The March and The Bus
• August 18, 2025

The March, also known as The March to Washington, is a documentary by James Blue that captures the preparations and events of that historic day in 1963 when Dr. Martin […]

The Cameraman’s Revenge and Other Shorts
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This program of short films is a compendium of work made over a span of one hundred years by international artists and scientists, as well as pioneers and practitioners of […]

Dry Point Monoprint – 2 Day Workshop – with Bridget Murphy
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Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. and Sunday, October 19, 2025 from 10:00 A.M.– 2:00 P.M. Explore dry point technique to create your monoprint artwork. In […]

African Diaspora International Film Festival Showcases Human Experience of People of Color Globally
• August 7, 2025

By Caroline Moore This past weekend, the Africa World Now Project and the GWU Africana Studies Program hosted the African Diaspora International Film Festival DC right on George Washington University’s […]

Warehouse Scavenger Hunt
• March 25, 2025

What better way to explore Community Forklift’s new store layout than with a scavenger hunt? The hunt is on during regular store hours and we’ll have live metal banjo music […]

Now Playing: JxJ Festival of Jewish Film and Music
• May 13, 2024

“The power of storytelling is the soul of our culture,” asserts filmmaker Yael Luttwak, who became JxJ’s artistic director in 2022. JxJ stands for the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center’s […]

In-Person Screening: Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV
• June 26, 2023

Join SAAM’s celebration of artist Nam June Paik’s birthday with a screening of the 2023 documentary, Nam June Paik: Moon Is the Oldest TV (107 min) that debuted at the […]

The D.C. Independent Film Forum
• February 9, 2023

The 24th annual film forum will showcase more than 50 independent feature films, documentaries, shorts, and animated films from filmmakers around the DMV and across the globe. In addition to […]

2021 Native Cinema Showcase
• October 16, 2021

Nov. 12–18, on demand americanindian.si.edu/calendar The National Museum of the American Indian’s Native Cinema Showcase is an annual celebration of the best in Native film. This year focuses on Native […]

Pictures at an Exhibition
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In partnership with the Alexandria Film Festival the ASO presents Homegrown: American Stories in Music and Film on Sunday, November 7, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. Music from the Americana tradition […]