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Cutting-edge documentaries that challenge the idea of what a doc needs to be.

Acting as a spotlight for future cult classics, this series celebrates the most mind-expanding, form-pushing works emerging from the documentary world. With feature films from around the globe programmed alongside daring locally made shorts, each screening will be a one-of-a-kind, can’t-miss event!

Thank you to our community partners Letterboxd, Vinegar Syndrome and Insomniac Film Festival. 


Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 PM

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It Was All a Dream

D: dream hampton | USA | 2024 | 83 min

Truth and Dare brings dream hampton’s vérité documentation of a turning point in rap history, captured between ‘93-‘95.

Stick around after the screening for a Zoom Q&A with director dream hampton and producer Emir Lewis.

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