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- In a year of uprisings and political unrest, Stonebreakers documents the fights around monuments in the United States and explores the shifting landscapes of the nation's historical memory.
- Marcus Hook is a small refinery town close to Philadelphia. Fore decades the oil business was the community's bread and butter, but in December 2011 when the Sunoco refinery shut down, the town was left on the brink of an unprecedented crisis. Renovating his house. ex-refinery worker Michael Manerchia found the remains of the plankhouse of Blackbeard's mistress. This unexpected discovery gave Manerchia the inspiration to create a pirate festival and in this way bring business back to the town. 'Treasure' chronicles the efforts of a community determined to survive the decline of heavy industry. The town's future is being written as we speak, but one thing is certain: if Marcus Hook wasn't born with the refinery, it doesn't have to die with it either.
- An artisan of humble means leaves his hometown in the Tuscan countryside for the United States at the end of the 19th century, only to become one of the greatest theatrical impresarios of his time.
- "The Battle For New York" is a series of mini-documentaries on housing issues in New York City produced by Awen Films for The Indypendent.
- Finding Finntown is a feature documentary film on the history of Finns in New York, and a contemplation on immigration, identity and legacy. Meeting Finns of different generations and histories, the filmmaker journeys the city looking for clues on what it means to leave a home to build a new one, and on the relationship between longing and belonging. The groundbreaking idea of non-profit cooperative housing was introduced to the United States in the early 20th century when a group of 16 Finnish immigrant families founded the Finnish Home Building Association in New York. Their community near Sunset Park, was, at its peak, home to 25 separate cooperative housing complexes, a cooperative restaurant, bakery, pool room, meat market, grocery store, and parking garage. Through fragmented voices and stories, the film reveals a neighborhood that no longer exists, shedding light on the unique and universal themes of national identity, family, and home.
- If Only I Were That Warrior is a feature documentary film focusing on the Italian occupation of Ethiopia in 1935. Following the recent construction of a monument dedicated to Fascist general Rodolfo Graziani, the film addresses the unpunished war crimes he and others committed in the name of Mussolini's imperial ambitions. The stories of three characters, filmed in present day Ethiopia, Italy and the United States, take the audience on a journey through the living memories and the tangible remains of the Italian occupation of Ethiopia - a journey that crosses generations and continents to today, where this often overlooked legacy still ties the fates of two nations and their people.
- "Iom Romì" chronicles a day in the life of the contemporary Jewish community of Rome, which traces its origins to the times of the Empire - a microcosm with unique rituals and traditions, both fiercely independent and distinctly Roman.
- In The Song of the Sea, musician and author Enrico Fink guides us through the Great Synagogue of Florence while mapping out the history and repertoire of the Sephardic liturgy in Italy. Using the poem Shirat Hayam (Song of the Sea) as an example, Fink reflects on the importance of religious music throughout the Sephardic world. Performances by Rav Alberto Funaro and David Meghnagi demonstrate how the same ancient verses assume different melodies in each distinct community along the coasts of the Mediterranean Sea.
- Activists and tenants mobilize against rent hikes as the New York City Rent Guidelines Board prepares to vote on the 2018-2019 adjustments for rent-stabilized apartments.