Upcoming Event
Chime and Serpent’s Path – Apr. 11 & 15

Chime and Serpent’s Path – Apr. 11 & 15

SPECIAL SCREENINGS | Saturday, April 11 and Wednesday, April 15 | Two masterworks from Kiyoshi Kurosawa, being released theatrically for the first time in the US: 2024’s dread-filled, violent horror-thriller “Chime” and 1998’s dark thriller “Serpent’s Path.”

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Celluloid Underground – Apr. 17

Celluloid Underground – Apr. 17

SPECIAL SCREENING | Friday, April 17 at 6:30pm | Ehsan Khoshbakht’s riveting autobiographical documentary is an immersive portrait of postrevolutionary Iran and a stirring testament to the power of cinema to resist tyranny.

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WTO/99 – Apr. 8-19

WTO/99 – Apr. 8-19

LIMITED RUN | April 8, 11, 19 | An immersive archival documentary that reanimates the clash between the then-emerging World Trade Organization (WTO) and the more than 40,000 people who took to the streets of Seattle to protest the WTO’s impact on human rights, labor, and the environment.

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The Last Meal – Apr. 27

The Last Meal – Apr. 27

BLACK CINEMA SERIES | Monday, April 27 at 7:00pm | Reynold is dying of cancer. He uses his last meals to share them with his daughter. As the meal progresses, a ritual begins to take hold, the dishes acting as reminders of the past, and Vanessa discovers who her father really is.

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Steal This Story, Please! – Apr. 29

Steal This Story, Please! – Apr. 29

ONE TAKE DOC SERIES | Wednesday, April 29 at 7:00pm | A gripping portrait of the trailblazing journalist Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! As she takes on soldiers, politicians, and corporate media in a fearless pursuit of truth. Oscar-nominated filmmakers Carl Deal and Tia Lessin call us to action and celebrate resistance, posing the question: what happens to democracy when the press surrenders to power?

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American Dream – May 1

American Dream – May 1

SPECIAL SCREENING | MAY DAY | Friday, May 1 at 7:30pm | A new 4k restoration of the acclaimed Academy Award-winning documentary, recounting the mid-1980s workers’ strike against the Hormel Foods meatpacking plant in Minnesota after its employees’ wages and benefits are cut. When the national branch of the union doesn’t endorse a strike, unexpected consequences arise for organized labor in the United States.

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Flower Drum Song – May 2

Flower Drum Song – May 2

WXXI CLASSICAL PRESENTS | Saturday, May 2 at 3:00pm | A young woman arrives in San Francisco’s Chinatown from Hong Kong with the intention of marrying a rakish nightclub owner, unaware he is involved with one of his singers. This adaptation of the 1958 Rodgers and Hammerstein Broadway musical was the first major Hollywood feature to have a majority Asian-American cast in a contemporary Asian-American story.

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