SHALL WE GATHER – a new documentary film
• February 23, 2026

During the winter and spring of 2025, members of two historic Southern Maryland communities – one traditionally Black, the other traditionally White – came together for the first time to […]

Irish Film in Silver Spring
• February 19, 2026

Repeat after me: Útóipe Cheilteach. Pronounced (more or less) “oo-toe-ih-peh khel-chukh,” the phrase means “Celtic Utopia,” the English title of a documentary about the antiestablishment bands — with names like […]

The D.C. Environmental Film Festival is Working ‘Against the Current’
• February 17, 2026

By: Francis Rienzo   Under a unifying theme of “against the current,” the DC Environmental Film Festival is hosting their 34th annual festival from March 19th to the 28th. This past […]

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Part of Treasures of American Cinema: Highlights from the National Film Registry)
• February 10, 2026

“Adapted from a screenplay by Sidney Buchman, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington follows an idealistic scoutmaster, Jefferson Smith (James Stewart), after he is chosen to fill an interim Senate vacancy […]

National Gallery Nights: Strike a Pose
• October 9, 2025

Lottery opens Monday, September 29, at 10:00 a.m. and closes Thursday, October 2, at noon. A limited number of walk-up tickets are available. Fashion. Photography. Self-expression. You can find all […]

The Mayor’s Arts Awards Celebrates The Big 4-0
• September 29, 2025

The 40th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards, “A Night of Elegance and Inspiration,” was held on September 25 at The National Theatre. It was everything a 40th anniversary  should be—a celebration […]

E. Ethelbert Miller, Black Magic and the Black Arts Movement
• September 15, 2025

In honor of the exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement: 1955-1985, literary activist E. Ethelbert Miller presents on Amiri Baraka’s Black Magic Poetry 1961-1967 and the influence of the […]

12th Annual Immigration Film Fest
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Welcome to the 2025 Immigration Film Fest! The Immigration Film Fest is hosted by KAMA DC, a volunteer-run nonprofit dedicated to providing a platform for immigrants and refugees in the DMV […]

The Cameraman’s Revenge and Other Shorts
• August 18, 2025

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 […]

Ancient Beacons Long for Notice
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Ancient Beacons Long for Notice is the third film in Dario Robleto’s trilogy engaging the history and legacy of the Golden Record. Attached to the deep space probe Voyager upon […]