Global Watch: Crisis & Social Action
Nov. 11–Dec. 7, 2023
A year-round documentary series that untangles the stories behind the headlines, sheds light in dark corners, and introduces us to the people working to make the world a better place.
20 Days in Mariupol
Dec. 7, 2023
Nominated for Best International Feature Film at the 2024 Academy Awards An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the…
To Kill a Tiger
Nov. 8, 2023
Q&A with director Nisha Pahuja, moderated by JBFC Curator-in-Chief Ryan Harrington
Winner of multiple awards, this extraordinary documentary tells the story of Ranjit, a farmer in India as he takes on…
Q
Sep. 22, 2023
Q&A with director Jude Chehab
Tribeca Award Winner and former JBFC Artist-in-Residence Jude Chehab brings her powerful documentary to the Jacob Burns Film Center. Where…
Hidden Letters
Dec. 12, 2022
Q&A with director Violet Du Feng
For centuries in China, the once-secret written language of Nüshu was calligraphed on folded fans and handkerchiefs as hidden letters…
The Territory
Aug. 26–Sep. 15, 2022
The Territory provides an immersive on-the-ground look at the tireless fight of the Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people against the encroaching deforestation…
We Feed People
May 25, 2022
Q&A with producer and JBFC Board Member Sara Bernstein, editor Andrew Morreale, and Chef Grace Ramirez moderated by JBFC Founder and Former Executive Director Stephen Apkon
SOLD OUT Please join us for a preview screening of the newest film from Academy-award winning director Ron Howard. We…
A Night of Knowing Nothing
May 11, 2022
In her debut film, Payal Kapadia deftly merges reality with fiction, weaving together archival footage with student protest videos to…
And So I Stayed
Apr. 26, 2022
Q&A domestic violence survivor and activist Kim Dadou Brown moderated by film programmer Saidah Russell
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT And So I Stayed is an award-winning documentary about survivors of domestic abuse fighting for…
President
Mar. 24, 2022
Director Camilla Nielsson’s new film follows a young, ambitious leader and presidential hopeful in Zimbabwe’s 2018 election. Working to defeat…
Ascension
Feb. 23, 2022
Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature
Ascension is an impressionistic portrait of China’s industrial supply chain that reveals the country’s growing class divide through staggering observations…
Flee
Jan. 21–Feb. 10, 2022
Nominated for three Academy Awards, including Best Documentary and Best Animated Feature
“Flee was the first movie I watched at last year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival and almost immediately the beauty and empathetic…
Writing with Fire
Jan. 13, 2022
Reporting from a social environment built to divide based on caste and gender, a fearless group of journalists maintain India’s…
Landfall
Nov. 11, 2021
Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, Landfall is a cautionary tale for our times. Set…
This series is sponsored by:
Louis & Anne Abrons Foundation
Theodore & Renee Weiler Foundation
This series is presented with generous support from:
