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March 23-28 2021

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Punta Sacra (100 min)

At the edge of Rome, at the mouth
 of the Tiber, the small district of Idroscalo di Ostia juts right out over the sea. The women who live there, such as Franca and her daughters, bear its stories, with the natural force of the site, between wild realism and popular imagination. This sacred point becomes a theatre for the resistance of
 a community that expresses its right to live there.

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Proof (72 min)

Byrd Williams the Fourth is on a hero’s journey to preserve the past, bequeathed to him in the form of 400,000 photographs, cameras, letters and journals by his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and now by him. Four hundred years from now these images will need only to be held to the light to understand how we lived and died.

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Operation Wolf Patrol (86 min)

"OPERATION WOLF PATROL," is a feature length documentary about eco-activist, Rod Coronado, and his attempt to end wolf hunting in the United States.

Over the course of three years we watch Rod work to redefine his activism in an era– post 9/11, where some have called him an “eco-terrorist.” The film comes to a climax when Coronado's "Wolf Patrol" is met with a tightening of "hunter harassment" laws that prohibit photography on public lands. Now Coronado has to ask himself is he willing to go back to prison to fight a law that some are calling "unconstitutional."

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O Reflexo do Lago (Amazon Mirror) (79 min)

O REFLEXO DO LAGO (AMAZON MIRROR) reflects the societal impact of major industry, presenting a gentle exploration of the lives of the residents of Tucuruí, a beautiful region alongside the Amazon that has nonetheless been severely impacted by the building of a hydroelectric dam. In the polluted waters, the remains of dead trees serve as a bleak reminder of whole ecosystems long since lost. And yet, the river still flows on, as workers and their families invite Director Segtowick into their livelihoods and homes with warmth and generosity. The film is a patient testimony to resistance, as well as a sensational document of an environment in crisis.

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My Darling Supermarket (80 min)

In the confined space of a supermarket, and in the midst of daily repetitive tasks, employees find ways of coping with the drudgeries of low-wage labor. They express their doubts and fears, and explore profound existential questions. Humor, drama, mystery, romance and quantum physics coexist alongside milk cartons, baked goods, bar codes and security cameras.

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Mu and The Vanishing World (86 min)

Mu, a young Kayan woman from Myanmar, lives as a refugee and tourist attraction in Thailand. Determined to pursue freedom for herself and her baby, Mu ruptures ties with her tribe to resettle to the USA where she meets the challenges but begins to wonder where her world truly lies.

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Missing in Brooks County (81 min)

Just 70 miles north of the Mexican-US border is a land haunted by ghosts. Brooks County, Texas is a barren landscape designed as a deterrent to illegal crossings, but people continue to attempt to cross, and many die trying. The municipality lacks the resources to properly deal with this sad reality, and the numbers keep rising. Multiple locals proffer contrasting opinions as two families search for their loved ones, and the toll of an unsustainable immigration policy is laid bare.

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Kombinat (76 min)

Magnitogorsk is an industrial town, in the heart of Russia that lives in the shadow of its gigantic combine’s rusting smokestacks. Lena, a young mother, daughter of steel workers, teaches salsa, one of the many activities organized by the Kombinat. Sasha found a way to escape from the daily pressure in the steel plant. His Brother, Guenia, and his wife have decided to leave the town and its permanent pollution, the cause of their daughter’s mental handicap.

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Help Is On The Way (90 min)

HELP IS ON THE WAY brings to the screen a busy training center in Indonesia preparing women to work overseas as domestic workers. Every year, hundreds of women like Sukma, Meri, Muji and Tari are recruited by local agents who are remunerated after successfully seeing their recruits enrolled and placed abroad. They are among the many women from rural areas aspiring to work in countries like Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. It is at times an emotional journey, but also funny, enlightening and a little competitive, offering a unique insight into a lifestyle not often seen on screen.

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Operation Wolf Patrol (86 min)
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March 25, 2021
6:00 PM
 CT
Operation Wolf Patrol (86 min)

"OPERATION WOLF PATROL," is a feature length documentary about eco-activist, Rod Coronado, and his attempt to end wolf hunting in the United States.

Over the course of three years we watch Rod work to redefine his activism in an era– post 9/11, where some have called him an “eco-terrorist.” The film comes to a climax when Coronado's "Wolf Patrol" is met with a tightening of "hunter harassment" laws that prohibit photography on public lands. Now Coronado has to ask himself is he willing to go back to prison to fight a law that some are calling "unconstitutional."

America/Chicago
March 25, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
8:30 PM
 CT
Operation Wolf Patrol (86 min)

"OPERATION WOLF PATROL," is a feature length documentary about eco-activist, Rod Coronado, and his attempt to end wolf hunting in the United States.

Over the course of three years we watch Rod work to redefine his activism in an era– post 9/11, where some have called him an “eco-terrorist.” The film comes to a climax when Coronado's "Wolf Patrol" is met with a tightening of "hunter harassment" laws that prohibit photography on public lands. Now Coronado has to ask himself is he willing to go back to prison to fight a law that some are calling "unconstitutional."

America/Chicago
March 25, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Pam (12 min)
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March 24, 2021
8:30 PM
 CT
Pam (12 min)

Pam, a 73-year-old retired NYC teacher, defies stereotypes of growing older as she prepares for her annual tap, ballet and jazz recital. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Music and Movement," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 26, 2021
4:30 PM
 CT
Pam (12 min)

Pam, a 73-year-old retired NYC teacher, defies stereotypes of growing older as she prepares for her annual tap, ballet and jazz recital. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Music and Movement," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Pandemic19 (29 min)
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March 27, 2021
1:00 PM
 CT
Pandemic19 (29 min)

PANDEMIC19 follows three brave American doctors working to save lives during the first wave of the outbreak told through their own intimate video diaries, encapsulating the historic times in which we live. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Our Planet," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
11:30 AM
 CT
Pandemic19 (29 min)

PANDEMIC19 follows three brave American doctors working to save lives during the first wave of the outbreak told through their own intimate video diaries, encapsulating the historic times in which we live. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Our Planet," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Pant Hoot (21 min)
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March 27, 2021
1:00 PM
 CT
Pant Hoot (21 min)

A genocide survivor transcends overwhelming odds to become a master chimpanzee linguist. As the world’s chimpanzee population dwindles in the wild, one man risks everything to care for a group of mistreated animals rescued by Jane Goodall’s Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa. Stany Nyandwi, a survivor of the Burundi genocide, overcomes insurmountable odds to become one of the only humans to master the complicated ‘pant hoot’ chimp language. Recognizing that it’s not just a chimpanzee/human struggle, he’s taken it upon himself to reconnect with our closest relatives on this planet. Love knows no man-made boundaries in this universal story about understanding. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Our Planet," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
11:30 AM
 CT
Pant Hoot (21 min)

A genocide survivor transcends overwhelming odds to become a master chimpanzee linguist. As the world’s chimpanzee population dwindles in the wild, one man risks everything to care for a group of mistreated animals rescued by Jane Goodall’s Chimp Eden Sanctuary in South Africa. Stany Nyandwi, a survivor of the Burundi genocide, overcomes insurmountable odds to become one of the only humans to master the complicated ‘pant hoot’ chimp language. Recognizing that it’s not just a chimpanzee/human struggle, he’s taken it upon himself to reconnect with our closest relatives on this planet. Love knows no man-made boundaries in this universal story about understanding. This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Our Planet," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
People Over Profit (8 min)
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March 25, 2021
1:30 PM
 CT
People Over Profit (8 min)

PAIRED WITH FEATURE FILM, Alice St. Sookram's Brewing Company barely reached their 1st anniversary when COVID-19 reached Winnipeg. This documentary short tells the story of what it was like for the small business to navigate through the spring of 2020.

America/Chicago
March 25, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 26, 2021
9:00 PM
 CT
People Over Profit (8 min)

PAIRED WITH FEATURE FILM, Alice St. Sookram's Brewing Company barely reached their 1st anniversary when COVID-19 reached Winnipeg. This documentary short tells the story of what it was like for the small business to navigate through the spring of 2020.

America/Chicago
March 25, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Proof (72 min)
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March 27, 2021
9:00 PM
 CT
Proof (72 min)

Byrd Williams the Fourth is on a hero’s journey to preserve the past, bequeathed to him in the form of 400,000 photographs, cameras, letters and journals by his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and now by him. Four hundred years from now these images will need only to be held to the light to understand how we lived and died.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
1:00 PM
 CT
Proof (72 min)

Byrd Williams the Fourth is on a hero’s journey to preserve the past, bequeathed to him in the form of 400,000 photographs, cameras, letters and journals by his father, grandfather, great grandfather, and now by him. Four hundred years from now these images will need only to be held to the light to understand how we lived and died.

America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 26, 2021
8:00 PM
 CT
Pudge

Raised in Denton Texas, Pudge is a D.I.Y MC and Producer. He has been active in the Texas music scene since 2005 and has played a pivotal role in the growth of Denton Hip Hop throughout the years. Pudge takes a classic approach when creating his music drawing from Jazz, Funk and Soul samples that he likely bought at Goodwill. The sound of nostalgic instrumentals blend perfect with Pudge’s smooth high pitch delivery.  He is a jack of all trades as an MC, Producer and Dj often incorporating all of these elements into his live performance. As a lyricist Pudge attempts to be relatable while bringing humorous punchlines and party friendly concepts sculpted for a high energy live show.

