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Magnolia

17 Blocks

Director: Davy Rothbart
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
In 1999, 9 year-old Emmanuel Sanford-Durant and his Washington, DC family began to film their daily lives in America's most dangerous neighborhood — just 17 blocks behind the U.S. Capitol...

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20 Weeks

Leena Pendharkar
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
During a routine scan, a young couple navigating their first pregnancy discovers a health condition that could gravely impact their baby, forcing them to re-examine their relationship and their future....

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8 Slices

Nick Westfall
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
A stranger turns up in a Brunswick County pizzeria and endears himself with the locals. But to John, these locals are not fitting into the mystery man's stereotypes, they are well...

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A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

Jason Headley
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
A comedy about two would-be thieves who accidentally arm the alarm system and have to break out of the house they just broke into. When they discover an unexpected housesitter,...

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Agave – The Spirit of a Nation

Nick Kovacic, Matthew Riggieri
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
In Mexico families have been passing down the tradition of distilling agave for generations. Discover how this once obscure Mexican drink has grown into the fastest growing spirit in the...

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Always in Season

Director: Jacqueline Olive
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
Always in Season explores the lingering impact of more than a century of lynching African Americans and connects this form of historic racial terrorism to racial violence today. When 17-year-old...

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Bernard and Huey

Dan Mirvish
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
Unlikely old friends, Huey arrives on Bernard’s doorstep after 25 years apart. Bernard falls for Huey’s estranged daughter Zelda. Meanwhile, Huey tries to seduce various women in Bernard’s life. At...

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Blame

Quinn Shephard
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
Chris Messina stars as a substitute drama teacher whose taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their...

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Brewmaster

Douglas Tirola
Documentary Features :: Magnolia
SXSW Documentary Spotlight film Brewmaster artfully captures the craftsmanship, passion and innovation within the beer industry by following the stories of two struggling beer lovers: Drew, a New York lawyer and...

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Burning

Lee Chang-dong
Magnolia :: Narrative Features
Based on a Haruki Murakami short story, this masterful and expectation-defying character study simmers with ambiguity as its quiet drama morphs into a mystery, and ultimately a thriller. The life...

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