East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:

Democracy Noir

Panel and Q&A with filmmaker Connie Field to follow!

Thursday, July 17  7pm

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…MORE INFO

East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:

The 9 Lives of Barbara Dane

Thursday, August 14  7pm

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…MORE INFO

East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:

Between the Sun and the Sidewalk

Thursday, September 18  7pm

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…MORE INFO

National Theatre Live

INTER ALIA

Monday, October 6 7pm
Wednesday, October 22 7pm

Oscar-nominated Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl, Saltburn) is Jessica in the much-anticipated next play
from the team behind Prima Facie. Jessica Parks is a smart Crown Court Judge at the top of her career. Behind the robe, she is a karaoke fiend, a loving wife and a supportive parent. When an event threatens to throw her life completely off balance, can she hold her family upright?…MORE INFO

East Bay Film! Albany FilmFest and the Berkeley Film Foundation Present:

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on The Brink

Thursday, October 16  7pm

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…MORE INFO