Directed by Kira Dane and Katelyn Rebelo • 2019 • United States
In Japan, there is a special way to grieve after having an abortion. Inspired by these Buddhist rituals, MIZUKO is an intimate look at how a half-Japanese American woman reevaluates the controversial drawing of “the line” in abortion ethics when she becomes pregnant herself.
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Stay Close
Directed by Luther Clement and Shuhan Fan • 2019 • United States, China
Mixing documentary and animation, this creatively told underdog story follows a fencer from Brooklyn who must overcome a gauntlet of hardships on the road to the Olympics.
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Queenie
Directed by Cai Thomas • 2020 • United States
Queenie is a seventy-three-years-young Black lesbian who has called the Marcy Projects in Brooklyn home since 1988, but she is ready to move to a building that better meets her mobility, safety, and social needs as an aging elder. She applies to Ston...
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Flatbush! Flatbush!
Directed by Alex Ramírez-Mallis • 2021 • United States
A fleet of minibuses race up and down Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, providing commuters a familiar, if occasionally harrowing, alternative to the subway for only $2 a ride.
