BLOCK: A Collection of Ideas, Facts, and Tidbits
SCREENING DATE: sunday, february 5, 2023 at 2:30pm
sponsored by: cathy driscoll
Location: Jessie Ball duPont Center - Northern Trust Seminar Room
Deerwoods Deathtrap
US - Director: James P. Gannon
Fifty years ago Jack and Betty were hit by a train and survived. This is their story.
Between Two Worlds
US - Director: Jax Broads
Friends from NYC's South Asian diaspora team up to form Junoon Performing Arts. Their mission is to build community by merging their love of Bollywood with their passion for Contemporary dance to both celebrate their heritage and address social issues.
Nalujuk Night
Canada - Director: Jennie Williams
Every January 6th from the dark of the Nunatsiavut night, the Nalujuit appear on the sea ice. They walk on two legs, yet their faces are animalistic, skeletal, and otherworldly. Snow crunches underfoot as they approach their destination: the Inuit community of Nain.
Malpelo: Mountain of Sharks
US - Director: Kevin Mannens
Days away from the closest land, lies a mythical underwater volcano. Beneath the waves - a bonanza of life. Massive shoals of fish darken the water and hundreds of sharks patrol the seamount. But like all wild places, this one too is in grave danger. Illegal fishing and shark-finning might soon deplete this natural wonder.
Unbreakable
US - Director: Alex Astrella
An orthopedic surgeon reflects on how faith and perseverance allowed her to turn a tragedy into something incredible.
Urban Eden
Denmark - Director: Emilie Ehrhardt
Promising a cleaner and greener future, this powerplant in Copenhagen sounds almost too good to be true – so a Danish filmmaker returns to her hometown to see for herself whether the promises have been kept.
American Scar
US - Director: Daniel Lombroso
When a wedding photographer mistakenly captures a dynamite blast at the US-Mexico border, he discovers a wide-ranging environmental catastrophe that could put at risk the future of animal life in North America.
Video Visit
US - Director: Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Each week, scores of people visit the Brooklyn Public Library to see their incarcerated loved ones via a free video call. Video Visit tells the story of two mothers and their sons, and the librarians who negotiate daily to keep the families connected.
Stranger than Rotterdam with Sara Driver
US - Directors: Lewie Kloster & Noah Kloster
In 1982, the completion of Jim Jarmusch's sophomore film, Stranger Than Paradise, hinged on producer, Sara Driver's duty to hand carry the only existing print of the world's most controversial rock documentary, Cocksucker Blues, across the Atlantic Ocean.