American Independents
Films produced in the United States, outside of the Hollywood studio system.
The Annihilation of Fish
- Sat, Apr 5
- Sun, Apr 6
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Charles Burnett Run Time: 108 min. Release Year: 1999
Starring: Andy Garza, James Earl Jones, Lynn Redgrave, Margot Kidder, Sarah Benoit
A Crazy Love Story.
Compensation
- Sun, Apr 6
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Sun, Apr 6 @ 4:15 pm: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Zeinabu Irene Davis
Director: Zeinabu irene Davis Run Time: 95 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1999
Starring: Christopher Smith, John Earl Jelks, Kevin L. Davis, Michelle A. Banks, Nirvana Cobb
The life of a deaf African American woman in the early 1900s parallels with another living in the...
Meanwhile
- Fri, Apr 11
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Fri, Apr 11 @ 4:00 pm: Post-screening Q&A with director Catherine Gund
Run Time: 89 min. Format: DCP
This is not a letter to this country, but to us inside this country.
Short Films by Mike Rader
- Wed, Apr 16
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Wed, Apr 16 @ 6:30 pm: Post-screening Q&A with filmmaker Mike Rader.
Director: Mike Rader Run Time: 58 min.
A collection of short films by mixed media artist Mike Rader: The Thinker (animation) 1min. 2013 Cows (animation)...
Killer of Sheep
- Sat, Apr 19
- Sun, Apr 20
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Charles Burnett Run Time: 80 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1978
Starring: Angela Burnett, Charles Bracy, Eugene Cherry, Henry G. Sanders, Kaycee Moore
An African-American man working at a slaughterhouse in the Watts area of Los Angeles leads a dissatisfied and...
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
- Sat, May 3
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Ivan Dixon Run Time: 102 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 1973
Starring: J.A. Preston, Janet League, Lawrence Cook, Paula Kelly
Their first mistake was letting him in. Their biggest mistake was letting him out!
There Is Another Way
- Thu, May 15
Midnite weekend screenings happen on Friday & Saturday nights,. so please be sure to arrive on Friday and/or Saturday night by 11:45pm for seating and the screening will start after midnight.
Director: Stephen Apkon Run Time: 67 min. Format: DCP Release Year: 2025
Combatants for Peace, nominated for two Nobel Peace Prizes, is an extraordinary bi-national group of former enemy combatants—Israelis...