East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present
Courage, Hope, Resistance: 5 Films about Social Justice
Please join us for this outstanding monthly series of five independent documentary films by award-winning East Bay filmmakers. One film each month, from June through September, will focus on people fighting back when their lives and freedoms are threatened. Stay after the films for a lively panel discussion and interactive audience Q&A with the filmmaker and guests. All films screen at Rialto Cinemas Cerrito. Get your series pass today and save on all five films!
Skin of Glass
Thursday, June 19 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Denise Zmekhol
When a celebrated modernist glass skyscraper in Sao Paolo, Brazil, has become occupied by hundreds of homeless families, the architect’s daughter and filmmaker is brought face to face with the intimate, human consequences of an exploding population and global housing crisis.
Democracy Noir
Thursday, July 17 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Connie Field
As Viktor Orbán dismantles Hungary’s democratic institutions, three women—a journalist, a politician, and a nurse—work tirelessly to fight for their country’s soul, facing a well-financed and sophisticated opposition as they try and win back democracy and precious freedoms.
The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane
Thursday, August 14 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Maureen Gosling
The underground history of a singer-agitator whose unbending principles guide her through notoriety, obscurity, and finally, music legend. Dane emanated the people-powered connectivity of folk, the defiance of blues and the elemental cool of jazz, propelling major historic events with boldness and subversion that cut through commercial artifice.
Between the Sun and the Sidewalk
Thursday, September 18 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Helen DeMichiel
Two fiercely dedicated young Latino political organizers lead a team of new recruits to mobilize their community to support a sugary drink tax. When the state government passes a stealth law to ban all local soda taxes until 2030, these young activists fearlessly battle the corporate lobbying efforts to block them.
Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on The Brink
Thursday, October 16 7pm
Not Rated
Documentary
Dir. Rick Goldsmith
The story of a secretive hedge fund that is plundering what is left of America’s newspapers, and the journalists who are fighting back. Backed by the NewsGuild union, they go toe-to-toe with their “vulture capitalist” owners in a battle to save and rebuild local journalism in America.
