Release: TBD
Meet Medea Benjamin, the 72-year-old anti-war advocate and co-founder of CodePink. For decades, she’s fought tirelessly against US militarism— from Vietnam to Palestine. 🌍
From Congress to the streets, Medea and CodePink are fearless, facing down hostility and arrests in their relentless fight toward justice. ✊💥
We Rock! follows Gracen, a young professional in D.C., as they face stage fright at an adult music retreat for women and non-binary indivisuals. Over one empowering weekend, Gracen learns drums, forms a band, and performs an original song- discovering courage, joy, and community through Girls Rock! DC’s belief that everyone deserves to rock
A documentary exploring what led to the January 6, 2021 attacks on the U.S. States Capitol, Congress and the electoral certification process through the first-hand accounts of those who literally defended democracy on that day. Moving beyond the actual attacks, the film then explores how some of the officers sought justice and accountability in order to prevent future violence and attacks on the electoral process and American political institutions.
Release: TBD
Commissioned by the University of Pittsburgh’s August Wilson Archive, this 90-minute documentary traces two time Pulitzer-Prize-winning playwright August Wilson’s early life in Pittsburgh and the restoration of his childhood home in the historic Hill District. The film highlights the roots that shaped his path to Broadway.
On the night before leaving her small-town home, Sejal discovers her widowed mother has stopped taking the medication she relies on for her mental health. As Sejal tries to confront her, her mother remains lost in making aloo poori—a farewell meal steeped in family ritual.
"The conversation about Black resistance has to do with Black opportunity and Black resilience. They're interconnected." - Clyde Wilson Pickett, Vice Chancellor for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.
Pitt community members share their reflections on the power and meaning of Black spaces here at the University, including the ways in which the institution has reckoned with its shortcomings—and the work we have left to do to ensure students thrive. • What Black Resistance Means at Pitt
Accepted into a prestigious NYC dance program, Anjani is a train ticket away from her dreams. But when her boyfriend Laksh impulsively offers to move with her, she begins questioning their future, sparking a clash between his aimlessness and her ambition.
Millie Blake, a perfectionist soccer star and straight-A student, is sentenced to a month of community service at a nursing home after trying to stop a fight at school, an unexpected start to her senior year. There, she’s paired with Andy Wellick, the outspoken instigator of the fight, and the two clash…until friendship, and then something more, blossoms. This inclusive, coming-of-age LGBTQ+ story explores identity, self-discovery, and the courage to be true to oneself.