We Have Always Been Here

May 22, 2025

Now in its third year, We Have Always Been Here is a five-part film and video series documenting queer freedom and unity, storytelling, and histories through the moving image. Schedule: […]

Exhibition Tour—Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist

May 9, 2025

Explore the visionary life and art of Elizabeth Catlett: A Black Revolutionary Artist. Catlett put race, gender, and class justice at the center of her work. She made art for […]

Captivating Films Highlight JxJ DC Jewish Film and Music Festival

May 1, 2025

By Dina Gold Yes, folks, it’s that time of year again! The Edlavitch DCJCC’s, JxJ, our region’s leading Jewish film and music cultural arts center, begins its annual ten day-long […]

Friday Afternoons with Elizabeth Catlett: Betty y Pancho

April 9, 2025

A moving portrait of the 50-year marriage of renowned sculptor Elizabeth Catlett and Mexican painter Francisco Mora by their son, filmmaker Juan Mora Catlett. (Betty and Pancho, Juan Mora Catlett, […]

Another Horizon: Stephanie Barber’s Cinema


Multi-discipline artist Stephanie Barber is renowned for her playful approach to language and moving image. She returns to the National Gallery this spring to present a program of several new […]

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 […]

Late August at the Hotel Ozone

February 28, 2025

This brilliant gem of the Czechoslovak New Wave follows the lingering effects of a nuclear war that has wiped out most of humanity. A small group of survivors—all women—roam the […]

Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture 2024: Mira Nair

October 23, 2024

The 2024 Rajiv Vaidya Memorial Lecture is presented by filmmaker Mira Nair, followed by a special screening of her 1988 award-winning Salaam Bombay! India and the World: East, West, and […]

Gordon Parks: Early Documentaries


Delve deeper into the work of Gordon Parks. Widely known for his work as a photographer, Parks was also a documentary filmmaker. Programmed in conjunction with the exhibition Gordon Parks: […]

New Restorations: The ’80s Rewind


These three recent restorations of feature films from the 1980s highlight the work of iconic and seasoned filmmakers Miloš Forman, Wim Wenders, and Robert Frank. With their own disparate yet […]