Diversity Film Festival

Sisters Rising is a powerful feature documentary about six Native American women reclaiming personal and tribal sovereignty.

In partnership with the Office of Student Engagement, we’ll begin the festival with a special on-campus screening of Sisters Rising the week before our official kick-off and opening gala at The Grand.

 
In his acclaimed debut as a filmmaker, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson presents a powerful and transporting documentary—part music film, part historical record created around an epic event that celebrated Black history, culture and fashion.

Opening gala at The Grand to follow.

In this 1958 drama, two escaped convicts chained together, white and black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.

A poetic, experimental debut feature circling the origin of the death myth from the Chinookan people in the Pacific Northwest, Małni – Towards the Ocean, Towards the Shore follows two people as they wander through their surrounding nature, the spirit world, and something much deeper inside.

The second showing will feature a Skype Q&A with the director.

In this emotional documentary, Ady Barkan's life is upended when he is diagnosed with ALS, but a confrontation with a powerful senator catapults him to national fame and ignites a once-in-a-generation political movement.

FLEE tells the extraordinary true story of a man, Amin, on the verge of marriage which compels him to reveal his hidden past for the first time.

Closing event with refreshments to follow.