her family back to her childhood home, which used to be an orphanage for handicapped children. Before long, her son starts to communicate with an invisible new friend.