America/Chicago
March 26, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
4:00 PM
 CT
Pudge

Raised in Denton Texas, Pudge is a D.I.Y MC and Producer. He has been active in the Texas music scene since 2005 and has played a pivotal role in the growth of Denton Hip Hop throughout the years. Pudge takes a classic approach when creating his music drawing from Jazz, Funk and Soul samples that he likely bought at Goodwill. The sound of nostalgic instrumentals blend perfect with Pudge’s smooth high pitch delivery.  He is a jack of all trades as an MC, Producer and Dj often incorporating all of these elements into his live performance. As a lyricist Pudge attempts to be relatable while bringing humorous punchlines and party friendly concepts sculpted for a high energy live show.

America/Chicago
March 26, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Punta Sacra (100 min)
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Geo-Block for T.X.
March 24, 2021
9:00 PM
 CT
Punta Sacra (100 min)

At the edge of Rome, at the mouth
 of the Tiber, the small district of Idroscalo di Ostia juts right out over the sea. The women who live there, such as Franca and her daughters, bear its stories, with the natural force of the site, between wild realism and popular imagination. This sacred point becomes a theatre for the resistance of
 a community that expresses its right to live there.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
1:30 PM
 CT
Punta Sacra (100 min)

At the edge of Rome, at the mouth
 of the Tiber, the small district of Idroscalo di Ostia juts right out over the sea. The women who live there, such as Franca and her daughters, bear its stories, with the natural force of the site, between wild realism and popular imagination. This sacred point becomes a theatre for the resistance of
 a community that expresses its right to live there.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Queen Lear (84 min)
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U.S.
March 24, 2021
2:00 PM
 CT
Queen Lear (84 min)

Sixteen years ago, a handful of peasant women from the mountains of southern Turkey formed a theatre group, which later became the subject of the documentary THE PLAY. The women acted out their own life stories in the village, and the play changed their lives. Now, they take to the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, traveling on the dusty and risky roads to remote, forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey that are hardly reached by drinking water. The play delicately becomes QUEEN LEAR in the hands of the group.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 25, 2021
9:30 PM
 CT
Queen Lear (84 min)

Sixteen years ago, a handful of peasant women from the mountains of southern Turkey formed a theatre group, which later became the subject of the documentary THE PLAY. The women acted out their own life stories in the village, and the play changed their lives. Now, they take to the road with an adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear, traveling on the dusty and risky roads to remote, forgotten villages in the mountains of Turkey that are hardly reached by drinking water. The play delicately becomes QUEEN LEAR in the hands of the group.

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Red Heaven (84 min)
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Geoblock for TX
March 24, 2021
4:00 PM
 CT
Red Heaven (84 min)

What do humans need to be happy, healthy, and sane? A crew of six non-astronauts from all over the world, chosen for their ability to survive isolation, embark on a one-year mission in the Mars simulation station in Hawai’i in order to provide much-needed research for the future of space exploration. Survive, experiment, exercise, collect data, shoot, file surveys… repeat. How does their mood and mental health change over time in this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine?

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 26, 2021
1:30 PM
 CT
Red Heaven (84 min)

What do humans need to be happy, healthy, and sane? A crew of six non-astronauts from all over the world, chosen for their ability to survive isolation, embark on a one-year mission in the Mars simulation station in Hawai’i in order to provide much-needed research for the future of space exploration. Survive, experiment, exercise, collect data, shoot, file surveys… repeat. How does their mood and mental health change over time in this prescient exploration of self-imposed quarantine?

America/Chicago
March 24, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Road to Roxham (18 min)
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March 26, 2021
6:00 PM
 CT
Road to Roxham (18 min)

On the outskirts of Plattsburgh, New York, a taxi industry that transports asylum seekers escaping to Canada has been booming. Fares are scooped up at the local bus station and whisked to an infamous irregular border crossing point. Road to Roxham is a look inside this community of drivers, following Mary Ann Ero, the owner-operator of “Spanky’s Taxi.” This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Asylum Seekers," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 26, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
9:30 PM
 CT
Road to Roxham (18 min)

On the outskirts of Plattsburgh, New York, a taxi industry that transports asylum seekers escaping to Canada has been booming. Fares are scooped up at the local bus station and whisked to an infamous irregular border crossing point. Road to Roxham is a look inside this community of drivers, following Mary Ann Ero, the owner-operator of “Spanky’s Taxi.” This film screens as part of the shorts program, "Asylum Seekers," which begins at the dates and times listed here.

America/Chicago
March 26, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
Rosegarden Funeral Party
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March 27, 2021
9:30 PM
 CT
Rosegarden Funeral Party
America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
March 28, 2021
6:00 PM
 CT
Rosegarden Funeral Party
America/Chicago
March 27, 2021
https://www.thinline.us
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