Saturday, November 9, 2024

2:00pm

Union (102 min)

Documentary

Directed by Stephen Maing & Brett Story

A group of current and former Amazon workers in New York City’s Staten Island challenges one of the world’s largest companies in a unionization battle. Up against a corporate superpower and with legal protections at a drastic low for workers, all odds are against the ALU. Yet this rag-tag ensemble remains unswayed in their beliefs in collective action and the dignity and power of the working-class.

4:30pm

A House is Not a Disco (90 min)

Documentary

Directed by Brian J. Smith

Sponsored by Teaneck Creek Conservancy

Documents a year in the life in the world’s most iconic “homo-normative” community: Fire Island Pines. Situated fifty miles from New York City, this storied queer beach town finds itself in the midst of a renaissance as a new generation of Millennial homeowners reimagine The Pines for a new, more inclusive era. A cast of eccentrics, activists, drifters, and first timers reflect on the legacy of The Pines while preparing their beloved village for the biggest challenge it has faced since the AIDS crisis: rising seas caused by climate change.

Sunday, November 10, 2024

2:45pm

Daughter of Mine (36 min)

Documentary / Crime

Directed by Vanessa Martino

Sponsored by YWCA Northern New Jersey

Talkback with Director Vanessa Martino

In 1973, seven-year-old Joan D’Alessandro asked her mother Rosemarie if she could deliver a box of Girls Scout cookies to a neighbor and that was the last time Rosemarie saw Joan alive. Twenty years later, under the threat of the murderer’s impending release, with the help of her community, Rosemarie fought to keep him in prison. Rosemarie became a symbol of hope for her northern New Jersey community and a rallying point for victims’ parents nationwide.

Strays (15 min)

Short / Drama

Directed by Or Schraiber

Written by James Rana (Award-winning Teaneck Actor / Playwright)

Talkback with James Rana & Producer Jane Kotlyar

Told through the immigrant perspective, a man, thousands of miles from home and living in a foreign city, works non-stop to support his family back home. The film celebrates all those who come here to make a better life for themselves and their loved ones. So often, they might feel invisible, but they are not. The film honors the importance of caring for our fellow individuals.

4:45pm

Ain’t No Back to A Merry Go Round (89 min)

Documentary

Directed by Ilana Trachtman

Sponsored by Bergen County (NJ) Chapter of the Links, Inc.; Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Iota Epsilon Omega Chapter;

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity

Talkback with Director Ilana Trachtman

When five Black college students sat on a segregated Maryland carousel in 1960, their arrests made headlines. When the Jewish community near Glen Echo Amusement Park joined the protest, a history-making interracial demonstration was born. The cause and the collaboration provoked counterprotests by the American Nazi Party and brought congressmen and national leaders to the picket line. 

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Price: $10.00

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