Films

A nature documentary: elements of decomposition plays with transformations through redefinition of language: elements of composition are reinvented through slippage and sculptural activation as methods of meaning-maki

A filmmaker canoes up North Carolina’s Black River to the Three Sisters Swamp, chasing light through ancient bald cypress groves.

Busy Bodies is a hand-drawn animation that combines inkjet and screen printing techniques.

Glowing softly in the West Texas desert night, artist Guadalupe Maravilla’s “Mariposa Relámpago” was once an ordinary school bus, but is now a richly decorated, mobile site for remembrance and healing.

A parent and child’s camping trip to an uninhabited, seagull-ridden island turns into a tense, metaphysical journey.

A 40-year old graffiti wall becomes an archaeological site and a sgraffito sculpture as long-gone layers of paint are uncovered and transformed into fireworks of color and shape.

Aesthetics of the everyday captured in Wilmington North Carolina.

In the village of Tres Equis, nestled in a lush volcanic valley in rural Costa Rica, Doña Miriam Elizondo delivered more than 2,000 babies. Nearing 100 years old and a mother of 19 children, she is the last living ​partera, ​or traditional midwife, in the Turrialba Valley. Follow Doña Miriam and other women--a midwife, nurses, doulas and mothers– over several years as they bring life into the world and support each other. This film is a part of our Cucalorus Conversations program, which brings fresh new voices to the stage for post-screening discussions that focus on community issues like racial history, Indigenous culture, access to health care, and community building. Humanities experts join the filmmaker after the screening for extended dialogue.

An actor goes method while investigating a corrupt tennis camp owner equal parts ruthless and lazy, but the deeper “Inspector” delves into the narrative, the blurrier the lines become between the case on the court and

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A fantasy short about Claudia Chow, a fast riding motorcycle rebel who crashes into a mystical Chinese snake woman inside a magical bamboo forest.

When Cynthia writes a letter to her unborn baby about her hopes for the future, the baby writes back.

An encounter between a feared forest creature and an ambitious and curious nature enthusiast takes an unexpected turn.

After finding a cursed sweater, a woman spirals from sexual frustration.

Danny tries to get the last of his beloved childhood snack, but his child needs a bathroom.

A powerful portrait of Al-Mu’assis Karriem AbdAllah, the Newark martial arts pioneer who became the first American to create his own system.

Liam bikes through Chicago delivering snacks, sex, and divine satisfaction to his love-hungry clients while a serial killer leaves a trail of blood that leads to the innocent lover’s own bed.

A political satire combining absurdist and surrealist qualities into a brutally violent depiction of post-9/11 American ideology.

Fulfilling a childhood promise to her father who suffered from a fatal disease, Nita Patel made it her mission to cure infectious diseases.

Savannah-based artist Jerome Meadows reflects on his creative process and deep connection to his community through work confronting racial inequality and celebrating cultural resilience.

For the past 30 years, an artist named Sam, has been building and designing a magical property on Little Cranberry Island off the coast of MDI, Maine.

Set against the backdrop of Bermuda’s beautiful yet contaminated beaches, the film reveals the hidden impact of microplastics and the scientific efforts to protect our oceans.

Dana Tiger was just five years old when her father, legendary Muscogee Creek artist Jerome Tiger, passed away.

15-year-old Emma–pregnant after a rape–fights for autonomy within her repressive Protestant village in 1940s Switzerland.

Fresh from a mission, a team of skilled individuals reconvene, but it seems like everyone may not be who they say they are.