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 […]

First Saturday: March
• February 28, 2025

Immerse yourself in the color and spirit of Haitian art by exploring Spirit & Strength: Modern Art from Haiti.  Enjoy a Haitian dance ensemble Troupe Zetwal performance, make your own […]

Short Film Program: Woven Histories
• April 17, 2024

Through original documentary and experimental strands, this eclectic program of short films explores the labor and politics of textile production, clothing, and identity through contemporary media art. Titles include Language […]

Cauleen Smith – In Space, In Time
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Three-part film series. Free. Registration required. Since the early 1990s, Cauleen Smith has created over two dozen short films and videos that move between genres and media with remarkable fluidity […]

“The Right to Read” Documentary Screening
• February 22, 2024

Join us this Black History Month for the FREE documentary screening of The Right to Read on Tues., Feb. 20th, from 6:30pm-8:45pm at Alamo Drafthouse (DC Bryant St) to learn […]

The Anxious Ear
• January 23, 2024

Music responds to the world around us. Join us for a series of performances with music spanning from 1930s Germany to the present-day United States. The Anxious Ear is planned […]

In-Person Film Screening and Conversation: This World is Not My Own
• March 14, 2023

Join filmmakers Ruchi Mital and Petter Ringbom with executive producer Marquise Stillwell for a screening of their biographical film about the artist Nellie Mae Rowe. Exploring the world created by […]

[jxjdc.org/persian-lessons/]Persian Lessons (film)
• July 23, 2021

  Wednesday, October 20, 7:00 PM | Cafritz Hall Dir. Vadim Perelman| 120 min | Narrative | USA | 2020 English, French, German, Italian, and Persian with English subtitles Gilles, […]

Viewfinder Virtual Film Series: Leslie Thornton on Surviving
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Join the Smithsonian American Art Museum for an engaging virtual lecture with award-winning filmmaker Leslie Thornton. Learn how Thornton, with her decades-long episodic film epic Peggy and Fred in Hell […]

Announcing Chesapeake Film Festival’s Live Showing of Environmental and Dramatic Films October 1-2 
• July 1, 2021

Free Virtual festival runs October 3-10 Easton, MD, June 24, 2021–Remember the excitement of watching films on a big screen with surround sound in a darkened theater among other film […]