Director Joshua Seftel of All the Empty Rooms and Director Glenn Kainoof Hoops, Hopes & Dreams will be in attendance for a post screening Q&A.
Films are in alphabetical order rather than order of play. The total runtime is 90 min.
All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel (USA 2025, 33 min) Journalist Steve Hartman and photographer Lou Bopp visit the empty bedrooms of victims of school shootings, offering rich portraits of spaces, families, and love.
Also Resisters Christina D. Bartson (USA/UK 2025, 14 min) Lyrical and prophetic, this archival film draws on the writing of American pacifist David E. McReynolds to trace the development of American militarism and antiwar resistance from the late 20th century to the present.
Free Fish Bisan Owda (Palestine/Portugal 2025, 23 min) Palestinian journalist Bisan Owda documents the daily life of fishermen on the besieged shores of the Gaza Strip, home to 4,500 fishermen.
Hoops, Hopes & Dreams Glenn Kaino (USA 2025, 20 min) The Black civil rights struggle from Martin Luther King Jr. to Barack Obama’s historic presidency amassed community and power from an unlikely common denominator between the people and political leaders: basketball.