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Producers
Max Zampieri, Will Feichter, Alysse Campbell
Directors
Max Zampieri
Screenwriters
Cast

Former child farmworker Yesenia takes us on an intimate journey through the overlooked world of immigrant and child labor in North Carolina and America's agriculture. As she fights for the rights and well-being of farmworkers, the film challenges viewers to confront the uncomfortable truths about the food on their tables. Through a blend of personal narrative, intimate interviews, cultural exploration, and archival footage, the film sparks essential conversations about labor, dignity, and systemic inequity, inviting audiences to see the world through a Latinx perspective while emphasizing that, despite progress, not much has changed.

RUNTIME:
15:00

Jengo’s Playhouse

Thu
Nov
19
9:00 pm
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Hot Wieners and Coffee Milk

On the night before Halloween in a small New England town, a local hot wiener delivery driver attempts to get out of work on time for a holiday tradition he’s kept since childhood.

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Jengo’s Playhouse

Thu
Nov
19
11:15 pm
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

CAPE FOUR

An ex-convict stalks a family through four mashed together retellings of Cape Fear, where 1962, 1991, 1993 and 2026 remix into a glitchy casserole of vengeance and vibes.

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Jengo’s Playhouse

Fri
Nov
20
10:15 am
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage

An athlete, artist, and activist, Romare Bearden defied boundaries placed on Black men of his generation.

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Aloft Coastline Center – Main

Fri
Nov
20
1:00 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

CAITY

Along with her newly sober father Paul, 16-year-old Caity prepares for the new Halloween season of their family-owned haunted house.

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Aloft Coastline Center – Blue

Fri
Nov
20
1:15 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Under a Million Stars

Experts and homeless neighbors alike bust myths about Seattle’s homelessness crisis in a deeply reported, humanistic dispatch from the front lines. Homelessness was declared a civil state of emergency in Seattle in 2015.

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Aloft Coastline Center – Blue

Fri
Nov
20
4:00 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Daughters of the Forest

Deep in Mexico’s mushroom-rich forests, two women from indigenous communities have become mycologists.

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