This ambitious documentary by St. Louis-based filmmaker Matthew Rice analyzes how an ex-slave became one…
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Sponsored by Nancy & Ken Kranzberg
Directed by Bryan Dematteis
SLIFF is pleased to present a work-in-progress screening of a documentary on the Black Artists' Group (BAG…
This double bill of near-feature-length shorts explores the lives of two icons of music and movies who…
Directed by Itay Tal
In Itay Tal’s “God of the Piano,” Anat (Naama Preis, winner of the Jerusalem Film Festival award for Best…
Directed by Mauricio Leiva Cock
Using some of Iron Maiden’s most famous tracks, including “Aces High” and “The Trooper,” first-time…
Directed by Oren Jacoby
In “On Broadway,” directed by Academy Award nominee Oren Jacoby (for the short “Sister Rose’s Passion”),…
Directed by Alex Bayer, Jonathan Mann & Mary Anne Rothberg
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
Directed by Anne Flatté & Marlon Johnson
For nearly three decades, Edward “Nardie” White has led an after-school community drum corps (River City…
Directed by Yoruba Richen
As the country was embroiled in a divisive election and racial tensions flared, civil-rights activist and…
Directed by Gabriel Range
In 1971, a 24-year-old David Bowie (Johnny Flynn) embarks on his first road trip to America with…
Directed by Hique Montanari
“Yonlu” incorporates animation, music, and video clips to tell the story of an extraordinarily creative…
Directed by Alex Winter
Essy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Far from a typical music doc, “Zappa” is a…