Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Wednesday, March 23 at 7 p.m.

Food, Inc.

Directed by Robert Kenner
Produced by Kenner, Elise Pearlstein

From cruel and unsanitary conditions in cattle and chicken farming to the presence of corn syrup and sodium in many foods, this indictment of the American food industry examines the ways in which large corporations dominate the marketplace and affect the quality of what we consume. 35mm. 93 mins.

Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

Under Our Skin

Directed and produced by Andy Abrahams Wilson 

A gripping tale of microbes, medicine and money, “Under Our Skin” investigates the untold story of Lyme disease. Following the stories of patients and physicians fighting for their lives or livelihoods, the film brings into focus a haunting picture of our broken healthcare system. 35mm. 104 mins. 

Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m.

Music by Prudence

Directed by Roger Ross Williams

Produced by Williams, Elinor Burkett

This is the story about the most unlikely voice of hope, singer-songwriter Prudence Mabhena. Her country is bankrupt, her body is broken. Neighbors and family consider her cursed. But in music, Prudence and her band of seven young disabled Zimbabweans may have found a way out. Digital. 35 mins.

Academy Award winner: Documentary Short Subject

Mugabe and the White African

Directed by Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thompson

Produced by David Pearson, Elizabeth Morgan Hemlock

With extraordinary courage and in the face of a relentless campaign of state-sanctioned terror, white farmer Mike Campbell challenges Zimbabwe’s president, Robert Mugabe, before an international court to defend Campbell’s property, his family’s livelihood and that of the 500 black workers who also live on the farm. Digital. 94 mins.

Wednesday, April 20, at 7 p.m.

Rabbit à la Berlin

Directed by Bartek Konopka

Produced by Anna Wydra

During the decades before the fall of the Berlin Wall, an enormous colony of wild rabbits took up residence in its shadow. Digital. 40 mins.

Academy Award nominee: Documentary Short Subject

We Live in Public

Directed by Ondi Timoner

Produced by Timoner, Keirda Bahruth

Created over ten years and culled from 5,000 hours of footage, “We Live in Public” documents the surveillance-heavy social experiments of Internet pioneer Josh Harris. 35mm. 89 mins.

Wednesday, April 27, at 7 p.m.

The Fence

Directed by Rory Kennedy

Produced by Kennedy, Liz Garbus, Keven McAlester

In October 2006, the U.S. government decided to build a 700-mile fence along its Mexican border. Three years and $3.1 billion later, director Rory Kennedy investigates the impact of the project and how its stated goals – stopping illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and terrorism – have given way to unforeseen consequences. Digital. 35 mins.

Which Way Home

Directed and produced by Rebecca Cammisa

Two young boys, Kevin and Fito, are among the countless children who leave their homes in Central America and attempt to enter the United States illegally in search of a better life. Many of the children are injured or killed as they travel on top of freight trains and trust their fate to brutal smugglers. Digital. 83 mins.

Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature

Wednesday, May 11, at 7 p.m.

Soundtrack for a Revolution

Directed by Bill Guttentag, Dan Sturman

Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Jim Czarnecki, Guttentag, Sturman, Dylan Nelson

The story of the civil rights movement is told through the music that informed and inspired its participants. As current singers perform songs from the era, interviews and archival footage evoke the movement’s passionate and dramatic history. Digital. 82 mins. 

Every Little Step

Directed and produced by James D. Stern, Adam Del Deo

Seventeen dedicated dancers audition for roles in a Broadway revival of “A Chorus Line,” a show that is itself about the lives of dancers and the audition process. The talent, drive and self-discipline necessary for even a chance of success in the dance world come through in the stories of the men and women hoping to be cast in the show.  35mm.  96 mins.

Wednesday, May 18, at 7 p.m.

Lt. Watada

Directed and produced by Freida Mock

Sergio

Directed by Greg Barker

Produced by John Battsek, Barker, Julie Goldman

Throughout his long career with the United Nations, Brazilian diplomat Sérgio Vieira de Mello earned a reputation as one of the organization’s most accomplished and charismatic representatives. In May of 2003, he accepted a new post as the Special Representative of the Secretary General in Iraq. Digital. 94 mins.

Wednesday, May 25, at 7 p.m.

Woman Rebel

Directed and produced by Kiran Deol

During the decade-long civil war in Nepal, many women joined the ranks of the Maoist guerrilla fighters. Digital. 36 mins.

Burma VJ

Directed by Anders Østergaard

Produced by Lise Lense-Møller

Inside Burma, hidden from the repressive military regime that has ruled the country for many decades, courageous journalists secretly videotape events around them and smuggle the tapes out of the country to foreign news agencies. Digital. 89 mins.

Academy Award nominee: Documentary Feature