Riotsville, USA and A House Made Of Splinters
2nd Chance
(Year: 2022; Director: Ramin Bahrani; Writer: Ramin Bahrani)
Bankrupt pizzeria owner Richard Davis invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself 192 times. He launched a multi-million-dollar company and became a cult figure among police. Davis’ rise and fall reveals a man of contradictions and the nature of power and impunity in America.
Aftershock
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Paula Eiselt, Tonya Lewis Lee)
Following the preventable deaths of their partners due to childbirth complications, two bereaved fathers galvanise activists, birth-workers and physicians to reckon with one of the most pressing American crises of our time – the US maternal health crisis.
After Sherman
(Year: 2022; Director: Jon Sesrie Goff; Writer: Jon Sesrie Goff; Stars: Norvel Goff Sr.)
Bad Axe
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: David Siev)
After leaving NYC for his rural hometown of Bad Axe, MI at the start of the pandemic, an Asian-American filmmaker documents his family's struggles to keep their restaurant open.
Freedom On Fire: Ukraine's Fight For Freedom
(Country: UK, Ukraine, US; Year: 2022; Director: Evgeny Afineevsky; Stars: Nataliia Nagorna, Stanislav Stovban, Anna Zaitseva, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Andriy Zelinskyy)
A documentary about Ukraine's efforts to resist Russian invasion in 2022.
I Didn’t See You There and Aftershock
A House Made Of Splinters
(Country: Denmark; Year: 2022; Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont)
In eastern Ukraine, follow the daily life of children and staff in a special kind of home: an institution for children who have been removed from their homes while awaiting court custody decisions. Staff do their best to make the time children have there safe and supportive.
In Her Hands
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Tamana Ayazi, Marcel Mettelsiefen; Stars: Zarifa Ghafari)
At 26, Zarifa Ghafari, became one of Afghanistan's first female mayors and the youngest to ever hold the position. Filmed over two turbulent years, the film documents her personal battle for survival as her country unravels.
I Didn’t See You There
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Reid Davenport; Writer: Reid Davenport; Stars: Reid Davenport)
Spurred by the spectacle of a circus tent that goes up outside his Oakland apartment, a disabled filmmaker launches into a meditative journey exploring the history of freakdom, vision, and (in)visibility.
Kash Kash - Without Feathers We Can't Live
(Country: Germany, Qatar; Year: 2022; Director: Lea Najjar)
A depiction of life in Beirut through a rooftop game of luring pigeons, casting them off and eventually watching them fly away.
Riotsville, USA
(Country: US; Year: 2022; Director: Sierra Pettengill; Writer: Tobi Haslett; Stars: Charlene Modeste, Michael Pate)
Welcome to Riotsville, a fictional town built by the US military. Using footage shot by the media and government, the film explores the militarisation of the police and the reaction of a nation to the uprisings of the late Sixties, creating a counter-narrative to a critical moment in American history.