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Sabbath Queen
Sabbath Queen
Sabbath Queen is a remarkable 21 year journey in the life of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a 39th generation ex-Orthodox rabbi — and...
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OKX Theater at BMCC TPAC
06/10 @03:00PM
Village East by Angelika
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Samia
Samia
Raised in a Somalia torn asunder by civil war and extremists increasingly gaining a foothold, Samia Yusuf Omar, an assertive, i...
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Village East by Angelika
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AMC 19th St. East 6
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Selena
Selena
Jennifer Lopez and Edward James Olmos star in this celebration of Selena Quintanilla Perez, a girl from South Texas with global...
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Selma
Selma
Civil-rights activists march from Selma, Ala., to Montgomery to secure voting rights for black Americans in this docudrama, whi...
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Shalom, Amore
Shalom, Amore
An epic love story reveals surprising truths about an Italian Jewish family, split apart by Fascism. How do you know when to fl...
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Sixth of June
Sixth of June
Why do we remember, and what do we lose if we forget?
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Skin
Skin
Following his Academy Award® win for a short film of the same name, Guy Nattiv traces the true story of Bryon Widner (Jamie Bel...
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Songs About Fucking
Songs About Fucking
Songs About Fucking introduces the artist, showman, and robe-clad raconteur Marc Rebillet as he embarks on one of the first liv...
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Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Tracing his life from his upbringing in New York as Stanley Lieber to the rise of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee tells the story of St...
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Stockholm Syndrome
Stockholm Syndrome
While on tour in Sweden, Harlem-bred rap star A$AP Rocky found himself incarcerated after a violent incident caught on video. T...
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Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how five young cultural rebels - armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado ...
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Stylebender
Stylebender
Israel Adesanya is an out-of-this-world fighter who is as complex as he is powerful. Stylebender follows the Nigerian-born, New...
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Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia
Taking Root: Southeast Asian Stories of Resettlement in Philadelphia
Taking Root amplifies the stories of Southeast Asians who resettled in Philadelphia after the Wars in Southeast Asia. It highli...
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That's My Jazz
That's My Jazz
Milt Abel II, a world-renowned pastry chef, reflects on his relationship with his deceased father Milton Abel Sr., famed Kansas...
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The Cave of Adullam
The Cave of Adullam
Living by the mantra 'it's easier to raise boys than to repair broken men', martial arts sensei Jason Wilson tenderly guides hi...
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The Conductor
The Conductor
In this exhilarating documentary, Leonard Bernstein’s protégée Marin Alsop reveals how she smashed the glass ceiling to become ...
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The DOC
The DOC
Dave Caplan’s directorial debut tells the inspirational story of hip hop icon The DOC, 30 years after losing his voice in a hor...
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The Dominican Dream
The Dominican Dream
In the early 1990s, the future of basketball belonged to a young Dominican immigrant named Felipe Lopez. Featured on the cover ...
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The Kill Team
The Kill Team
Alexander Skarsgård and Nat Wolff anchor this true crime thriller about a platoon of American soldiers in Afghanistan who are s...
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The Lionheart
The Lionheart
The on-track death of two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon shook motorsports to its core. Ten years later, Wheldon’s so...
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The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
The Lost Weekend: A Love Story
May Pang lovingly recounts her life in rock & roll and the whirlwind 18 months spent as friend, lover, and confidante to on...
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The Night Doctrine
The Night Doctrine
An Afghan journalist embarks on a journey to find out who murdered her family 30 years ago, only to uncover hundreds of civilia...
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The One and Only Dick Gregory
The One and Only Dick Gregory
This revealing portrait of comedian/activist Dick Gregory documents his many personal reinventions throughout the decades, from...
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The Originals
The Originals
Matty "Square" Ruggiero and his childhood friends tell their story of what it was like to grow up in South Brooklyn, where mone...
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The Queen of Basketball
The Queen of Basketball
She is arguably the greatest living women’s basketball player. She’s won three national trophies; she played in the ‘76 Olympic...
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